Walmart Tire & Lube Express - Carlisle Radial Trail HD

[hikerboy1]

I see Walmart has my size of Carlisle Radial Trail HD on sale for a great price - - there is a Walmart Tire & Lube Express about 20 miles from my house, but reviews seem to be inconsistent at best....some 5 star, others 1 star. My local tire shops (Les Schwab and Point S) carry Towmax and Transporter, respectively) but I could save about $200 on the Walmart/Carlisle option....probably a better tire than either Towmax or Transporter. My trailer uses ST205/75R15 C tires. Anyone with points to consider using Walmart as a tire installer? It appears the biggest complaints about WM is the longer wait for installation.

Thanks!

[pitch]

I use Wal Mart for oil changes and I have also bought tires from them.
I have no fear of a multi billion dollar company handling service like that. They always hand me an itemized computer generated receipt.
If I have a problem with either the service or the product they will make good. Not worth their time to argue about a stripped lug.

[bob213]

At my Walmart there is only a $5 difference between LR"C" and LR"D" Carlisle tires. If you are not willing to pay $17 more per tire for the Goodyear Endurance I would definitely pay the extra $5 for the LR"D". You don't have to run a "D" tire at 65 psi if you don't carry the maximum weight on the tire. Look at the charts for that tire. I would suggest you find out what metal valve stem your rim takes and bring them with you when you get the tires mounted. My installer never had ones to fit my rim. My Sendel rims used Extra Seal 17-428 available at O'Rielys auto parts. That gives you a little extra insurance if you decide to ad a TPMS.

[rjniles]

Buy the tires at Walmart and have them mounted elsewhere.

[time2roll]

Walmart/Carlisle is fine. Make sure installer uses a hand torque wrench.

+1 for LRD and air up to 60/65 psi. Done that years ago. Carlisle/Endurance both are good, your choice.

[midnightsadie]

used tow max on my boat trailers for years back @forth from ohio to AZ not problem. boat is about 2800# ,carlisle I don,t buy them from past history of being junk ,they should stick to lawn mower tires.

[hikerboy1]

DownTheAvenue wrote:

hikerboy1 wrote:

downtheroad wrote:
I'd go with Goodyear Endurance in the same size except move up to load range D. Les Schwab and Discount Tire can order them for you.

I considered those as well. My rims are stamped "max load 1820 lbs", which is the max load for my load range C tires at 50psi. I'm wondering if it would be OK to go to a D with a 65 psi rating on the wheels?

I wonder if the wheels are stamped with a maximum air pressure? It may well be that your wheels are the limiting factor and upgrading to a greater load capacity tire will be negated by the wheels.

Regarding the 1 star rating for the tires your are considering remember most RV tire failures are caused by overloading, under pressure, over speed, or over age.

The tires get great reviews...it's just the Walmart Tire/Lube Center service that seems to be all over the place. My C rated tires have about 2800 lbs of weight capacity to spare as 4 of they will carry about 7480 lbs max, and my trailer weighs about 4600 lbs fully loaded. So going D is probably overkill, and my rims may not be rated for the higher pressure anyway.

[DownTheAvenue]

hikerboy1 wrote:

downtheroad wrote:
I'd go with Goodyear Endurance in the same size except move up to load range D. Les Schwab and Discount Tire can order them for you.

I considered those as well. My rims are stamped "max load 1820 lbs", which is the max load for my load range C tires at 50psi. I'm wondering if it would be OK to go to a D with a 65 psi rating on the wheels?

I wonder if the wheels are stamped with a maximum air pressure? It may well be that your wheels are the limiting factor and upgrading to a greater load capacity tire will be negated by the wheels.

Regarding the 1 star rating for the tires your are considering remember most RV tire failures are caused by overloading, under pressure, over speed, or over age.

[hikerboy1]

downtheroad wrote:
I'd go with Goodyear Endurance in the same size except move up to load range D. Les Schwab and Discount Tire can order them for you.

I considered those as well. My rims are stamped "max load 1820 lbs", which is the max load for my load range C tires at 50psi. I'm wondering if it would be OK to go to a D with a 65 psi rating on the wheels?

[downtheroad]

I'd go with Goodyear Endurance in the same size except move up to load range D. Les Schwab and Discount Tire can order them for you.