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bigtbasser
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Aug 21, 2016

Carlisle Tires

34'Heartland 5th wheel. Came with Tow max tire. 5 years of good use . Probably around 10,000 miles. Noticed a low tire, 65 lbs, and brought it back up to 80. I should have stopped by a tire store but headed home, 250 miles. Once home noticed tire was real low and took it off. There was a tear on the sidewall. I can't believe how luck I was not to have had a blowout.
Shopping for 4 new tires and am looking at Carlisle tires. I keep my speed below 65. Are the new Carlisle's better than the tow max. Les Schuab sells the Tow max. Thanks Terry

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  • reddwar's avatar
    reddwar
    Explorer
    Aug 21, 2016
    Looks to me like you are asking which **ap tire is best, they both suck. If you want a good tire that will not brake the bank. Get a Hankook LT or a goodrich lt commercial LT truck/pickup tire. Both are 10 times better than Tow max or Carlisle trailer tires. Why buy cr** when you can buy better?

    My last rig had Goodyear 614 a G rated tire. Goodyear spent a lot of money fixing my fifth wheel. Got tired of them blowing up. Got Hankook F19 my tire problem was over great tires.
  • RinconVTR's avatar
    RinconVTR
    Explorer
    Aug 21, 2016
    I have had great success running Radial Trail RH's for well more than 10k miles over 3 seasons. I remove my tires every summer for inspection and I've never seen such a good looking tire with so many miles on it. No raised edges. No cupping. No uneven wear to speak of. Perfect.

    Their newest tire the Radial Trail HD replaces the RH series. I am not yet convinced I need to remove the Westlakes from my new TT only 3 weeks old, but when I do, it will be these Carlisle HD's.
  • Dankenbring's avatar
    Dankenbring
    Explorer
    Aug 21, 2016
    We had St tires on our 3 year old 40 ft fifth wheel. After 8K of use , one separated and the others was about as bad. Went with LT tires. So far wear is very good and no problems. Our local coop will not sell ST tires because of complaints they had.
  • Artum_Snowbird's avatar
    Artum_Snowbird
    Explorer
    Aug 21, 2016
    After reading post after post, posing the same questions as you, I went to Costco and bought Bridgestone R250's for my fifth wheel.

    They are exceptionally good tires.
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Aug 21, 2016
    FWIW our 2010 Fuzion came with Carlisle tires. We had two failures within a couple hours of each other after less than 2 years and 8,000 miles. All I could think of was the old aphorism: "Fool me once...".

    We are running Sailun S637 currently.
  • TxGearhead's avatar
    TxGearhead
    Explorer II
    Aug 21, 2016
    The newer Carlisle HD is supposedly better. I just put them on a small utility trailer. Fingers crossed.
  • Boxer_Lovers's avatar
    Boxer_Lovers
    Explorer
    Aug 21, 2016
    I have had Carlisle tires for two years. First one failed to hold air last month and had to replace it. Next set will be LT tires. The Carlisle replaced TowMax that had about 1,000 miles on them. One separated so I replaced them all.
  • WNYBob's avatar
    WNYBob
    Explorer
    Aug 21, 2016
    The speed rating on my Carlisle tires is higher Tham most others of the same size. I don't run over 65 but having the extra safety margin is nice.
  • Curly2001's avatar
    Curly2001
    Explorer II
    Aug 21, 2016
    Just purchased four new Carlisle from Discount. They said these are a new model and work very well. ST225/75R15 E load range.

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