New guy old subject..tires

Txfirerescue77 wrote:
My current wheel width is 15x5 and I have some wiggle room but not a ton, I was thinking about a 215 70 15 in D load range. Everybody talks about cheap trailer tires and blowouts galore that it makes buying, what should be a relatively simple purchase, a royal pain of research. I want something that will hold up as everybody else does, but I
Can't afford to brake the bank in the process. Looking at the maxxis it has good and bad reviews like all the rest do. I do have to ask, are all the blowout stories due to faulty tires or more along the line of improper care, such as too low of air pressure, too infrequent of use, and so on?

Your questions are going to open that worm can but I'll tell you what's MO and what I did.
There are numerous posts about tire failures and terms like "China bomb" and such on this Forum and others. When failures are reported, there is usually little to no background information available. What seems to be consistent is that the Mfg.'s supply cheap tires that are right on the ragged edge of handling the loads involved. Very seldom is use or maintenance given and if it is, it is that, "I never drove over 65 mph and checked my tires and pressure every 100 miles." MO is that very few owners of these failed tires have weighed their rigs and know how they are loaded, have little experience with long distance driving and tire wear, and have exceeded the tire's abilities (over loaded, axle misalignment, speed, age).
MO is that most LT truck tires have better durability than an ST tire but there are a few ST mfg's. that have made efforts to build a better tire. That list would include Maxxis, Carlisle RH trail, and Kenda Karrier. I'm sure there are other good ST tires, I didn't try to include them all. I chose to buy the Carlisle RH Trail because they are built similar to a Maxxis with the inclusion of an extra cap ply. They are sold locally, they exceed my load requirements, and they fit. They also didn't break the bank. They are made in China, at Carlisle's plant so if you have issues with everything Chinese, get Maxxis, they are from Thailand.