Another Tire Question

[hohenwald48]

Wal-Mart is an attractive place to buy tires because of the ability to get warranty work anywhere in the US. My 225 75R/15 Westlake OEM tires are almost 3 years old, have between 20K and 30K miles on them and I put them under some strange loads when I had a leaf spring break. For those reason I'm looking at new tires soon.

Wal-Mart has Carlisle Trail USA's (made in the USA) in ST225 75/15 LRD (they don't make them in LRE) for $121 each and they have Carlisle Trail HD's (made in ???) in ST225 75/15 LRE for $64.50 each, almost half the Trail USA price.

My trailer is #7800 (including tongue weight of #900) so the LRD's are plenty capable enough. I just wanted even more spare capacity like I would get from the LRE's. However, they don't make the USA's in LRE.

Money is not the deciding factor but I don't see any reason to spend extra for no reason. I'm just wondering if anybody has experience with either of these tires and what you might think?

I don't want to start another LT vs ST thread, have no intention of getting 16" rims and can't find any ST tires (other than the Carlisle USA's) that are made in America. I also wonder if "Made in the USA" really matters.

Thoughts??

[aguablanco]

westend wrote:

I also wonder if "Made in the USA" really matters.

Increasingly, this is becoming more a personal choice based on experience and perception.

I have Carlisle Radial Trail RH on my trailer and have confidence in them. I asked myself, "Where does the rubber come from?" :h

X2. My Carlisles are performing admiradmirably and I bought them at Walmart as well.
RichH

[kcfissel]

When I replaced my OE 205/75R15 LRC I put Carlisle 225/75R15 HD on my 26' Koala trailer, and run them @ 65 psi. My trailer is a lightweight trailer, and the tire dealer installed LRE instead of LRD as I ordered, but they were already installed so I kept them rather than reorder the LRD/s as we were ready to head west.
We put about 7500 miles on them, so far, to Albuquerque and back to SC.

Being as though they are 10 ply tires, and are a bit stiffer, I get a bit of sway due to the wear in the traffic lanes from the heavy trucks, but overall I'm pleased with them so far. I think it's a good choice in a tire.

[westend]

I also wonder if "Made in the USA" really matters.

Increasingly, this is becoming more a personal choice based on experience and perception.

I have Carlisle Radial Trail RH on my trailer and have confidence in them. I asked myself, "Where does the rubber come from?" :h

[downtheroad]

I have been hearing good things about the new Carlisle HD tires.
LRE is a good choice for you trailer...lots of reserve capacity.

I have had great luck with Maxxis 8008's (LRE), but will give the Carlisles a look when I need new tires...

Hard choice.