Tires- LT or ST

Goodyear Endurance tires for $450 each? Wow that seems very excessive or they sure went up in price substantially in the last year or so. I paid well under half that for them in 235/80/16 size.

StirCrazy wrote:

time2roll wrote:
GY Endurance or Carlisle Radial Trail HD are both quality speed rated ST tires.
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I get a kick out of that every time I see it. Carlisle tires are one of the cheapest tires where I live and every tire shop steers you away from them as they have had to many issues with them, but down there everyone seems to love them.

As for endurance, I am sure they are great but at almost 450.00/tire they are not one I'll ever buy...

Except the OP is in the US, so the 15” GYE tires that are the right size and load range for his trailer are $160-170 and even 16” ones are 2 for $450….

eHoefler wrote:
I run LTs on all my trailers except the Fifth wheel, it has MTs on it.

Mud terrains?

time2roll wrote:
GY Endurance or Carlisle Radial Trail HD are both quality speed rated ST tires.
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I get a kick out of that every time I see it. Carlisle tires are one of the cheapest tires where I live and every tire shop steers you away from them as they have had to many issues with them, but down there everyone seems to love them.

As for endurance, I am sure they are great but at almost 450.00/tire they are not one I'll ever buy...

I run LTs on all my trailers except the Fifth wheel, it has MTs on it.

Michelin XPS Ribs

GY Endurance or Carlisle Radial Trail HD are both quality speed rated ST tires.
LT should hold up well in all conditions.

Either way make sure the tires are load rated for the entire trailer GVWR.

15" trailer wheels can come in 5 or 6 lug hubs. If you have 6 lug wheel your part way there.
I doubt you can find a 5 lug 16" trailer wheel. Trailer wheel need to have a zero off set.

My old 1997 11200 lb 5th wheel trailer came with 5200 lb axles/6 lugs and 15" ST225/75-15 D Marathons. Sold wheels/tires to a guy with a lawn service trailer.

I bought four 16" grey steel modular trailer wheels (1997) from my local commercial trailer mfg. I thought I had wheel well clearance issues so went to a LT225/75-16 E at 2680 lbs. Next sets have been a bit taller in a LT215/85-16 E at 2680 lbs. Run all my LT E tires on rv and non rv trailers at max 80 psi.

The taller (32" dia) LT235/85-16 E at 3042 lbs capacity works better on heavier trailers with loaded 5.2k...6k axles.

LT tires that their mfg has recommended to me for my trailer use are;;
Cooper Discoverer HT-3
Bridgestone R-238 all steel ply carcass commercial grade
Michelin XPS Rib commercial grade all steel ply carcass
Goodyear Wrangler HT
BFG Commercial A/T 2
Firestone Transforce HT

Be sure and make your wheel well measurements first for proper clearance issues.

I have had excellent service from Maxxis and Goodyear ST tires on my 4500 lb TT and I use only LT tires on my tow truck (Ram 1500). At your weight for the TT I would use LT tires. Rolling, rolling, rolling

I had a 35’ 5er and used 16” Michelin XPS Ribs LT tires to replace the OEM Chinese tires. Rated for 3,042 lbs which was fine for my trailer. I also live in Texas and towed in temps as high as 106 at 70 mph for hours at a time. 1st set lasted 9 yrs and replaced due to age even though they only had about 17,000 miles and still looked new. (Michelin says inspect yearly at 5 and replace at 10). Replaced with another set and sold it 4 yrs later. Never a flat or even a low tire. Added 2-4 lbs air at the start of the season and good until next year. But they are not cheap.