TT Tire Recommendation

bdosborn wrote:
Google "Goodyear Marathon Failure" and you'll find out while I'll never buy another Goodyear product.

Not sure if you can say there is a problem with a manufacturer and compare a discontinued tire to their latest products. With that Marathon tires worked great for many people. Mine are 7 years old and have worked fine up until this last trip, my blowout was not due to a tire failure but a suspension shackle failure. In 5 years we have had multiple trips of almost 2000 miles as well as other long trips. Most tire failures are due to inflation issues, overloaded tires, or just plain old tires.

Actually, after our tire issue this past week, I have 3 different tires on my trailer. 2 Marathon 7 year old tires. One OEM 15 year old tire, and 1 new tire. Checking temps on a 90+ degree drive, the new tire was noticeably hotter than the other 3. Not sure why, new rubber, more tread, not sure, but it was around 140 where the others barley got over 120. The non GY tires are china made.

My next tires will more than likely be GY. I have GY on 2 of my vehicles and they have been great, even the GoodYear Eagle mentioned in an earlier post. In addition I will put an E rated LT tire since they are a better built tire than an ST tire per the tire guys (GY Wrangler, same as tow vehicle). I think if you want better confidence in tires, you need to go from a 10 to 12 to 16 ply tire vs looking at other issues. If you aren't replacing tires every 5-6 years than tire issues are not the manufacturers fault as they say that a trailer tire is only good for 5-6 years then wear out due to under utilization not tread wear.

To the OP - if you don't want to let people know what tire size and load you need, then the info is just peoples opinion and not fact or experience. Finally, my opinion, I do not want to buy tires not made in the US. Electronics, fine, but not tires. Too important.