Best Travel Trailer Tires
I have been searching for the best tires to use. Maxxis comes up on the top of the list but I found "Thunderer" tires that have a "D" load with 8 plys. Maxxis is "C" with 6 ply. Any one have comments...
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SoundGuy wrote:
Recently one of the off shore tires that came stock on my 2014 Coachmen Freedom Express 192RBS self destructed from the inside - steel belt simply blew apart. :M I replaced all four with a set of LR D Goodyear Endurance ST205/75 R14 and now have 1000 km on them. Towing is far more stable, noticeably less trailer bounce, trailer simply tracks along behind the TV, no drama at all. :B
SoundGuy, since we tow the same rig (albeit mine is a '16 and yours a '14 model), I was wondering what the date code of your originally installed stock, Chinese made tires were. I am still running the factory provided "Constancy LY188, 205/75R14, Load Range C" tires. My date code shows they were manufactured the second week of 2015 (0215). We only have a total of 7,506 miles towed on our 192RBS, but we all (should) know that it's not the miles, it's the age of the tires that generally drives replacement.
I'm only now beginning to think proactively about tire replacement - especially given the manufacturing source - but the age of your previously failed tire(s) might be informative to lots of folks who want to plan ahead to avoid a tire failure. We are also getting ready to head out on a 3,000+ mile round trip to the Mt. Rushmore area, so it's on my mind even more so . . .
