I had my boat in the driveway while cleaning it up a couple of weeks ago. Pulled out to take it back to storage, and as I was checking my mirrors, thought why in the he77 is there a turtle on my tire???

Pulled the wheel off and found this on the inner side of the tire! Whew!! Close call!

Checked the julian date on the tire - it was from 2005! Wow - I had no idea!! I was so impressed with the age, I ordered another set just like them. Goodyear Wrangler HT 235/85/R16

They're not trailer tires, but they obviously held up well for 11 years.

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The real key bit of information here, is how are your trailer/tires stored?
I put TransForce HT tires on my last trailer, and NO issues.

I ran the Goodyear Wrangler HTs on my dually for about 18 months, and HATED them for a truck tire. It was like driving on wet spaghetti.
BUT part of my process was I bought them to hold me over until I upgraded to bigger wheels/tires on the truck, and then I moved the same tires off the truck and put them on my Myco, replacing the original tires that were roughly 9 years old, also Goodyear Wrangler HTs.

I run bias-ply tires on a three axle trailer, easier on trailer in tight turns and more durable. They run the same temperature as my radial truck tires at 75mph.


http://www.tires-easy.com/8.25-15/po...tirecode/AQP41.

My trailer is up on jack stands in a heated shop all winter.

And summer?

I'm changing everything to 17.5" 215's are the same diameter as 245-16's. Load rated H. SOOOO tired of absolute crap 16's. Marathons,Carlisle Trailer service only crap crap. When a tire blows I don't even flinch anymore. New 17.5's so far so good!

Still in the shop, but on the ground. I trailer 100 miles round trip every time I visit my home waters.

You should be good with the better brand tires then. I can't say what was contributing to your Power Kings coming apart, but the tires on my former McClain trailer were Power Kings which also started to fail in succession, and I went with the Firestones.

I just got home from a trip from PA to VA. I blew 3 tires within 100 miles! 225/75R15 LRE Tow Master tires. The tread totally separated. Replaced with the only ones the shop had, Super Cargo. Ended up puncturing one of them cause a screw was sticking out of the fender from the previous blow out. So sick of trailers and tires!! I picked up 2 Carlise HD for spares because again, that's what the shop had and I was in a pinch. I store my trailer on jack stands in the winter and the driveway in the summer with the tires covered from the sun. Gonna also check my axle alignment since the tires overheated and separated.

Spit my coffee ! Lots of turtles around here.