Kevin O. wrote:
Thanks for all the replies! I will be looking into replacing them before this season begins. To be honest, I'm not even sure what I have for tires?? The trailer and tires are still in hibernation for the winter..
So now the big question is what brand tire should I be looking to get for replacements??
Kevin
DutchmenSport wrote:By the beginning of November my Outback is all bundled up for the winter. There is noway I'll be taking her out during the winter months..:B
3 - 5 years depending upon exposure to sun. Cover the tires and take the camper on the road a few times in the winter months too, to keep the tires healthy, they'll last longer. Dry rot is the worst enemy. The more you can keep the tires rolling, the better they stay.
I hitch up about once a month in the winter months and go for a 20 - 30 mile drive. I think this has attributed to my tire longevity (6 years on my previous camper from the time I purchased it).
horton333 wrote:Terryallan wrote:
My GY Marathons were junk in less than 4 full years, one exploded and put me on the side of the road. When we took the others off. They were so deformed, that they rolled crooked across the garage floor, you could see the tread moving across the tire. That will be my last GY ever.
Seems they would be loosing their shirts financially if this was the typical experience. A quick check showed their last fiscal quarter was their highest profit and sales ever, maybe they lose money on trailer tire warranties but .... of course individual experience will vary and maintenance can be important.
Terryallan wrote:This was my experience as well.horton333 wrote:
I don't recall which brand I had fine service out of for 10 years, they came with the trailer and were never a problem so didn't pay any attention to the brand.
I do tend to use Goodyear tires when buying tires, I have had very good service out of them on various vehicles and so they seem worth a few bucks extra. The engineer in me thought I would look at what a reputable manufacturer says to expect for lifetime of their product.
Goodyear warranty their RV tires for 5 years, and warranty against cracks (likely a larger issue on most moderate trailer usage setups) to 7 years. This would seem to indicate it is reasonable that 10 years was a very reasonable expectation given warranties tend to cover only the early life of a product. Everyone else seems to be posting they replace at like a third of that expectation, ..... maybe there should be a lot more Goodyears bought?
Goodyear info
My GY Marathons were junk in less than 4 full years, one exploded and put me on the side of the road. When we took the others off. They were so deformed, that they rolled crooked across the garage floor, you could see the tread moving across the tire. That will be my last GY ever.
Terryallan wrote:Huntindog wrote:
I run Michelin XPS RIBS. I change them out at 5 years. They still look good, and I sell them fast on CL to help defray the cost of the new ones. Got 250.00 for the last set.
Since I am in Phoenix AZ, where the sun is brutal, I think that is as far as I want to push them. Probably only possible to get another year or so out of them before the dry rot starts appearing. At that point, they would be a hard sell.
You do tell the buyers that the tires are old, dried out, and no good don't you? You do tell them that the tires could pop any second?
Selling tires that you are scared of to an unsuspecting person is kind of well just (trying to be nice) a very wrong thing to do.
djsamuel wrote:
In addition to cheap tires, manufacturers often load tires right to the limit. I think that is the biggest factor in tire failure.
