Trailer tires

Any suggestions for trailer tires? I need to purchase a spare tire for the trailer and I would like some suggestions on which brands are recommended. Overton's sells Carlisle tire/wheel combo and loadstar tire/wheel combo. Anybody have any suggestions?

I do not care about tire price, because if I pay $100 more for something that is a quality product and I am happy with it, then it wasn't worth cheaping out and buying a tire that leaves me stranded.

Are goodyears good trailer tires?

I love the Carlile's. Had no issues with them at all. I got mine from Discount Tire in 06, and still no cracks are problems with them. I paid 75/tire with road hazards etc. Hope this helps..

On the Carlisles, I have read good things more recently about their "USA Trail" tire. Made in USA- might be better than their other tires (presumably made in China?).

I bought the loadstars last year. OK so far - but only have 200 miles on them.

I don't use the trailer much since I live at the lake, we might do 1000 miles a year, mostly on trips out of town.   I do pull various trailers every day at work, everhing from single axel to tandem dual goose necks in excess of 20000 lbs. Trailer tires last about 4 years, doesn't seem to mater if they are used often or not. It also doesn't seem to mater what brand they are, I've had no better luck with Goodyears then I've had with Carslile. The best luck has probably been the Michelin's on my tandem dual, but they are load range E truck tires that went 6 or 7 years, at somewhere over $200 each those aren't really a boat trailer option.

If your just doing the regular trip to the local lake, I'd say wait till one goes and change them all, once one goes the rest follow quickly, I lost 3 in one trip last year. The good thing is they do give you a bit of warning if your paying attention, never had any go bad out of the blue. If you keep a close eye on them in the mirror, I've noticed that they seem to get a little wobbly looking before they go flat. Some times you can feel it, sometimes I just catch it in the mirror. If you got a set that's 4 years old, probably best to get them changed before you take a long trip, sucks to have to deal with it when you'd rather be somewhere else.

FWIW, I work for a company that has more trailers than vehicles, they choose what goes on things and will stick with things that work. Based on the fact that they seem to change trailer tire brands often, but have used the same Michelin's on the trucks for the past 10 years, I would have to say most trailer tires are about the same so lol for the best deal.

panda wrote:    Overton's sells Carlisle tire/wheel combo I do not care about tire price, because if I pay $100 more for something ?

Luke,
Have you been looking at tubes in the Overtons catalog and then their tires? It's the last place I'd go shopping for tires and wheels! (and no tubes ether!)

The shipping will kill you even though you are willing to pay more for something.

Take the wheels down to your local tire distributor - yes on the Goodyear Marathons.

the trailers are 6 lug 5.5" bolt pattern?

Northern Tool Wheel/Tire Combo

TRBenj pointed me in the direction of the above. It came pre-mounted on the rim. I wanted to have a spare for my brother to use; he was retrieving my boat from North Carolina to bring it to Boston.

It worked great and my "worked great" it warded off the flat tire gremlins.   He luckily never had to use it.

I think the tires currently mounted on the trailer are Loadstars as well, I'll have to double check. That made it from NC to Boston and from Boston to NH anyway.

panda wrote: Forgot to mention took the boat out last weekend, and it was epic! It rode great!

Where did you run it?

Have had the GY Marathons on a couple trailers without any problems. If you are not concerned about matching the wheel for your spare just get a cheap painted steel wheel and buy a spare tire cover, nobody will be the wiser.

panda wrote: skicat2001 wrote: I love the Carlile's. Had no issues with them at all. I got mine from Discount Tire in 06, and still no cracks are problems with them. I paid 75/tire with road hazards etc. Hope this helps.. Love em eh? I've read that the carlisle's suck. That is interesting. I do a lot of trailering of my boat and I don't want a crappy tire. How much trailering do you do?

I do on average 3 trips in a year.
1)To my service tech in Austin (160 miles round trip)
2)To my family renioun up on Cedar Creek Lake in East Tx (400 round trip)
3)To central tx to Lake Belton for family get toghter (120 roundtrip)

Then add about another 100 miles to and from the lake I go too. Maybe you go a bad set or something but they have done me right.

My brother n law has them too on his RV on a set of Carliles since 07 and he does double travling I do. He loves em too!