Which tires

ol Bombero-JC wrote:

goducks10 wrote:

jeepman71 wrote:
What are your thoughts about the following ST tires.

Hercules load range D
Task Master load range D
Carlisle RH load range D
Tow Master load range E
Omni load range E

I am looking to replace the tires on my 2013 Rockwood fifth wheel that had load range C.

Thanks

How many miles do you tow a year? I wouldn't spend the money for Maxxis if you only go out a few times a year and don't travel very far. If you go out a lot and put a lot of miles a year on then yes Maxxis. ST tires are generally only good for 5-7 yrs depending on what site you read. So if you only put 4-500 miles a year on them then I would look at Goodyear Marathons. Upgrading to a larger higher capacity tire will help you. Most tire issues are from under inflation, heat, driving to fast and overloading.

Yikes!

"Design for Disaster" advice!.:(
(to save a few bucks??)

Try a search on GY Marathons (AKA "Balloons") on any site you can think of. (Including the Airstream TT owners forums)..:S

BAD (GY) Karma - back to and including when they were made in the USA.

Only *GOOD* thing to say about Goodyear is they will pay for the
damage done to your trailer when they fail.

Maxxis.

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I just got done putting close to 10,000 miles on a set of GY Marathons without any trouble. If I hadn't traded the TT in on a 5'er (that by the way also has GY Marathons) I would still be running the GY'ers. They were 2-1/2 yrs old. I would've ran them thru this summer. Sorry you don't agree with my suggestion to run a tire that from my personal experience did great.