Trailer Tires

4X4Dodger wrote:

knort001 wrote:
MAXXIS... and run from westlake, goodyear marathon china bombs ,,,just my humble ,little been there ,opinion..

Maxxis makes their tires overseas also in Asia and possibly in China but the company wont confirm this for me. Many of the big tire manufacturers manufacture in Asia and China. There is absolutely no correlation between where a product is made and it's performance. What counts is the Manufacturers specing, quality control and design.

All products will have occasional bad apples slip thru the process even those made here in the USA.

I have a set of Goodyears on my trailer that were there when I bought it used. The tread is good and the tires are in good shape. I just finished a 4600 mile trip with ZERO tire problems. Inflation never varied (I checked it before leaving at each overnight stop). These tires have been from Chicago to Minot and now to Wyoming down into Colorado over the 11 thousand foot Loveland pass to Utahs natl parks on gravel dirt and every type of asphalt road you can imagine.

NO PROBLEMS.

Get good tires from a quality manufacturer spec'ed for your rig and if possible exceed the ratings for your weight and speed. Then KEEP THEM INFLATED TO THE MAXIMUM COLD PSI. Your chances of tire issues will be greatly reduced or non exist ant.

agree with all you said, most importantly, inflation, weights,speed,. My experience was with marathon,and westlake made in china, . westlake was a spare e rated that fell apart in 2oo miles as a covered new spare, and marathons , 2 in 1 trip, with about 3000 miles on them. My maxxis 8008 e rated st tires have about 4000 miles on them, in similar terrain as you, but mostly in the heat of florida. , and as stated they were made in thailand,. but all brands certainly have qc issues, wherever made....