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JJBIRISH wrote:
While Good Year holds a solid 3rd place, Maxxis International – Cheng Shin Rubber Ind., Predominantly known for the MAXXIS tire brand, ranks in the top ten tire makers in worldwide tire sales…
They have substantially invested in research and development, increased their manufacturing capacity, and operate their own academy and latest state of the art testing facilities…
While their distribution system isn’t great, they are hardly a backdoor mfg.…
Carlisle ranks somewhere in the distant 40’s or 50’s rankings in tire sales…

A tires weight ratings aren’t even established by the tire mfg.… they are just the maximum load for the tire, or better stated the minimum capacity allowed for DOT certification… it is easily conceivable one mfg. builds to a higher load capacity tire than another mfg. both exceeding the minimum certification levels but not necessarily equal in character or quality… making comparisons between brands based solely on that minimum/maximum rating can be misguiding and some would seem to have little trouble misguiding…
While it is safe to assume a 15% to 20% reserve capacity is desirable and prudent wouldn’t mean because a little of something is good that a lot if it would be better… hardly…

What can happen to a steel rim when it’s run over loaded and over pressurized… I have hauled hundreds of them to the scrap yards… maybe not an everyday occurrence but more tires are run underinflated by a very wide margin, and OEM trailer wheels come fitted with tires matched to the rim…

Taking what you said at face value they (Maxxis) are no way OEM top ten for tires on recreational vehciles. They may have more sales because they make a full line of tires (which were rated near the bottom on Consumer Reports) this doesn't reflect where they stand on users for trailers.