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robrose1
Explorer II
Nov 17, 2013

Maxxis Tire availability

As you may recall I blew a Trail Express tire on my fiver and it caused 3K worth of damage. Rv is repaired and looking good. La Mesa RV in Tucson did an outstanding job repairing the vehicle. I need to replace all 4 of those chinese junk tires before my next trip. In the past I have had great luck with Maxxis tires but I am concerned by the lack of dealers for those tires. Discount Tire can get them but they have to be ordered. They seem to be the only supplier in AZ for Maxxis. My concern is they may be hard to replace on the road. Discount is pushing the new Carlisle and I have heard good things about the new tire. Yes I know it would be better to replace the ST with LT but I do not want to replace rims and tires at this point.

24 Replies

  • JohnnyT's avatar
    JohnnyT
    Explorer II
    Nov 19, 2013
    OK, once again a few select individuals with agenda's unassociated with the intent or the topic of this thread have managed to disrupt and ruin another thread.... I have removed the last 4 responses... And I am going to close yet another tire thread since it is impractical for me to camp on a thread... If I need to I will exercise other options I have beyond deleting posts and closing threads.

    Informative discussion relative to tire and tire safety are important..Those who seek to mount their soap box with their own agenda do us all a disservice... It does not matter whether their points of view are righteous... There is a time and place without the hijacking of threads and the mud wrestling.

    JohnnyT Moderator
  • kedanie's avatar
    kedanie
    Explorer II
    Nov 19, 2013
    CKNSLS wrote:
    ol Bombero-JC wrote:
    johnrbd wrote:
    What concerns you more - lack of dealers carrying Maxxis tires, having to wait on ordering Maxxis tires, or the $3K damage to your trailer?

    I went with the Maxxis tires (had to wait 2 days on special order). After 6 yrs of being towed, I had ZERO amount in damage due to blown tires.

    IMHO, if you're not going to change to LT's, go with Maxxis. If you have no faith in the china-bombs, why would you want to buy morel of them?



    Good points!

    It's no big deal to order any tire.
    You can even order them yourself - without going thru a tire dealer.

    Why be one of the "beta testers" of the "new' Carlisle - when Maxxis has a proven track record..:h

    .


    There have been reports of three failures of Maxxis Tires on this board. And more than a dozen reports of good results with the new Carlisle RH tire.:h

    And what does any of this have to do with the availability of Maxxis tires?

    You guys are going off topic one again!!!!

    Keith
  • SkiSmuggs's avatar
    SkiSmuggs
    Explorer
    Nov 19, 2013
    My fiver came with Max Tow LR-D. With 5K on them and about to embark on a 6-7K trip that included 105 degree southwest, I order 4 Maxxis LR-E from Amazon, had them in 2 days and took them to the local tire shop for mount and balance. 7,000 miles later, they still look new. All four were manufactured within 3 months of my order.
  • JIMNLIN's avatar
    JIMNLIN
    Explorer III
    Nov 19, 2013
    There have been reports of three failures of Maxxis Tires on this board. And more than a dozen reports of good results with the new Carlisle RH tire.

    What info we look for is a good cross reference from the many different trailer forums (including RV forums) over a several year period that a certain tire or tires with hundreds of thousands of cumulative miles proves to be up to the task.
    What we see on this website is a handfull of the new Carlisle RH users who have made a couple/a few of trips with small trailers just this summer and report no problems. Doesn't mean a thing.

    Its gonna' take several years and hnndreds of thousands of cumulative mile to grow a picture if any tire passes muster.

    At some point one of the ST tire makers will design and build a ST tire in all sizes for trailers that can do the job long term........hopefully.
  • CKNSLS's avatar
    CKNSLS
    Explorer
    Nov 19, 2013
    ol Bombero-JC wrote:
    johnrbd wrote:
    What concerns you more - lack of dealers carrying Maxxis tires, having to wait on ordering Maxxis tires, or the $3K damage to your trailer?

    I went with the Maxxis tires (had to wait 2 days on special order). After 6 yrs of being towed, I had ZERO amount in damage due to blown tires.

    IMHO, if you're not going to change to LT's, go with Maxxis. If you have no faith in the china-bombs, why would you want to buy morel of them?



    Good points!

    It's no big deal to order any tire.
    You can even order them yourself - without going thru a tire dealer.

    Why be one of the "beta testers" of the "new' Carlisle - when Maxxis has a proven track record..:h

    .


    There have been reports of three failures of Maxxis Tires on this board. And more than a dozen reports of good results with the new Carlisle RH tire.:h
  • ol_Bombero-JC's avatar
    ol_Bombero-JC
    Explorer
    Nov 19, 2013
    johnrbd wrote:
    What concerns you more - lack of dealers carrying Maxxis tires, having to wait on ordering Maxxis tires, or the $3K damage to your trailer?

    I went with the Maxxis tires (had to wait 2 days on special order). After 6 yrs of being towed, I had ZERO amount in damage due to blown tires.

    IMHO, if you're not going to change to LT's, go with Maxxis. If you have no faith in the china-bombs, why would you want to buy morel of them?



    Good points!

    It's no big deal to order any tire.
    You can even order them yourself - without going thru a tire dealer.

