First trip and need new tires

I had those tires on my last unit and had nothing but problems. I replaced them with Michelin ribs and all was good until I sold the rig. I have Michelin on the new truck(22.5's) and trailer (17.5's)...the way I see it is that you can buy 1 set of good tires for the price of two or three cheap sets. :)

My buddy bought a set of Carlisle E's last summer that were made in USA stamped on the side of them. That is why he bought them. Apparently Carlisle is making some of the tires here now. In your case I would recommend a good set of LT's.
Steve

I had 2 Carlisle tires blow out after less than 2 years and 8,000 miles. I'm running LT tires now. FWIW that isn't an especially good price, you should be able to get them for around $100/tires. They're cheap for a reason IMO.

T-bones wrote:
They state themselves as a tire company started in Pen. .? Would that be an American china bomb?

The company may have started in Penn, but their trailer tires are built in china.

Before we can be of much assistance we need to know what the GVWR is for your trailer or 5th wheel and what size the tires are on it now and what size and brand was on them originally as shown on the sticker on the side of the trailer. Carlisle does not have the best reputation for ST tires although they have a new one out that has only available for about a year and a half of history so far which isn't enough to draw any conclusions about it. Most of us whith 10,000 to 14,000 GVWR 5th wheels have not had good luck with ST tires of any brand and have now installed LT tires. Achieving much longer annual life and way more miles before replacement. There is thread after thread here on RV.net concerning tire failures and recommendations. A search will give you a significant amount of reading material. If you have 16" tires I would look at brands such as these LT Michelin Ribs, LT Bridgestone Duravis R250 or LT Firestone Transforce HT in the 3,000 lb rated tire arena. I just put on the Bridgestones to replace two sets of ST tires that didn't last 10,000 miles or 3 years each set on a 13,950 lb GVWR 5th wheel and am happy so far but only have about 2,000 miles on them and are only about two months old.

I'd go with the Carlisle tires - cheap price. What could go wrong?

Look up "china bombs" i8n your Funk and Wagnal you see a picture of Carlisle tires.

They state themselves as a tire company started in Pen. .? Would that be an American china bomb?

A few years ago there was a lot of discussion on this forum about Carlisle tires. None of it favorable.

If I'm not mistaken, those are just another name for cheap Chinese made tires. There have been many tires discussed and recommended on the forum, those aren't them...
I am using Firestone TransForce HT which is a LT tire and they are serving me well, but they are not one you would see recommended here either...