Atlee wrote:
What happened to you, happened to me, down to fortunately catching the problem while it was sitting still, and not on the highway.
My tires were Maxxis ST205/75R14 LRC. I did have over 30k miles on them, but they looked nearly new. Tire store said it suffered belt separation.
I replaced the Maxxis with the latest Carlisle and then sold the trailer.
My new trailer came with OEM GY Endurance tires.
You certainly got a lot of miles out of your Maxxis tires Atlee. The seductive thing about these offshore tires is that they look great until they go boom. You were very lucky.
With these C load rated tires the speed rating is commonly 65. I think this is a hard number that should not be exceeded. How many of us creep up to 70 or more with these tires? Probably most of us at one time or other, whether intentional or not. One of the best features of the Endurance tires is that they are rated at 87 mph. This is comforting if you want to run 70 all day on a hot day.
Glad the Endurance tires came on your new trailer. The trailer manufacturers are catching on.
