Any Consensus on Trailer Tire Brands???

[MtnViewRanch]

Gotta be *very* careful here... Those "LT235/85 16 tire - E rated" tires are only rated for 3,000 lbs... not 3,500 lbs like the 75 or 80 profile in same diameter/width. All E-rated tires are not created equal!
Dougster

Not to be a pain, but why do you need 3500lb tires for a 10,000lb trailer?
Wouldn't a set of good 3000lb load range E tires be good?

Just wondering

 

[Dougster]

Not to be a pain, but why do you need 3500lb tires for a 10,000lb trailer? Wouldn't a set of good 3000lb load range E tires be good? Just wondering

Hi Brian - Several reasons... the most important of which is that I almost died 10 days ago when my fully-loaded dump trailer picked up a screw somewhere and one tire went soft on the highway... blowing out and taking the other tire on that side with it... all right in front of a freakin' state cop radar trap. The cop was not amused at my amazing recovery and ticketed me... YES, for getting a flat tire and pulling off the side of the road!!! He says I came too close to him when entering the breakdown lane where his trap was set-up... I kid you not.

Anyway, I want a fighting chance the next time I pick-up a nail or screw in one tire. I don't want the other one to blow just based on sudden overloading. I want the highest load rated tires I can fit on those two trailers... bar none! That means a 3,500 lb 16" tire in my case. I also don't trust these Chinese tires... but all I can do is get the highest load rating possible in one and pray the Chinese crap holds up.

Believe it or not, the 3,500 lb rated tires (75 or 80 profile) cost exactly the same as the 3,000 lb rated tires (85 profile) and fit much better on my two trailers... so why go down in load for a tire that fits worse?

Dougster

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I'm sorry that you have to stay with junk tires. Are you absolutely sure that you can not get any good tires and wheels to fit. That sucks. I have constantly over loaded the BFG's that are on my smaller tilt bed with no problems, tires are 14 years old and do need to be replaced, but have had no problems yet. Of course now when I use it this coming weekend, with my luck I'll have a blowout.

Good luck with your endeavors.

 

[Dougster]

I'm sorry that you have to stay with junk tires. Are you absolutely sure that you can not get any good tires and wheels to fit. That sucks. I have constantly over loaded the BFG's that are on my smaller tilt bed with no problems, tires are 14 years old and do need to be replaced, but have had no problems yet. Of course now when I use it this coming weekend, with my luck I'll have a blowout. Good luck with your endeavors.

It only takes picking up one small screw or nail puncture to reduce pressure down to where that one tire is useless and putting the entire side's load on the second (non-punctured) tire on that same side. Add to that the highway route (which I never take fully loaded but did that day to avoid holiday weekend celebrations, parades and detours) and there I was on the side of the road with the not-so-nice state cop writing me a ticket.

I was back to work very quickly using two tires off the equipment trailer and did another three loads that same day, but the financial & legal damage was already done. Never again! I hated those crappy 15" 225 tires right from the beginning and now they are going. Whatever safety margin I can add, I will. I wish the new tires could be American-made, but it is equally important that they be the right type, right fit and highest possible load carrying capability to guard against future puncture-related disasters when running fully loaded.

Dougster

 

[dullpain]

I put the G614 RST's on my 21' goosneck last year. Good tire , expensive , but peace of mind is worth a lot. I don't think you will regret it if you go same direction.

 

[Dougster]

I put the G614 RST's on my 21' goosneck last year. Good tire , expensive , but peace of mind is worth a lot. I don't think you will regret it if you go same direction.

Yeah, checked them out during a break today... Un-Freakin'-Godly Expensive!!! They may be fabulously safe tires, but they would bankrupt me putting them on both 10K trailers.

Dougster

 

[skipmarcy]

Finally found my first equipment trailer (not a dump trailer) with LT tires mounted stock from the factory. It was a 20+ ft CAM deck-over. BIG tires... in fact, so big they would not fit (width-wise) on either my equipment or dump trailer. All the other CAM trailers... including all of the dumps... had ST tires.

Anyone know anything about the "Mission" brand? CAM uses them... maybe others?

Anyway... still searching for an honest, safe dump trailer tire in 235-Something-R16... not easy!!!

Dougster

Doug, the radials that came on my Anderson dump that I told you about are Mission brand. They hold the loads OK, but don't know about structural integrity in a blowout case - thank goodness. I still swear by the Dynatracs on my flat trailer. Bias ply, narrow, stiff trailer tire, not too expensive.

 

[Dougster]

Doug, the radials that came on my Anderson dump that I told you about are Mission brand. They hold the loads OK, but don't know about structural integrity in a blowout case - thank goodness. I still swear by the Dynatracs on my flat trailer. Bias ply, narrow, stiff trailer tire, not too expensive.

It's amazing how the debate rages on: Bias ply vs. radial trailer tires. Makes my head spin.

I'm guessing Mission must be a pretty decent trailer tire... but, so far, hard to check out on the net. My guess is that they must be Chinese like most of the others, but I won't know for sure until I can find a Mission tire dealer.

I am starting to research Titan's Radial ST trailer tire. It may be the only trailer tire out there in the desired size and load rating (ST23580R16E) that's still made in the USA. Anyone out there know for sure???

Dougster

 

[jsborn]

dullpain: I put the G614 RST's on my 21' goosneck last year. Good tire , expensive , but peace of mind is worth a lot. I don't think you will regret it if you go same direction.

Yeah, checked them out during a break today... Un-Freakin'-Godly Expensive!!! They may be fabulously safe tires, but they would bankrupt me putting them on both 10K trailers.

Dougster

Please don't keep us in suspense how much were they?
one mans bankrupt may be another mans pocket change.

 

[zzvyb6]

I asked my friends at Goodyear about the question of Made in USA trailer tires and here is their answer:

"Goodyear does make an ST235/80R16 Marathon trailer tire, but it is a load range D, not E. It is product code 762-400-406, GBS code
197621. I believe these are made in Fayetteville.

The tire will carry 3000 pounds at 65 psi.

ST tires generally have the same dimensions as their LT counterparts, but the loads for ST tires are calculated with a different
formula that allows more capacity. An LT235/80R16 LR D tire will only carry 2623 pounds at 65 psi."

I believe that would be a Kelly Springfield plant in N. Carolina.