Tires for Fiver

[Tgator1]

We just got back from our planned trip from south Texas to Alaska. We were about 23 miles into our trip when we experienced a low tire on our Titanium fifth wheel (dry weight about 8200 lbs.). Good Sam sent a tow truck who put on a spare and found two small "pin prick" leaks on the flat tire. We decided to return home where we could line up buying a new tire and start out the next day. On the way home (yes, just 23 miles away) we had a blow out to a different tire on the other side of our RV. It took out the trim around the wheel and we are waiting for our insurance company appraiser to assess the damage amount. Both tires were Towmax tires (ST23580R16, load range E) that were purchased new in June of 2012 and had less than 3000 miles on them. I check them regularly and had filled them to 80 PSI before this trip. My question is: are there any good, dependable trailer tires available in this size that are load range E or better? I'm considering Goodyear Marathons, but saw lots of negative reviews on-line (Google it if you want proof!). We still want to make our Alaska trip, but need tires we can depend on.

[MPI_Mallard]

There are tire threads all over this forum and have tried to keep up with them, this year has seen me replace tires on both truck and trailer and both have been recommended by other RV'ers in this forum. On the way to Florida last fall I had a tire blow on my fiver and replaced them with Goodyear 614 RST (235/85 R16), the scuttle-butt here was that they wore like iron and so far I love them, an argument could be made that they might be over-kill on your fiver but I'd put them on. now mind you I've only had them since last March and who knows what might happen down the road but I'm confident on the positive feedback I got here. I'm still in the process of replacing my P.O.S. Michelin LT235-80R17 tires on my dually that dry rotted after 18 months and 30.000 KLM's (Michelin is taking it's sweet time sending the replacements) and i'll never own another Michelin product again but guy's here go ape over the ribs, whaddya' do?

Red Green:
They say necessity is the mother of invention.
Don't know who the father is, probably remorse.

[the_bear_II]

After researching the various RV & Truck forums plus reviews on other websites for about a year, I decided to go with Michelin XPS RIBS for my 5th wheel. Very few RVers had anything bad to say about them. Quite few mentioned they actually got more mileage out of the tires than expected.

They've been on for two years with no complaints.

[sdetweil]

gotta say, I hate tire issues. 2 yrs old. how much of the time have they been on the road vs parked in the texas sun?
I live north of austin, and my enclosed 7000lb car hauler can't make it much beyond 2 yrs on a set of E rated tires..