Looking at new better tires, need advice.

The Carlisle Radial HD's are around $60 on Amazon, and the Endurance are $99 each.

I am happy with my Goodyear Endurance tires

My TT had the same size tires when bought new. After 4 seasons, I replaced with Maxxis M8008 slightly taller 215/75R14. After 2 seasons, I had one tread separate. After that I tried Carlisle Radial HD. Now I'm on second set of Radial HD without issues.

I have the Carlisle Radial HD's and they have been great for 3 years and almost 18000 miles now. I have not seen one on the interwebs that has blown since they have been out as of yet but I have seen a couple Goodyear Endurances on the interwebs that have blown...that being said they both seem to be the better tires out there today and when I buy again it will be the Carlisle Radial HD's for sure.

The main key to any tire is owner maintenance...proper inflation, storage, and UV protection is key....I have had the so-called China bomb trailer kings in the past and have never had an issue with those either after about 50k of towing...but with the new Carlisles I like the higher speed rating for peace of mind.

Also if it were me I'd just stick with the same load rating tire that came from the factory as I have and no problem here in 20 yrs of trailering...

+2 on Goodyear Endurance.

deltabravo wrote:
Here's another video I did of the ST205 Endurance, when I was going to put them on my small cargo trailer.

Wow,thank you all for the recommendations! I will look at the date here in a few days when I stop by the storage location.
I will order some tires here in the next month and get ready for the season! I purchased the rig in August of 2019 so I'm pumped to get to use it all season! I would use it when it gets cold but the DW is NOT interested if its cold:(

Why so complicated? I'd go with the size tire shown on the sticker on the trailer.

TT tires usually age out long before they look worn. Are your tires really 13+ years old? Dangerous IMO.

When you buy new tires, tell tire shop that you will only accept tires that are no more than 1 yr. old based on the manufactured date. BEFORE they install your new tire, look for the manufactured date of imprinted on the side of that tire. If it is older than 1 yr. old, don't accept it. The tire store might tell you they don't have in stock that fresh of a tire, I just tell them to call me when they get a "fresh" tire meeting my specifications. IMHO:)

Maxxis gets lots of attention...some good some bad.
We've had over 30 Maxxis ST8008 complaints from two rv websites ....many in the size you mention.
Maxxis doesn't use a nylon cap in all sizes but don't say which sizes those are.
Looking around at different rv and non rv trailering websites the Goodyear Endurance and Carlisle HD seem get most recommendations. Both are a new tire and have been available for about three years now. So far so good.

Another good new gen higher speed rated ST tire is the Providers. They first came out on commercial trailers then later on rv trailers. They came out in the '10-11 era and so far have a better over all service record than any ST C/D/E tire on the market.

Carlisle still sells ST tires other than their new HD so just be aware and stay away from them.
Same with Goodyears Marathons. Goodyear stopped production but probably thousands still in warehouses and on shelves in farm and ranch stores/etc.

Tire rotation on a trailer with close spaced axles ??
Having owned and operated several trailers in service we actually wear tires out. Never rotated tires on any tandem or triaxle trailer. They all wear the same.
These trailers were in constant use and suspension checked 2-3 times a year so tires treads didn't get a chance to wear uneven.