Tire question
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Tire question
Had our first blowout today on I-64 near Charlottesville, VA. Our gooseneck is a 2018 Lakota 3 horse LQ trailer with the OEM Power King tires, about 33k miles on them luckily we weren’t hauling horses today. Put the unused OEM spare on and got home okay.
Should I replace all four tires? If so, any tire recommendations?
EDIT: Date code on the tires is 3517, or last week of August 2017. Probably time for a new set?
Should I replace all four tires? If so, any tire recommendations?
EDIT: Date code on the tires is 3517, or last week of August 2017. Probably time for a new set?
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From: Reno, NV
Had our first blowout today on I-64 near Charlottesville, VA. Our gooseneck is a 2018 Lakota 3 horse LQ trailer with the OEM Power King tires, about 33k miles on them luckily we weren’t hauling horses today. Put the unused OEM spare on and got home okay.
Should I replace all four tires? If so, any tire recommendations?
EDIT: Date code on the tires is 3517, or last week of August 2017. Probably time for a new set?
Should I replace all four tires? If so, any tire recommendations?
EDIT: Date code on the tires is 3517, or last week of August 2017. Probably time for a new set?
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You were lucky to get so many miles imho.
Trailer must not be that heavy when loaded.
I would put USA tires on it now. LT tires or if you need ST then get Goodyear Edurance tires. Those are USA made.
Trailer must not be that heavy when loaded.
I would put USA tires on it now. LT tires or if you need ST then get Goodyear Edurance tires. Those are USA made.
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Yeah, 6 to 7 years for good ST tires like the Goodyear Endurance, Sailun, Maxxis or your choice of LT tires, for the super cheap china bombs 3 years is pushing it. 2 of my factory bombs didn’t make it to the 3 year mark before slipping belts and chunking apart. I’ll be replacing my 7 year old Sailuns this fall.
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Anything with king in the name is Chinese GARBAGE.
I've ran hundreds of thousands of miles and the tires I liked best were Hercules Power STR and GoodYear endurance. This is talking about 10ply and 12ply tires.
Stepping up to 14ply STEEL radials will almost guarantee no blowouts, but you can still lose the tread. And they ride rougher. Probably not what you want on a horse trailer.
I'd get all new tires, Goodyear or Hercules. Those garbage kings are going to keep popping like balloons.
I've ran hundreds of thousands of miles and the tires I liked best were Hercules Power STR and GoodYear endurance. This is talking about 10ply and 12ply tires.
Stepping up to 14ply STEEL radials will almost guarantee no blowouts, but you can still lose the tread. And they ride rougher. Probably not what you want on a horse trailer.
I'd get all new tires, Goodyear or Hercules. Those garbage kings are going to keep popping like balloons.
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From: Elephant Butte NM
Yeah, 6 to 7 years for good ST tires like the Goodyear Endurance, Sailun, Maxxis or your choice of LT tires, for the super cheap china bombs 3 years is pushing it. 2 of my factory bombs didn’t make it to the 3 year mark before slipping belts and chunking apart. I’ll be replacing my 7 year old Sailuns this fall.
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