The Baja and my Goodyear Marathons
Well, for all of you fans of tire discussions. Here is some perspective. My Goodyear Marathons were on my trailer when I bought it. The trailer is a 2004 model, 31 foot Gulfstream. The tires date f...
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We had a 2005 Citation 30' fifth wheel that we bought new and it had 16" Marathon Load Range D's on it from the factory that were made in the US. The trailer weighed approximately 12k lbs loaded.
We didn't have any trouble with those tires at all and we likely put on 20k miles over 8 years. They still looked perfect at that time but I was getting a bit nervous about age and replaced them with BF Goodrich Commercial T/A Load Range E's. I also had Marathons on 2 smaller trailers prior to the Citation and didn't have any issues with them either.
My understanding is that the Marathons were actually a decent tire when they were made in the US (I think some were made in Canada as well which were good), but they went downhill after manufacturing was moved to China. Hopefully they are on the upswing again, although our current trailer is much too heavy to run them anyway.
We didn't have any trouble with those tires at all and we likely put on 20k miles over 8 years. They still looked perfect at that time but I was getting a bit nervous about age and replaced them with BF Goodrich Commercial T/A Load Range E's. I also had Marathons on 2 smaller trailers prior to the Citation and didn't have any issues with them either.
My understanding is that the Marathons were actually a decent tire when they were made in the US (I think some were made in Canada as well which were good), but they went downhill after manufacturing was moved to China. Hopefully they are on the upswing again, although our current trailer is much too heavy to run them anyway.
