Just purchased a set of Goodyear Endurance tires

I feel the jury is still out. Both the Goodyear Endurance and Carisle HD are too new to know if either will handle ageing any better than previous ST tires.

prichardson wrote:
I feel the jury is still out. Both the Goodyear Endurance and Carisle HD are too new to know if either will handle ageing any better than previous ST tires.

for me ageing is NOT an issue. we put enough miles on the trailer that tires wear out in 4 years or so. around 5K or more miles/year.

I just bought a set as well. 400km, and so far they haven't exploded.

For those of you who got a rebate, all I saw was online. I bought mine from a Goodyear dealer and they didn't say a word about a rebate.

camperforlife wrote:
For those of you who got a rebate, all I saw was online. I bought mine from a Goodyear dealer and they didn't say a word about a rebate.

When I got mine Discount tire was doing a 4th of july rebate, $100 from discount, $60 for using discount cc, $40 from goodyear.



course, discount tire rebates are debit cards. Don't know if the goodyear is a cash or debit card rebate.

I just purchasedased a set as well. So far just a 700 mile trip, but no problems. As others have said, time will tell. Rebate was $25 per tire from Goodyear, and $60 from Discount tire for using their CC. I had to replace my rear axle a few months ago, which I somehow bent, and that caused wear on the edge of the tread. Previous tires were the original Goodyear Marathons, which did very well.

DR650 wrote:
I just replaced the tires on my 2005 Rockwood 21FB. The new tires are ST205-75R14 load range D (my old Marathons were load range C).
The Endurance line of tires are Made in America, speed rated at 87 mph, and have a heavier load range in all sizes.

The Endurance tires look like a good alternative to the china bombs.

I did the exact same Endurance changeover thing C to D and same size just before I left Southern Cal for my Alaska trip in May. Still on the trip traveling down west coast 101. Even after some really long bad roads, and about 9000 miles to this point, the tires look great. I will buy them over and over again. This test was a great test for the Endurance.

I just returned from 6k miles on my new set. Most of the miles at 100+ degrees.

No issues. Still look new.

A word of caution while comparing tires!!!!!!!
My Maxxis 8008, size 235/80 R16 are 4 years old, approx 20k miles, and one developed a slow leak. So I decided it was time to replace them. For me, better safe than sorry.
I considered the GY Endurance. I shop at Discount Tire near my home.
On the phone, the salesman recommended the GY Endurance. He said they had the same specs as the Maxxis, but a higher speed rating and a bit cheaper. I ordered the GY Endurance.
I stopped in today to make an appointment. I asked the salesman (different) to confirm that the tires were the same spec as the Maxxis. He said yes, EXCEPT the load rating was different. The load RANGE is E for both tires. The load RATING is 123 for the GY and 124 for the Maxxis. I asked him what is the difference. He came back and said the Maxxis is rated at 3500 lbs per tire and the GY is rated for 3000 lbs per tire. That is a 2000 lb difference on my trailer. I decided to stick with the Maxxis. I prefer the extra capacity.

Then.....I did some Googling. Load RATING is also known as Load INDEX.
The salesman was wrong on the size of the difference.
The GY has a load index of 123 which carries 3417 lbs
The Maxxis has a load index of 124 which carries 3527 lbs.
110 lb difference, not 500.
Here is an article from Discount Tire about it: https://www.discounttire.com/learn/load-range-load-index

I am sticking with the Maxxis. I had good luck with them and it handles 440 lbs more than the GY. Again, I opt for the extra capacity.

FYI...On the sidewall of the Maxxis, it says Max load single 3420 lbs, max load dual 3010 lbs.

Cheers,

Ltrip wrote:


Then.....I did some Googling. Load RATING is also known as Load INDEX.
The salesman was wrong on the size of the difference.
The GY has a load index of 123 which carries 3417 lbs
The Maxxis has a load index of 124 which carries 3527 lbs.
110 lb difference, not 500.

Perhaps the speed rating is higher with the Goodyear and the load index takes into account the higher speed. A tire engineer might be along soon to clarify the difference.