Trailer Tires

northshore, I am not familiar with that brand. I think you are headed in the right direction with E rated tires. For a minimal cost per tire, getting tires that are much heavier duty than you need is great and cheap insurance.

I think that a lot of these problems with tires involve tires that are right at the max rating of the tire. Its not poor quality in so much as it is either just barely enough tire or not enough tire.

I haven't seen a Maxxis ST tire that didn't come from Thailand.

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.

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

First of all, I'll say it before someone else....do a search on trailer tires and you can spend hours reading on the subject.

I'd go with Maxxis....just put a set on my Minnie as I just didn't trust the tires that were on it even though they've been fine for a year.

Marathons seem to have improved, but the Maxxis get more consistent positive reviews. I did a little reading on the Greenball tires, but decided to go with what I have had good results with before.

Take a look at Goodyear or Maxxis

Didn't that use to be TowMaster?

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