HORRIBLE Travel Trailer TIRES! What I recommend! Watch!

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[Captnjohnx]

I use the Carlisle HD ST225/75R15 tires on my trailer. They are heavier duty than what the manufacture calls for but the side wall is a 10 ply construction. One thing to remember about going to a heavier duty tire is that the Air Pressure required in that tire is higher than the pressure in a lower load rating. For instance in most Load D rated (8 ply) ST (Special Trailer) tires the required pressure is 65 psi and in a Load E rated (10 Ply) tire the required pressure is 80 psi. If you go to a 12 ply or Load F rated tire the required pressure is 95 psi and so on. So before going to a heavier ply rating make sure your wheels can handle the extra pressure. I only went up one ply rating from the manufacturers specified rating, from Load D (8ply) to Load E (10 ply). ST (Special Trailer) tires are designed specifically for trailers and also typically have higher load ratings and different tread and sidewall structures than passenger car and light truck tires. LT and passenger tires are designed for road handling, steering, comfort, braking distance, cornering and the load of a passenger car or light truck. I have had good luck with trailer tires as long as you keep the recommended cold tire pressure in them at all times. You can easily have a blowout by just running you tires at 10 psi below the recommended pressure rating. You dont adjust tire pressure on trailer tires like you do on a passenger car or truck. On a trailer the pressure is suppose to be set at manufacture's recommended psi rating. That pressure, is the setting to get the highest carrying load of that tire. When you run the pressure lower than recommended setting it gives a lot more strain on the sidewall of the tire. The sidewall design of a passenger tire is designed to flex and roll as the car steers around corners and for the comfort of the passenger. Trailer tires are designed to trail straight behind the tow vehicle. Typically passenger car tires are set between 30 and 36 psi and light truck between 40 and 60 psi. There is a range of flexibility where a trailer tire should be very close to the cold tire pressure recommendation. As the tire heats up and cools down the pressure will change a little but it will still be very close to the cold pressure recommended by the tire manufacture. So IMO and that of many others beware of going to a non trailer designed tire and if you stay with a ST tire be sure to faithfully check the tire pressure before starting your trip and during the trip or go with a TPMS tire monitoring system that will warn you if your tire pressure drops a few pounds.

[roydavis]

I worked in the tire manufacturing industry for over 30 years and I agree with using cargo trailer tires. Yet there is something you should know. RV trailer tires are designed to be UV resistant where cargo ones aren't. That is because RVs are often stored or parked for prolong periods in the outdoors. The simple fix though is to use tire covers.

[frostriver]

Canned the Castle Rock "D"s for some highly rated Maxxis "E"s on our new Flagstaff! Much happier with the load rating and expected quality.

[jameswatts]

Selling tires since 75 inspecting tires for warranty since 89. The first tire shone appears to be run low on air pressure or over loaded not tire failure. If you want a tire to last any tire inflation inflation inflation. Tires on trailers are destroyed more often by run low run flat conditions because unlike cars you are less likely to feel the effects of low air pressure. NTSA would have failure rate info. I do not recommend light truck or passenger tires on trailers. More than just tread ribs effect the way tires follow, bead wrap bead filler, and cord count can effect how a tire follows.

[jamesm.]

Spent a while on the phone with Goodyear and they have discontinued this tire. Closest thing they could offer me in the G-26 (which it took forever to them to find) was a 205/65/15. May have to go that route.

[raymondrichard]

running Carlisle trailer tires on my rig for the past 6 years not one single problem. average over 4, 000 miles a year

[AlaskaErik]

Goodyear Endurance ST tires. Made for trailers, not cargo vans. Made in the USA and they have a speed rating of 87 mph. I have over 5000 miles on mine, including driving the Alaska Highway, and I have had zero issues. I would never use C or LT tires for a trailer. They simply are not designed for that application.

[holbertsmeadow]

Looks like Corpus Christi, just moved from there after 45 years after hurricane Harvey two years ago and we now live in Sequim, WA...love it

[gregmislick]

If you are in the 16" and up range, the Michelin X-Rib is an excellent tire - has the scuff guard sidewalls and a solid rib on the outsides to resist the wear from cornering.
If you do some investigating, you can probably swap up to 16" from 15" - but you need to be careful of suspension clearance with the bottom of the trailer ( not enough room and the tires will rub - Not Good

[chrisalaimo]

I replaced my Lite fifth wheel 15in tires (225/75R15) with Mastertrack all steel tires. 12 ply tires with load rating of E I believe. Taking it out in a few weeks. I got the idea from one of your previous videos. I hope I made the right choice.

[kylevanwinkle]

pretty much I would uprate the weight rating by at least 1 rating. this will make the side walls stiffer and they will skid better during a turn. plus it's not likely that you will heat the tire up by over loading

[NMAGGIES]

Had castle rock on our Forest River travel trailer, after some high dollar repairs, I am now am running goodyear (didn't know about "Cargo") thanks for the video. A good quality tire is cheap insurance. Spend the money!

[victorurbina]

Concur with the Goodyear Endurance trailer tire. I have them in 15 inch and what a difference from those Rainier tires that Jayco uses. Used Rainier for one season locally on my 2017 Jayco but planning a trip from Illinois to Texas this June and changed to Goodyear Endurance. Did a small trip earlier last month about 800 miles round trip and they performed phenomenally. Night and day feel and no bulging like original Chinese tires.

[southfloridalife]

I had 4 goodyear endurance tires on my 35' TT 7500lbs unloaded. In 2 years I had 2 tires seperate. I switched to 4- 14 ply rated all steel tires last week. Each tire is rated to 3500 lbs at 95 psi.

[gregwallace]

I always buy Westlake tires for my trailers and vehicles. Great price and they have never let me down

[robertbrookins]

Trailer King RST E tires - I have them on my new 25' 5th wheel, l went 3000+ miles on the 4 tires on the ground so far. The spare that has never been on the ground, blew up under the tire cover sitting in the yard. Scared my wife, it shook the house. 3 months old. I checked all the pressures before Sturgis and no problems on the trip. 1 week later sitting in the yard, BOOM! Scary to think what could have happened at 70-80 miles an hour if one blew like that on the ground.

[RichardCockerill]

any opinion on Goodyear Endurance tire for trailers?

[toyhaulen]

I just recently upgraded my toy hauler tires from Freestar to Carlisle Radial Trail HD tires. So far I really like them, the trailer seems to track straighter than it did previously and yes I run them at the max 65 psi per many experts advice. I got 7500 miles and 4 years out of the Freestar tires before tread was coming off, no blow out, got lucky! Hoping more trailer tire manufactures will return production to the U.S.

[jonscherr]

I have been looking at replacement 15" tires for my 39 ft travel trailer and I saw your video. The market is somewhat limited on the 15s and I didn't want to upgrade to a 16", so I tried looking these tires up. Only place I could find them online was at tire rack. I tried to look them up on the Goodyear website and couldn't find them there either. Inquired about the tire using their chat feature, and that tire is no longer made.

[TheTravelBags]

Thanks for the suggestion. My guess is the majority of blow outs are a result of people exceeding the speed rating of the tire which is usually 65 mph. I see them blowing by me all the time. I usually buy the cheap tires and in 7 years of traveling full time (over 200k miles) we've only had 2 blow outs, but we usually keep our speed around 60 mph. My biggest problem with the cheap tires is that the treads don't last very long.