I just bought the new Carlisle RH Trail tires because Discount Tire could not get the Maxxis tires I wanted. Below is an email I sent to Carlisle and their responce. I have had no issues with the 5 year old Freestar tires that I replaced.
Subject : Carlisle Radial Trail RH Trailer Tire Message :
I just purchaased 4 Carlisle Radial Trail RH Trailer Tires and hope I did not make a mistake. I did upgrade to the E rated tires. I am replacing a set of Freestar tires that have less than 15,00 miles on them but they are 5 years old and it is time to replace them.
Before that we had 3 sets of Nanco tires in 3 years on our 5th wheel. The china******rotted out setting in the driveway. These tires turned a nasty brown color and cracked around the rim and in the tread.
The Freestars were the last free replacement tires from Tireco.
I know that your trailer tires are made in China but so are every other trailer tire on the market.
I do hope that I have not made a mistake by buying your brand but I will give them a try. The salesman at Discount tire spoke highly of your product but he is a salesman and it's his job to say the Carlisle Radial Trail RH Trailer Tires are the best. Discount could not get the Maxxis I wanted so Goodyear was my nest choise but your tires were a better value.
Thanks for your time and time will tell if I made the right choise in trailler tires.
Carlisle's reply:
Thanks for purchasing Carlisle tires. You'll like the performance of our Radial Trail RH.
With 66 facilities owned and operated by Carlisle Companies, all but 12 are located in the United States. As you see from these numbers, we are an American company committed to American manufacturing and standards.
Carlisle tires manufactured in Asia are developed in factories owned and operated by Carlisle, under the supervision of American engineers and tested according to U.S. standards, unlike some other tire companies who simply contract out to the lowest bidding foreign factory.
Please register your tires on line at http://register.cimstireregistration.com/index.cfm?id=carlisle
Attached are some trailer tire tips and best practices.
Thanks again for choosing Carlisle.
Regards,
Tony Coffield
