Your thoughts on Transporter Tires?

majorgator wrote:

darsben wrote:
ASK HIM IF HE WILL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR RIG IF THEY BLOWOUT THE FIRST YEAR!
Let that be your guide.
I would go to a LT TIRE

Having bought MANY sets of tires for trailers, autos, and everything in between, I've never had anyone offer to pay for the damage of a blowout. Of all the discussion on this thread about LT vs. ST, I'd like to see damage repair promise in writing. Maybe I'm wrong on this, so I'll stand corrected if proven so.

I've had tread separation failures on Goodyear Marathons (1996 vintage) in 1999 and Goodyear G614 RSTs (2004 vintage) in 2007. In both cases, Goodyear paid to repair the 5th wheels and replaced the tires. By the way, before anyone asks, tire pressures were checked each morning before we hit the road, and no, back then, we didn't have a TPMS like we do today.

Did Goodyear advertise this up front? No, but they have always stood behind their products in my experience.

Having said that, I've run Michelins (16E XPS Ribs and 17.5J XTAs) on other 5th wheels with never a problem. Although Michelin doesn't have a good reputation about covering tire failure damage, my philosophy in running the Michelins is to buy a tire that has very little likelihood of failing in the first place.

The current Mobile Suites came with 17.5H Goodyear G114s. So far, so good.....

Rusty

darsben wrote:
ASK HIM IF HE WILL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR RIG IF THEY BLOWOUT THE FIRST YEAR!
Let that be your guide.
I would go to a LT TIRE

Having bought MANY sets of tires for trailers, autos, and everything in between, I've never had anyone offer to pay for the damage of a blowout. Of all the discussion on this thread about LT vs. ST, I'd like to see damage repair promise in writing. Maybe I'm wrong on this, so I'll stand corrected if proven so.

"transport" you way to another dealer...get Maxxis or go LT or higher...

Terryallan wrote:

darsben wrote:
ASK HIM IF HE WILL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR RIG IF THEY BLOWOUT THE FIRST YEAR!
Let that be your guide.
I would go to a LT TIRE

Sadly many states are starting to require Trailer tires on trailers. So going to a LT tire is not a option for many.

YIKES! - engage grey matter before using keyboard...:R

Please back up this statement with a reliable source, rather than "heard it through the grapevine"..:S

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Hey guts. Just posting what I was told, and read.
As for the Donald. Nothing could be worse than what is there now. Except maybe another one just like it

Come on Arcamper you know a 34 pound ST is a better tire than you 61 pound steel ply carcass tires. Thinking ST tires are great is about the same as thinking the Donald would be a good pres! Oh, wait! Maybe we are talking about the same crowd! Chris

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RustyJC wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
Sadly many states are starting to require Trailer tires on trailers. So going to a LT tire is not a option for many.

You might want to take a look at the Goodyear website for the G614 RST. This is a trailer only tire - guess the size designation. LT235/85R16G. So, what are those "many states" going to do when they find these tires that are OEM supplied on many heavier 5th wheels?

Rusty

Oh no! The wife will be upset when I slap for sale signs on her new fiver today because it does not have the safety of ST tires on it. I guess I can take off the LT's the factory put on it and buy some ST's so I have all the advantages they offer. LOL

B.O. Plenty wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

darsben wrote:
ASK HIM IF HE WILL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR RIG IF THEY BLOWOUT THE FIRST YEAR!
Let that be your guide.
I would go to a LT TIRE

Sadly many states are starting to require Trailer tires on trailers. So going to a LT tire is not a option for many.

I'd like to see that in writing. I'm throwing out the B.S. flag.

B.O.

Yeah ..simply internet myth.
Roadside or scale house DOT doesn't enforce a tire type.

RVman3252 wrote:
Unfortunately I have ST225/75R15 tires on my 5th Wheel. I need to replace the tires again. I was looking at Maxxis M8008 but then my tire guy said they have had good luck with a Transporter 10 ply tires in that size... and he said they are about $120.00 less per set. Anyone have experience with this tire?

Pay the $120 for the Maxxis or go with the Carlisle RH, as a 2nd best. I have the Carlisles because I couldn't get the Maxxis in a hurry. So far, I'm in my 3rd year with not a lot of miles, and they look great. I keep them covered and stored on boards while in storage. Yeah, I'd've paid for the Maxxis, but Discount doesn't regularly stock them, so it takes 2-3 days, which I didn't have at that time. If you're truly concerned, spring for 16" wheels and go with an LT like Michelin Ribs or Bridgestone Duravis R250s.

Lyle

Terryallan wrote:

darsben wrote:
ASK HIM IF HE WILL PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR RIG IF THEY BLOWOUT THE FIRST YEAR!
Let that be your guide.
I would go to a LT TIRE

Sadly many states are starting to require Trailer tires on trailers. So going to a LT tire is not a option for many.

I'd like to see that in writing. I'm throwing out the B.S. flag.

B.O.