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katoom400
Explorer
Apr 27, 2017

Travel Trailer Tire Choice

last fall we had a blowout on our way up to Lake George. We had the original tires on our 2014 Outback 250rs. Which I thought were good tires..at least as far as OEM tires go.

the blowout occured on the side that gets a lot of sun in our driveway so I suspect that had something to do with it. I always check tire pressure and keep at 65psi. The blowout caused a good amount of damage so we are looking to replace the other 3 OEM tires before another one occurs.

On the highway we had to take what we could get from a local tire shop which was a Duraturn ST 225/75 r15 10ply load range E.

Now I'm going to replace the others tires, should I buy 3 more of these? I can't seem to find much about them on the net. or replace all four with Maxxis ST's and keep the duraturn for the spare?
  • katoom400's avatar
    katoom400
    Explorer
    May 05, 2017
    As I said, I plan on running them at 80 PSI unless there is some issue with that...can't imagine there would be.
  • Tvov's avatar
    Tvov
    Explorer II
    May 05, 2017
    RAMwoodworks wrote:
    Tire thread. Great, I have a tire question.

    Should I get my tires balanced? They are new and only have the mileage from delivery and the 122 miles I put on them bringing my trailer home.

    I only found one article online and the author said trailer tires don't need to be balanced because there is no lateral load on them at speed. Doesn't make sense to me.

    If I do pull them off to get balanced where do I put the jackstands on my dual axle travel trailer?


    I would get the tires balanced. You are towing at highway speeds. Balancing may reduce vibration, and may help the axles and bearings last longer. May also highlight a tire that is out of round or badly out of balance, which otherwise may not be obvious.

    Lots of "may reduce" and "may help" -- Is it critical? No, but for the relatively low shop fee I do it for my camper tires. On my equipment trailers that almost never go on the highway and rarely go over 45mph I don't bother balancing the tires.

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