After owning a TT then a motorhome and selling both, we are getting back into the RVing business. We are purchasing a TT with 12 year old tires on it. Need to purchase new tires right away. After doing some research on here and other places, I am still confused on what brand to buy. Maxxis seems to be the popular brand, but they are not sold nearby. We really want an LT tire, but doesn't seem to come in the size we need which is 205/75/14. Much prefer USA made one. Any ideas?

Not sure you going to find them. What I had to do is change the rim size to 16 then bought Coopers LT you might have to go the same way. Hope someone has purchased 14 Lt made in america but I couldn't find any.

Hard to find LT tires in that size, plus any tire can be ordered by a reputable tire store in a matter of days. We wanted Maxxis ST tires and our local Discount Tire tried to sell us the ST tires that gave them the highest profit margin like I guess any retailer would attempt, just went online and used DiscountTireDirect.com and had our Maxxis tires delivered to my front door via UPS in 3 days. Took them to our local Discount Tire and had them balanced and installed. With over 20K miles across 4 years they still have plenty of tread. Just returned from a 1200 mile trip traveling during 90+ degree temps at interstate speeds and they performed flawlessly, we expect at least another year or two out of them before considering replacement. Our 33' TT can weigh 8K-10K depending on what kind of trip we have planned and our 15" Maxxis ST tires handles the task easily.

Another vote for going to 15" and Maxxis. Lots of tire problems before them and none since.

Kumho 857 or Hankook RA08 is only mfg of 14" load range D tires

Just had Sears tell me it's against the law to put LT tires on a trailer. Is that true? If I go to 15, what do I have to do to my trailer.

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ScottG
Nomad
Jul 16, 2014
Another vote for going to 15" and Maxxis.
Lots of tire problems before them and none since.
Sandia_Man
Explorer II
Jul 16, 2014
Hard to find LT tires in that size, plus any tire can be ordered by a reputable tire store in a matter of days. We wanted Maxxis ST tires and our local Discount Tire tried to sell us the ST tires that gave them the highest profit margin like I guess any retailer would attempt, just went online and used DiscountTireDirect.com and had our Maxxis tires delivered to my front door via UPS in 3 days.

Took them to our local Discount Tire and had them balanced and installed. With over 20K miles across 4 years they still have plenty of tread. Just returned from a 1200 mile trip traveling during 90+ degree temps at interstate speeds and they performed flawlessly, we expect at least another year or two out of them before considering replacement. Our 33' TT can weigh 8K-10K depending on what kind of trip we have planned and our 15" Maxxis ST tires handles the task easily.
diazr2
Explorer
Jul 16, 2014
Not sure you going to find them. What I had to do is change the rim size to 16 then bought Coopers LT you might have to go the same way. Hope someone has purchased 14 Lt made in america but I couldn't find any.

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