Trailer Tires, San Carlos?

Just a quick follow up:

Our original Carlisle Loadstar bias ply tires wore out in less than 2,000 miles. We replaced them with the Kenda 10 ply radial tires. They now have roughly 1,950 miles on the Kenda tires and they are not showing any signs of wear yet. We have been over some terrible roads (as one can imagine :) ) and the tires have heal up very well. We stayed at the small Troncones RV park last night and were very pleased with it. It is a wonderful place :)
Nice, quiet, safe and there and a number of good restaurants nearby as well as the beach. Highly recommended! Thanks John:)

That is GREAT, Clausont. Update us every so often of where you are and how you are doing.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Thanks Maggie :)
We are now sitting further South on our way with an excellent Kenda Karrier tires delivered to Totonaka via Fed Ex. I an very pleased with the service of Trailer Tires and Wheels who are on Amazon and Ebay and have a website. They packaged up the tires and shipped them down to San Carlos. Shipping was a bit expensive as one would expect, but not outrageous. Best of all (I would have never expected this): The tires arrives FOUR days earlier than the tracking showed they were due!
Great Job Fed Ex and Trailer Tires and Wheels Edon, OH.

If you want to order on line, DHL delivers to Mexico. We have had parts delivered by them from the US. Probably will deliver to Totonaka.

I agree about Carlisles - I don't know Maxxis. We will see about the Kenda tires - they are new to me. But at least they are rated at 1/2 again the load rating as the Carlisles so hopefully they will last a bit longer. We will have two spares now.
I think what I am going to do is swap out the axle for a leaf spring axle (when I get to a place we can do this) and raise the body a bit higher off the axle so there is room for 13's or possibly even 14's. That will at least give me a lot more options and should allow for a better tire than the 12's.
The current axle is a torsion axle but the frame looks like it should be no problem to swap out. Or possibly just block and lift this axle.
I like the idea of using LT tires.
Thanks

Carlisles trailer tires are junk IMHO. Do a search of the internet and you will find complaint after complaint. Maxxis are one of the best but even they have problems. Both have failures and it doesn't matter if they are 10 ply or less. Purchase extras! When we use to take the Toyhauler SOB we would take 3 spares all 10 ply Maxxis. Finally upgraded to 16" rims and went to LT tires, then we had no problems.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Qtla - We asked quite a number of tire dealers about the size and while we had Loadstars and Carlisles on the trailer, none had any source to order them or possibly it was too much trouble. It was a Carlisle that gave out - not that it matters. We ended up ordering Kenda radials.
Thanks

Maxxis and Carlisles are available in 530-12.

Update:

Talked to a number of tire dealers and distributors. They all say they can't even order them. No 13" tires / wheels that will fit due to the diameter.
So the suggestion by moisheh is about the only recourse short of raising the body higher off the frame to allow more clearance. We found out a friend is coming from Tucson in a few days so we can have them bring them if necessary but we decided to go ahead and order some radials from the states for the trailer that are rated 10 ply with about 1,500 lbs max as opposed to the commonly available 6PR 1,050 max load. A bit on the expensive side, but should beat changing tires every 1,000 miles or so.
Moral of the story: Do better research than I did into what tires are available in Mexico before you go! :)
12" trailer tires are NOT AVAILABLE in Mexico.
Thanks all for your suggestions and help - I really appreciate it.

Ask one of the SC residents that go to Tucaon all the time if they will bring them back for you, Car tires in that size will not last.

Moisheh