Maxxis M8008 Failures

Lowsuv wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:
Six years- wow!
In my opinion, that's a glowing tribute to the quality of Maxxis. Here quoting from one of many sources:

3 to 5 years of service is the average life expectancy of a Trailer Tire. After three years of use you should consider replacing your trailer tires with new, even if the tires have adequate tread depth left. After five years of service, trailer tires are considered worn out and should be replaced.

Those Maxxis served you well.

I followed the link provided but found no recommendation from that particular tire dealer that maxxis tires were better .
Could you provide another link to one of the other tire tests that showed maxxis to be better than other brands , please ?
thanks,

Sorry I didn't get back sooner- I've been camping!

The link provided wasn't meant to promote/support Maxxis per se- its usefulness is only as a general description of the design/expected life of typical trailer tires. Differing as they do in purpose/stresses/materials/life expectancy, best expectations for useful life is really only three to five years.

Due to the superiority of design for following/rolling resistance characteristics, I put nothing but ST's on my trailers. Especially given their shorter replacement cycle, it's of course more expensive to run ST's than LT's. But returns in terms of performance make it worthwhile in my book.

I routinely replace my ST's at three years, obviously a more frequent rotation than one would need to adhere to with the performance-inferior LT tire. In this case, the Maxxis ST's survived for SIX years, a return I call outstanding if not miraculous.