I put cheap generic LT265/75R16 LREs on our Chaparral 355 6 seasons ago after one of the Goodyear Marathon ST230/80R16 LRDs that came with the trailer developed a bulge.I have not had a single problem with running LT tires on this trailer and they get abused regularly. We pull it about 2500 miles a year. The tires look like new. I do not cover them in winter.Our trailer weighed 10,750 lbs dry when new. I've added a lot of equipment to it. On our last trip the trailer axles weighed 12,100 pounds alone. Before the weight police get up in arms, I replaced the stock axles with 7,000 pound torsion axles with hydraulic disk brakes. It handles beautifully. Our trailer sits a tad high in the front when hitched to the truck. I suspect the rear tires are carrying a bit more load than the fronts. I haven't weighed the individual wheels. I think LT tires are 10x better than STs.

So do most of us. There are only a few that want to argue the point by trying to pount out how the testing is the same but facts dont lie......

I am in the research/purchase mode for tires too. For one reason or another I have a combo of tires right now which have been rotated around due to a bent spindle on one axle & some slight alignment issues.I will install the Lippert Correct Track system in a few weeks to take care of the alignment & have a new axle to replace the bent spindle one.The plan is to take the tires off the truck rear & put them on the trailer. BFG Commercial LTs. They have a fair amount of life in them at only 25,000 miles so they should be good on the trailer once all of the alignment issues are taken care of.The rear of the truck will get the new rubber. Once done truck & trailer will have the same tires which means 2 spares.I don't cover tires in winter either but truck & trailer are stored indoors, same as covering to me. At 10 to 15 thousand miles a year my issue is tire wear rather than tire age.

With that many miles a year, do yourself a favor and put some real axles under your trailer.http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23960591.cfmI wouldn't fool around with the Correct Track stuff.

Veebyes wrote:I am in the research/purchase mode for tires too. For one reason or another I have a combo of tires right now which have been rotated around due to a bent spindle on one axle & some slight alignment issues.I will install the Lippert Correct Track system in a few weeks to take care of the alignment & have a new axle to replace the bent spindle one.The plan is to take the tires off the truck rear & put them on the trailer. BFG Commercial LTs. They have a fair amount of life in them at only 25,000 miles so they should be good on the trailer once all of the alignment issues are taken care of.The rear of the truck will get the new rubber. Once done truck & trailer will have the same tires which means 2 spares.I don't cover tires in winter either but truck & trailer are stored indoors, same as covering to me. At 10 to 15 thousand miles a year my issue is tire wear rather than tire age. Correct Track is not a complete alignment system. Save you r money and bring it to a big rig alignment shop. For less money they will adjust the tracking which is what the Correct Track does but they will also adjust the toe and the camber which the Correct Track won't do...You won't need a new axle either. They will straighten the old one when they align it. Just saved you several hundred dollars...B.O.

donn0128 wrote:So do most of us. There are only a few that want to argue the point by trying to pount out how the testing is the same but facts dont lie......X1, After 5 yrs. you are on borrowed time with tires, the odds of having a tire problem are pretty high!!!!

6 years on LT265/75R16s... no problems. | Good Sam Community

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me2
Explorer
Aug 22, 2015
With that many miles a year, do yourself a favor and put some real axles under your trailer.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23960591.cfm

I wouldn't fool around with the Correct Track stuff.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Aug 22, 2015
I am in the research/purchase mode for tires too. For one reason or another I have a combo of tires right now which have been rotated around due to a bent spindle on one axle & some slight alignment issues.

I will install the Lippert Correct Track system in a few weeks to take care of the alignment & have a new axle to replace the bent spindle one.

The plan is to take the tires off the truck rear & put them on the trailer. BFG Commercial LTs. They have a fair amount of life in them at only 25,000 miles so they should be good on the trailer once all of the alignment issues are taken care of.

The rear of the truck will get the new rubber. Once done truck & trailer will have the same tires which means 2 spares.

I don't cover tires in winter either but truck & trailer are stored indoors, same as covering to me. At 10 to 15 thousand miles a year my issue is tire wear rather than tire age.
donn0128
Explorer II
Aug 22, 2015
So do most of us. There are only a few that want to argue the point by trying to pount out how the testing is the same but facts dont lie......

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6 years on LT265/75R16s... no problems.

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