The Marathons, anyway.


Boy, are you in for a surprise.

 

Tell me more about the Carlisles. Are you speaking of the load range D 225s ?

 

I've heard nothing but bad about the Carlisles, which is a bummer since I have 4 of them on my travel trailer. My coach is now a little over a year old and has a few thousand miles on it and I haven't had a problem. But as soon as they show any sign of something bad I hoping to replace them with Maxxis tires. I hear they make a quality product. I believe I have the 225/75-15's like mouseguy but I'm not positive. Hopefully Maxxis has something close in size with the proper load range.

Edit:

I just checked Maxxis' site and they have a 225/75-15 10-ply radial, load range E (2830 lbs). Those will work great for my 10,000 lb GVWR coach.

 

[QUOTE=ptgarcia]I've heard nothing but bad about the CarlislesQUOTE]
I have blown up 2 Carlisles on my own, and 3 more with funny wear patterns.
All my friends with Carl's have blown up at least one as well.
I got some trailer tries from Les Swab, They have a full warenty on them, and I carry 2 spares so I am no longer worried about them.

 

Maxxis' site says today that they're out of the 10-ply radials now. Those look like they'd be a good choice for me too.

 

I built myself a trailer and then to save money I ran LT truck tires..
but it seemed I was always having problems keeping the bead on the rim..
I kept popping them when making u-turns or tight turns..

So I broke down and put on a set of Maxxis Tires.. I have put about 4000 miles on them in less then 1 month and they ride great with no problems at all and very very little sidewall flex.. I got the 6 ply ones..

Not bad I got 5 - 6ply Trailer tires for $375.00 shipped to my house and I got them in 3 days and they threw in a Free duffle bag (nice tool bag for the trail)

But they did forget to include one thing.. STICKERS.. I was surprised no stickers.. oh well I guess no free advertising on the trailer...

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And Here is the deal I used to get that price..

You all oh me for sharing this deal..

Yes you have to fill out a form and sign up on there site but hey to save 20% it is worth it.


The Maxxis M8008 Radial Trailer tire available from a 175/80R13 6 ply up to the 235/80R16 10 Ply and are available to Race fans and teams at 20% off and free shipping.
This includes every body with a trailer to haul their toys.
This is a limited time deal.
This is a really great trailer tire with many of the national trailer manufactures choosing to run Maxxis because they are so much tougher.
Quit blowing out trailer tires and get these.
How do you get the deal?
Go to www.maxxis.com/m8008 and enter coupon code RACESUPPORT.

 

for more info on Carlisle ST trailer tire go to RV.net and check the 5th wheel and travel trailer forums. Many,many unhappy users with 15 " ST tires for heavy trailers.
Just a point about the Goodyear spoksman post claiming ST are stronger in the sidewalls. Any tire type on a trailer that has a basketball shaped sidewall is suspect to lots of sidewall damage as the sidewall sticks way out past the tread and wheel. The Marathon is only rated 65 mph and has a thinner tread [ 8 -10/32s] and only ten percent more load capacity than a "P" rated tire. They do advertize them as the most economicaly in price. Most of the RV industry has gone to LT tires on the bigger trailers. Having pulled trailers for several years [none RVs] to make a living we found out the hard way about ST trailer tires. We went to 16" LTs many years ago and do not have any tires probs other than picking up construction site debree.


JIM