Maxxis M8008 still good?
I am prepping for our big 3000 mile round trip this summer and want to get rid of the stock tires on our 2021 KZ Connect. I have used Maxxis M8008 tires in the past and they USED to be THE tire that w...
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HaulinBass02 wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
I switched from Maxxis to goodyear endurance. cost was basically the same, endurance is a real >65mph speed rated trailer tire (85mph IIRC) without any load reduction based on speed. AFAIK Maxxis is still an excellent , but in my mind no longer the top of the heap,
I was looking on Maxxis’ website before I posted this and wanted to see if their “plus” designation was for speed rating. Saw nothing referring to speed ratings or de-rating weight for speed. I may need to send them an email and ask…
At one time Maxxis had a derating for speeds IIRC to 75 mph. It required you to increase pressure by 10psi ABOVE the recomended for the actual load. So basically it reduced the Max load for speeds above 65mph up to what they listed for speed which I don't recall. So... as long as your actual load was enough below max load to allow for the inflation you were good to go. But the stamped speed rating was still just ST 65mph
By contrast Goodyear endurance has IIRC an "M" speed rating (87 mph) on the tire and by regulation for speed reatings for tires, it is rated for that speed at full rated load with appropriate pressure, so no derating
Over they years I've run 5 sets of Maxxis with no failures and Now am running 2 sets of endurance with good performance so far. One set has about 20K miles on it, the other only a few K miles on it.
