The best upgrade for your TT

I’ll make sure I buy the cheapest tire next time since they’re all the same and it’s a placebo effect. Same goes for my truck tires and shocks. You guys just saved me a bundle of money.

Date codes, yeah, what are they? LOL Do you know how to read them? Gee, there is so much tread left.... air compressor, carry one with you? Infrared thermometer?

great for quick checking tires, ..all about the same temp, good. One hotter than the others, bad.

Gdetrailer wrote:


Trailer tires are a long ways behind the driver, there are a lot of road "hazards" which your vehicle tires may miss but yet you end up with a blown tire on the trailer..


People just get way to wound up in the blame game..

I am surrounded by 7 campgrounds that are within 10 miles of my house, all accessed by two lane state, county, or township roads. I see and get behind a lot of people pulling travel trailers or 5th wheels and most have one thing in common, they don't know how to drive when towing. Almost everyone I see can not negotiate a curve or corner without getting a trailer wheel somewhere it does not belong, such as on the shoulder or over a curb. In one small village that is between the interstate and a KOA, with 5 tight 90 degree curves on a two lane state road, I've only seen a few go through there that did not clip a concrete curb, most clip one multiple times, and most don't even slow down much if any through there, they clip them at 30-40 mph. I seen one guy do it so fast that both tires left the ground.

Take a walk on any road shoulder and you'll see it looks like the hardware aisle at Lowes.

The tire does not know the driver is an idiot.

Gdetrailer wrote:

time2roll wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
Myself, Have used what every tires I can find which are readily available and never had drivability, stability or blow outs issues...

OK and my oem DUROs came apart at less than 3 years. One blew and the rest were separating. Denman Express was supposed to be a quality tire with higher load range. Again about 3 years and a tread came clean off but still held pressure to pull over for the change on the Los Angeles freeway. OK step up to MAXXIS and again 3.5 years and there is a tread separating as I want to leave town. Changed the tire and went with no spare but plenty of anxiety.

Next set Endurance, no issues over 4+ years. Although one did pick up a nail that I found before it leaked down. Probably time to replace these on age alone. Endurance is the ONLY set that held together.

:R

And yet, I have had several sets of those dreaded Carlisle ST tires that everyone on this forum called Bombs that never blew up on me..

Oh.. the hate and drama of the "arm chair tire gurus" on this forum..

As I said, if it makes you "feel better" run with it and be happy..

I understand Carlisle has improved their tire about 8 years ago. Last set or two were probably the good ones. :E

@gdetrailer - I wasn't directing that at you. I agree with you. Any tire from any manufacturer can have issues. Any tire can have a blowout.

I think if any given person believes that buying only X brand tires is beneficial, then go for it and buy only X brand. But that doesn't mean everyone else has to agree or needs to buy X brand too. Everyone should make their own choices - that's why we have choices.

toedtoes wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:


As I said, if it makes you "feel better" run with it and be happy..

That's my "feeling". ;)

I wouldn't choose my next tires based on someone else's "feeling", but if going with a certain brand, load, etc, makes ME feel better about MY choice than I'm happy. It doesn't really matter if my opinion that "I can feel the difference" is real or imagined.

But I also wouldn't claim that MY choice in tires is the only right choice.

I never claimed any one brand is better than any other brand or my choice is better than your choice.

I am saying that often there are things that can and do happen which are not any fault of the manufacturer, the place it was manufactured or even the owners fault.

Trailer tires are a long ways behind the driver, there are a lot of road "hazards" which your vehicle tires may miss but yet you end up with a blown tire on the trailer..

The first thought folks have is to blame where the tire was manufactured or the brand of tire.

I had a tire blow out on one of my trucks, I could have jumped to conclusions by blaming the brand or where it was manufactured.. But because I was able to here the air rush out, I was able to stop and pull over before the tire came apart.. With tire intact, the tire shop said, can't repair, I drove over a large bolt that was lying on the road and hole was too big to repair.

Never saw the bolt but the hole was larger than 3/4 diameter..

Trailer tires when they lose pressure will not give you any feed back like noise or change in feel. They go flat then spin and spin until the rubber overheats and shreds.. You won't know they are flat until you have driven a long distance and see things flying in the rearview mirror.. But yet the first thing happens is blame the tire brand or where it was made..

I had a trailer tire break a belt once on my flatbed, all I felt was a little shake from the trailer when stopping or starting. Once I was rolling no other difference felt. Only discovered the tire when I was doing routine checks of the brakes.. Saw the tire looked less than round..

People just get way to wound up in the blame game..

Gdetrailer wrote:


As I said, if it makes you "feel better" run with it and be happy..

That's my "feeling". ;)

I wouldn't choose my next tires based on someone else's "feeling", but if going with a certain brand, load, etc, makes ME feel better about MY choice than I'm happy. It doesn't really matter if my opinion that "I can feel the difference" is real or imagined.

But I also wouldn't claim that MY choice in tires is the only right choice.

time2roll wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
Myself, Have used what every tires I can find which are readily available and never had drivability, stability or blow outs issues...

OK and my oem DUROs came apart at less than 3 years. One blew and the rest were separating. Denman Express was supposed to be a quality tire with higher load range. Again about 3 years and a tread came clean off but still held pressure to pull over for the change on the Los Angeles freeway. OK step up to MAXXIS and again 3.5 years and there is a tread separating as I want to leave town. Changed the tire and went with no spare but plenty of anxiety.

Next set Endurance, no issues over 4+ years. Although one did pick up a nail that I found before it leaked down. Probably time to replace these on age alone. Endurance is the ONLY set that held together.

:R

And yet, I have had several sets of those dreaded Carlisle ST tires that everyone on this forum called Bombs that never blew up on me..

Oh.. the hate and drama of the "arm chair tire gurus" on this forum..

As I said, if it makes you "feel better" run with it and be happy..

I could definitely tell a difference in "tracking" when I upgraded my Trailer Kings to the Endurance. Flex in the sidewall was the difference. I described it as wiggle in the trailer that I could feel while towing. It also reduced sway when a truck passed. The next best upgrade I did was the Dexter wet bolts and shackles for the springs. I could feel it in how it handled. A lot more stable. The OP isn't crazy.

Gdetrailer wrote:
Myself, Have used what every tires I can find which are readily available and never had drivability, stability or blow outs issues...

OK and my oem DUROs came apart at less than 3 years. One blew and the rest were separating. Denman Express was supposed to be a quality tire with higher load range. Again about 3 years and a tread came clean off but still held pressure to pull over for the change on the Los Angeles freeway. OK step up to MAXXIS and again 3.5 years and there is a tread separating as I want to leave town. Changed the tire and went with no spare but plenty of anxiety.

Next set Endurance, no issues over 4+ years. Although one did pick up a nail that I found before it leaked down. Probably time to replace these on age alone. Endurance is the ONLY set that held together.