Trailer tires?
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Trailer tires?
Hey guys what trailer tires . I have a 14000+ load on a Road Runner tripple axle .It has 225/75/r15 on it now need to change out for piece of mind, couple are older all are D load range .Also thinking I should go up to load range E. I have had trouble in the past with the D rated but maybe because they were old. With all the bad PR on GY marathons and Carliasle seperating what do I go too ?
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i asked same question a while back at tire shops. one shop said stay with D, especially for long distance. D tires dont build up as much heat and cool quicker. Made since and I didnt have spend money on new tires, no problems put another 6k miles on them no problems. By the way i tow between 14 and 17 k lbs on a tripple axle. Hope this helps, Jaime
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Hey guys what trailer tires . I have a 14000+ load on a Road Runner tripple axle .It has 225/75/r15 on it now need to change out for piece of mind, couple are older all are D load range .Also thinking I should go up to load range E. I have had trouble in the past with the D rated but maybe because they were old. With all the bad PR on GY marathons and Carliasle seperating what do I go too ?
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I've got E's on my trailer and never an issue. Can't recall brand, but they are not GY's or Carlisles.
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I had 2 blowouts with Carlisles last August on the way home from Florida. I went out of town last weekend (without my boat) and when I got home I noticed that my SPARE (Carlisle) on my trailer was blown out The tread had already started separating before but I guess the heat got to it and it let loose. I'm going today to get 2 new tires, (gonna take a chance with the old Carlisles as spares), since I bought 2 new ones on the way home from Florida last year.
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I had GY for a while then had 3 of the 4 separate on way home from Keys last year. Trailer builder said he used to always use GY but a couple yrs back their quality went in the toilet and he has seen TONS of thread separation so quire using them. Tires were about 3.5 yrs old and although I tow fairly often I am way anal about trailer stuff and they were never run low etc. Builder sold me some off brand (Transmaster I think) he has had decent luck with....so far anyhow. I don't know if you can get a decent tire in my size. (14').