Maxxis 205/75R15 C M8008 ST RADIAL

jody h wrote:
Has anyone used theses tires? Had a blow out today and have another tire ready to go. So its time for new tires.

http://www.realdealtires.com/tires/view/85851

Hi Jody,

As far as the brand Maxxis and the M8008, they are a good tire however the 2 sets I had did develop cracks in the tread area at 5 years. I did not have a failure though. 5 years is about it for most any ST trailer tire anyways.

That said, I see the size you are listing and then I saw you have a 5th wheel. My 205/75/R15 C's where on my older TT camper and a lot smaller camper then yours.

I tried to find out some about your camper and I found a for sale on on the web with a weight sticker.

See here http://www.berrylandcampers.com/5th-wheels/flagstaff/flagstaff-8524rk-5th-wheel-c801084.html

That shows a 8,470 GVWR. If your camper has the same GVWR, hear is a heads up.

You may be into a tire loading issue. The 205/75R15 C load range will not hold the entire GVWR of your camper. The mfg gave you tires (axles and springs too) that count on truck holding for close to 1,500# of the camper weight and that is with 0 reserve capacity on the tires if you load the camper to full GVWR.

If you have not been to a truck scale, I recommend you get individual wheel weights fully loaded ready to go camping. You may find you have 1 or more tires over the rated tire loads. It is now becoming more common to recommend for tandem axle trailers to need 20% reserve capacity in the tires above the heaviest loaded wheel.

It would be best to weigh your rig and know your weights before buying new tires. If you find you are overloading 1 or more wheels or you do not have very much at all reserve capacity, you now know about it. Then you have to figure out, do I upgrade the load range and possibly the wheel as well or do I start removing a bunch of stuff to allow the stock size to work? If you have a loading problem, the Maxxis while good, will not fix that.

Hope this helps and good luck

John