Fiqured I would ask here since this is for superduty trucks and you are probably towing with it. I have a 28' race car trailer extended height and need to replace all four tires for next season, was looking at the Maxxis trailer tires, any thoughts or is there a better tire out there? Need recommandations!!!

 

On my 35 foot horse trailer which weighs approximately 24k with the truck, I run 14 ply Hankooks and I am very happy with them. I am not a fan of BFG but I know many people with sd trucks that are and Hankook is marketing a tire that fills that niche as well. I do not the speed rating of these tires. Goodyear makes a tire that is speed rated and is twice the money of the Hankooks.

 

what size are your tires ? 15" , 16" , 16.5" 14.5" ?
any brand as most are made overseas with the highest weight rating !

 

What he said ^^^^.

Tire Size? Axle rating?

A 5K pound axle has 15's I think
A 7K axle has 16's I think.

Anyway, I have a triple 7K axle trailer and we use GoodYear GS-A load rating G tires, they are indestructible.

On our other 4 16ft box trailers we have 5K axles and in our 15 years of lugging these around a few thousand miles/month we have found that using the thru-bolt valve stem vs. just the pressed in rubber ones has more to do with tire longevity than anything else. This is where they leak most of the time and while driving one of them runs flat, overheats, and comes apart. The second part is that we pretty much settled on purchasing whatever NTB, WalMart, Firestone, Goodyear sell at a low price, no particular brand, just something under $80/tire.

They just don't last long enough to worry about it. We have yet to run a tire (other than the G rated ones) long enough to actually wear the tread out and truly get the life expectancy out of them. They always come apart from the inside out.

 

I use Denman Load Range-E on my box trailer towing my show car. 10 ply.
about 5000 miles so far and no measurable wear.

Sam

 

I run BFG Commercial TA on my 5th wheel. Others have had good luck with Michelin XPS ribs.

Depends on the load rating you need really.

 

Thanks for the replys, The axles are 7k torsion; but I will be pulling the trailer every weekend (200-600miles), I was reading Tire rack reviews on the Goodyear Marathon and it had terrible reviews( this could be because some ppl aren't to brite).

 

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.


Stay far away from Chinese trailer tires.

 

I haven't been impressed with the Maxxis or Carlisle tires either. friends with car haulers always seem to be having failures.. not leak, blow outs.

altho I don't NEED 10 ply for my 7000lb towing, it gives me comfort to know I have extra capacity.

and I carry 2 mounted spares and one unmounted as well.
(lost two carlisle tires on one loaded trailer on a 4th of july weekend, with only one spare ... not fun)

Sam

 

Go to any rv forum and search on tires and you will find plenty of bad experiences with Chinese made tires.

rv.net

 

Since outourcing to SE Asia became the norm, it seems trailer tire reliability has gotten incredibly poor.
Blowouts on trailers can be exciting and costly. I don't much care for them...
Myself? I run LT tires on lighter trailers (<10K), and pay the premium for name brand US made commercial tires on heavy trailers.

 

Maxxis is a great tire for the cost , you can get a 15" E rated 10 ply too. I have never seen a properly cared for Maxxis tire fail. Stay away from the Goodyear Marathon and Carlisle. I have Maxxis on my RV and car hauler with no problems.

 

Maxxis has the best rep on-line. This past year i bought a tow hauler (2007 left over) from my dwarf and i had them take off the goodyears as they were 4 years old and one was sliced on the sidewall. Wanted the maxxis but got some other no name brand....so far so good.

 

Maxxis do have a good rep and seem to be a good tire. The Goodyear Marathons are also a great tire. You just have to be sure they are the newer ones made in the USA. Goodyear had their Marathons made in China for a few years and these tires are the ones that get all the negative reviews. Talk about a bad decision!

 

I think the biggest improvement I've made on my trailer is upgrading to 10 ply E rated tires. I went with Carlisles based upon info available at the time and haven't been disappointed. This allows one to run 80psi in the tires vs 65psi max on the D rated. Proper inflation and maintenance are the key to getting decent trailer tire life. My old D rated Goodyear Marathons were maxed out with the trailer at legal manufacturer capacity. Most trailer manufacturers don't leave much margin for error.