I am new to the forum and was hoping that you guys could share some information about what tires you are using on your trailers.

My boat is a Baja 36 Outlaw which weighs 8300 lbs dry. The tires on my trailer now are Goodyear Marathons. The size is ST225/75/15. They have worked ok so far but I would like to replace all of them this year and I wanted to at least get some opinions or hear how a certain tire performed for other people. I know with trailer tires its basically a crap shoot, but at least some information is better than none.

My other boat which is a 28ft cruiser has Load Stars on it which I replaced last year with new Load Stars and I considered going with these on the Baja as well I suppose for simplicity.

Thanks in advance Im sure this has been discussed a bunch of times.

I've always had good luck with Marathons. However, they are now made in China and quality is down. My current set were made in Australia. I am going with Maxxis this time around. Same size as you. You can get Maxxis at Discount Tire. $122/tire.

I use all Michellin marathons but had a few bad tires last year. They were replaced by the factory. Been testing some Triangle brand tires which are a heavy duty trailer production only company. Not sure what I think of them yet. So far I have averaged 2 tires a year replacement. Not sure that is normal but no one can find anything wrong.

Your best bet for that load is going to be upgrading to 16" wheels and getting into some E-rated 16" LT truck tires like Firestone TransForce or Goodyear Wrangler HT.

It's been discussed on here many times. Trailer (ST) tires pretty well suck.

^ the best advice. If this is not an option, check out Carslie, I've had really good luck w/them towing all over the country and in temps to 120*

In all trailer tire situations make sure max tire psi is used anything less just adds heat and unusual wear. Good luck.

If you have to stay with 15" then I think Maxxis is the way to go. But the best would be, as suggested, go to 16". Your selection of tires is much better and you will have fewer problems in the furture. Always carry 2 spares and a good jack--it's not a matter of if you will have problems, it's a matter of when.
Jay

I just had to replace the tires on my triple axle trailer. It had a mix of GY Marathons, Maxxis and Hercules. Of all the tires, only the Goodyears actuall failed, with lots of tread. I don't know if they were older, or just lower quality. I went with the 8 ply Maxxis and am very happy.

Man, that's exactly the opposite of my experience with them. I completely detonated a brand new pair with less than 200 miles on them - about 50 miles apart on separate trips. Inflation pressure was always perfect and there was no evidence of anything being hit by the tires. (Of course there wasn't a lot left to look at.) One of the detonations took out a fender, tail light and brake line. Needless to say, I was not happy. Oh, and they refused to do anything under warranty. I'm on Goodyear Marathons now and very happy.

I just put all new maxxis tires on my trailer, replacing GY marathons. My friends that have used them, have had good luck with them

I can tell you that Titans are junk !!! bought 4 one load range higher than speced for my car trailer..had 3 fail in 1000 miles...changed them all to carlise..they are fine..