BarryG20
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Goodyear Endurance tires for $450 each? Wow that seems very excessive or they sure went up in price substantially in the last year or so. I paid well under half that for them in 235/80/16 size.
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Mine were $600 and some change for a set of four three years ago. I doubt they have tripled in price.
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Boon Docker
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Carlisle Radial Trail HD have great reviews.
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valhalla360
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Have you weighed the trailer and checked against Payload rating of the tires?
Also, do you check the tire pressure regularly?
Most blowouts are overloaded or under inflation.
A lot of people going to LTs increase the payload rating and keep a closer eye on pressure...then credit the fact they are LTs.
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^Great points. And while I can’t argue the virtues of going to stout 16” LT tires IF they’re even remotely warrAnted and fit without any major modifications, the fact remains, the OP can get stout 15” ST 2800lb rated 80psi tires very conveniently and more economically.
And since the OP said his trailer is 8500lbs, there is less than 2000lbs load on each tire. If a 35% increase in tire capacity compared to the load isn’t enough, I’m not sure what’s being gained by up-sizing even more.
Not to mention that virtually any 15” trailer tire made today is actually within capacity for his camper, albeit with less reserve capacity.
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theoldwizard1
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LT tire are fine IF the stated load (in lbs) stamped on the side of the tire meets your load requirements. Use the maximum pressure stated on the side of the tire.
There is a much larger selection on LT tires compared to ST tires. Better pricing.
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Huntindog
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valhalla360 wrote:Have you weighed the trailer and checked against Payload rating of the tires?
Also, do you check the tire pressure regularly?
Most blowouts are overloaded or under inflation.
A lot of people going to LTs increase the payload rating and keep a closer eye on pressure...then credit the fact they are LTs. I have not seen what you state of LT tire owners giving false credit to their sucess. I also have not seen any evidence of under inflation being a problem.
In fact every RV forum I have seen has a common theme, on ST tire care.
They check their tires at EVERY opportunity. I myself find this overkill...But then again, I switched to LTs in 2006.Ever since, I have been able to relax about my tires. Can you imagine have to check your automobile tires as much as RVers feel the need to for ST tires?
The fact is that the govt. LT tire testing standards are much more demanding than for ST tires. That being a FACT, it is not hard to understand why STs fail so often.
On another note: LT tire choices in the 16" rim size are many. In fact most if not all manufacturers offer Good, Better, Best models to choose from. Such selection just isn't availible in ST tires. There is a choice of ONE from each manufacturer...So if one wishes to buy a premium ST tire,,,There are none availible....But as an observation of the testing standards, the cheapest LT tire is tested to higher standards than any ST tire.
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Govt has been mandating tire pressure systems on cars/trucks for around 15yrs and aftermarket systems for trailers are also very popular, so apparently, someone feels underinflation is an issue and constant monitoring is important.
Most people who switch have no baseline to compare to. It's only after the blowouts that they start randomly trying things to improve the situation...like checking the pressure regularly (or adding a TPMS) or actually getting the RV weighed to make sure they aren't overloaded. Then they switch to LTs at the same time...low and behold, they are less likely to experience a blowout but never systematically tested to see what fixed the problem...then again blowouts are pretty rare to begin with so their changes may have zero impact.
Once you switch to LTs there is a bigger selection but that is mostly about tread patterns (and profitering). For a trailer, there isn't a lot of benefit to off road tires, so little reason to provide a wide variety of tread patterns in ST tires.
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time2roll
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StirCrazy wrote:time2roll wrote:GY Endurance or Carlisle Radial Trail HD are both quality speed rated ST tires.
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I get a kick out of that every time I see it. Carlisle tires are one of the cheapest tires where I live and every tire shop steers you away from them as they have had to many issues with them, but down there everyone seems to love them.
As for endurance, I am sure they are great but at almost 450.00/tire they are not one I'll ever buy... Go ahead and beat me up on this... Not going to hurt my feelings or change my opinion. Are you sure you are talking about the exact tire? There is more than one line available.
Now try to actually add something to recommend for the OP
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StirCrazy
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Grit dog wrote:StirCrazy wrote:time2roll wrote:GY Endurance or Carlisle Radial Trail HD are both quality speed rated ST tires.
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I get a kick out of that every time I see it. Carlisle tires are one of the cheapest tires where I live and every tire shop steers you away from them as they have had to many issues with them, but down there everyone seems to love them.
As for endurance, I am sure they are great but at almost 450.00/tire they are not one I'll ever buy...
Except the OP is in the US, so the 15” GYE tires that are the right size and load range for his trailer are $160-170 and even 16” ones are 2 for $450….
Oh, I imagine they are even cheaper than that down there. makes me wish I did more trips to the US so I could do more maintenance to the truck and trailer ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink") we get so hosed on pricing up here.
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