    Why be one of the "beta testers" of the "new' Carlisle - when Maxxis has a proven track record..:h

    .
  • FastEagle's avatar
    FastEagle
    Explorer
    Nov 19, 2013
    robrose1 wrote:
    As you may recall I blew a Trail Express tire on my fiver and it caused 3K worth of damage. Rv is repaired and looking good. La Mesa RV in Tucson did an outstanding job repairing the vehicle. I need to replace all 4 of those chinese junk tires before my next trip. In the past I have had great luck with Maxxis tires but I am concerned by the lack of dealers for those tires. Discount Tire can get them but they have to be ordered. They seem to be the only supplier in AZ for Maxxis. My concern is they may be hard to replace on the road. Discount is pushing the new Carlisle and I have heard good things about the new tire. Yes I know it would be better to replace the ST with LT but I do not want to replace rims and tires at this point.


    I wasn't able to find the size of your Original Equipment (OE) tires but I'm pretty sure your trailer has 4000# GAWRs. If the OE tires are sized ST205/75R15D I would change them to the ST225/75R15D. Both tire sizes require 65 psi so new rims would not be needed. In any event, the larger 225 tire has sufficient load capacity reserves at 65 psi.

    Good Luck!
    FastEagle
  • azjeffh's avatar
    azjeffh
    Explorer
    Nov 18, 2013
    OP, when I had my 2 yo Maxxis 15" LRE's separate on the way to a camping trip, Tow Masters were the only LRE's Discount Tire had. I had two choices, get them and enjoy my long weekend, or leave the trailer there and wait for them to order Maxxis tires (all 4 needed replacing).

    Tow Masters turn out to be a bad choice as it's the only ST tire I had that blew. Heck, even the Tow Master spare blew just sitting along side my house.

    Decided if I want the availability of a quality tire, I had to switch to LT's. Made the switch to BFG Commercial TA's and keeping my fingers crossed.

    I've been thru more ST's than I ever would have guessed.

    Good luck.
  • Me_Again's avatar
    Me_Again
    Explorer III
    Nov 18, 2013
    laknox wrote:
    robrose1 wrote:
    As you may recall I blew a Trail Express tire on my fiver and it caused 3K worth of damage. Rv is repaired and looking good. La Mesa RV in Tucson did an outstanding job repairing the vehicle. I need to replace all 4 of those chinese junk tires before my next trip. In the past I have had great luck with Maxxis tires but I am concerned by the lack of dealers for those tires. Discount Tire can get them but they have to be ordered. They seem to be the only supplier in AZ for Maxxis. My concern is they may be hard to replace on the road. Discount is pushing the new Carlisle and I have heard good things about the new tire. Yes I know it would be better to replace the ST with LT but I do not want to replace rims and tires at this point.


    I didn't really have a choice and couldn't wait for DT to get the Maxxis, so I'm running those newer Carlisles. I've dealt with the same DT store for years and feel that I get minimal b.s. from them, so feel reasonably confident in the Carlisles. I watch them like a hawk and bought an infrared thermometer to check them (and hubs) when I stop. I just wish I could talk The Boss into a TPMS, but that's just not in the budget. :-) The Carlisles do have an R speed rating, 106 mph, so they must have changed =something= to be able to give it that. Since I run 60-65 99% of the time, I don't think I should have too many problems short of running over something. This being said, if you can wait, get the Maxxis.

    Lyle


    Could you post a picture of the tire and its speed rating branded into the sidewall, known as a "Service Discription"! People seem to be keep posting this about the Carlisle ST tire having a service discription, which would be a first! Here is a link to info on service discriptions.
    http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35

    Here is a link to Discount Tire and it list a speed rating of J or 62MPH for the Carlisle tire pictured.
    http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/tires/carlisle/product/submitProductSize.do;jsessionid=1bTZSl11E+d-qs4iVn6E6Q__.dtc302?r=AZDINT%7Cpc%7C85054&pc=10469

    If you look at this page, and drill in on speed and loading. The ST235/80R16E Radial Trail RH has a 3527 load and 62 MPH speed rating(124J).
    http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoSidewall.dos

    Here is a couple quotes for Carlisle:

    Best practice. Do not exceed 60 mph while towing a trailer.

    Most ST trailer tires have a maximum speed rating of 65 mph.

    Chris
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Nov 18, 2013
    robrose1 wrote:
    As you may recall I blew a Trail Express tire on my fiver and it caused 3K worth of damage. Rv is repaired and looking good. La Mesa RV in Tucson did an outstanding job repairing the vehicle. I need to replace all 4 of those chinese junk tires before my next trip. In the past I have had great luck with Maxxis tires but I am concerned by the lack of dealers for those tires. Discount Tire can get them but they have to be ordered. They seem to be the only supplier in AZ for Maxxis. My concern is they may be hard to replace on the road. Discount is pushing the new Carlisle and I have heard good things about the new tire. Yes I know it would be better to replace the ST with LT but I do not want to replace rims and tires at this point.


    I didn't really have a choice and couldn't wait for DT to get the Maxxis, so I'm running those newer Carlisles. I've dealt with the same DT store for years and feel that I get minimal b.s. from them, so feel reasonably confident in the Carlisles. I watch them like a hawk and bought an infrared thermometer to check them (and hubs) when I stop. I just wish I could talk The Boss into a TPMS, but that's just not in the budget. :-) The Carlisles do have an R speed rating, 106 mph, so they must have changed =something= to be able to give it that. Since I run 60-65 99% of the time, I don't think I should have too many problems short of running over something. This being said, if you can wait, get the Maxxis.

    Lyle

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