My China bomb story, could I have prevented it.

myredracer wrote:
Sigh.... :( I feel no farther ahead on learning what is a good brand of ST tire or type to buy.

Personal opinions, rhetoric, mis-information, accusations, facts, distortions of fact, no facts, guesswork, etc., etc. Hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. For me, I would just like a name or two or three that I can consider for a good choice in an ST tire. It's almost to the point of staying away from them completely because it's hard what to believe.

I've heard that the Marathon tires are being made in China? Is this true or not? Someone above claimed they are made in the US. Is it a true statement that Carlisle truly are made in the US. Don't know what to believe.

Some googling came up with a comment on one forum that said "All the Carlisles should be sent to Beruit to burn in the street!" A few other forums are recommending Denman tires. Haven't heard of them yet. Lot and lots of bad press on Marathon tires.

Our TT weighs nearly 7,000 lbs and has 4 x 1820 lb C tires on it. Almost to capacity in static state. If I am hearing right, it would be a good thing to go to at least D rated tires and even E rated tires? Would E tires be overkill?

Unclear on wheel rim width and diameter. Just to confirm, your rims need to be able to handle the higher air pressure of the D & E rated tires? And with LT tires, we'd have to replace the rims as the rim diameter and width is different? Don't want to have to replace the fancy alloy wheels on our new trailer to upgrade the tires. What about rim width for C/D/E tires? Our dealer was unable to tell us what the width is on our new trailer (with alloy wheels). Our brand has an order option of Marathon tires, but they tell you zip about technical stuff. How would your average uninformed RV buyer know why to upgrade to Marathon tires? Right off the bat, price is a deterrent anyway.

With more air pressure in tires, is the harsher ride going to be detrimental to the trailer or beneficial? I'd like to tame the bounce we have and are looking at installing shocks. Maybe tires with higher air pressure will help this...

Looking forward to what comes up next!! :B Great entertainment at the least.... :B

According to Tire Rack, GoodYear Marathons are made in China. Here is a link

Tire Rack Goodyear

Power King ST tires are also from China

Tire Rack "Power King" tires

My Maxxis tires came from Taiwan IIRC. Have they been flawless? Why, yes they have been actually.

My friend with four Chinese Goodyears has experienced TWO catastrophic tire failures.

As for me, I will only own Maxxis ST trailer tires as long as I pull TT's.

Are they magic? no..

Are they super powerful? No...

Do they have an awesome warranty? Why yes, for four years from the date of purchase as a matter of fact.

They are simply the best ST tire made today.

I have been hearing some good reports on Greenball ST tires and the New Carlisle tires. But for my coin, it will be Maxxis tires.

Thanks!