![]() From what I've read, they are fine if you keep them inflated properly.Īnyone else have a problem with Gladiator Tires? She convinced me to spend the extra $100 per tire for the G614's. I almost bought them but my wife is tired of watching me change a trailer tire on I75 with traffic going by at 70 mph. I did see that Goodyear now makes an Endurance model trailer tire that is made in the USA. They both still had 80 psi when I took them to a dealer for inspection and replacement. I changed them in a rest area because they looked like a bicycle tire due to tread separation. I was fortunate on the first two because I caught them before they exploded. I have failed three of the five OEM tires and one aftermarket tire in three years. I have more faith in a five year old Michelin made in Alabama than a brand new foreign made tire. I plan to keep one of the Michelin's as a spare. I bought Goodyear G614 LT 235/85R16 tires and will have them installed tomorrow. My 2009 trailer also failed four tires in three years. The good news is that I have carried two spares since the trailer was new. It failed after about 400 miles and destroyed the side of my trailer. It had about 2,000 miles on it from a previous Towmax failure. I put the Towmax spare tire on to get me home from Florida. How does a tire rated at 3,960 lbs at freeway speeds fail with 2,810 lbs in 2 years and 8,000 miles? Clearly G rated tires are not the answer to tire failures on our fifth wheels. I ran the Big Country over the scales when it was fully loaded and the rear axle combined weight was 11,240 lbs. I carry an air compressor and the trailer doesn't move if the tires are below the recommended pressure. Anything less than that and the alarm goes off when the temperature drops 30 degree overnight. The TPMS has an audible alarm if the tire pressure is 5 psi under inflated. I have a TPMS system on the trailer so I know these tires have never been run under inflated. Well, two years and 8,000 miles later, guess which failed. I put the new Gladiator tires on the other side. They had 30,000 miles and were three years old when I put them on my Big Country. I put two used Michelin LT245/75R16 tires that I removed from my truck on one side. I bought two of the Gladiator tires for replacements. ![]() The first OEM Towmax failed at 3,000 miles and the second at 8000 miles, both in less than a year. I had high hopes for these tires as they are made in China by a plant that is 100 % owned by Bridgestone of China. These are 95 PSI load range G tires, rated at 3,960 lbs with 95 psi "at freeway speeds" according to their web site. ![]() If you want to see the carnage of "other people's trailers.Just thought I would give people a heads up on the Gladiator ST235/85R16 QR25-TS tires that I put on my 2014 Big Country 3650RL after two of the OEM Towmax tires failed. as it is the loophole your Insurance company can use to deny any claims for coverage should you have a wreck or blowout with tires that are older than Five Years Old. typically something like a "3516" which means your tire was produced in the 35th week of 2016. If you have a Carlisle Tire that explodes, due to a construction failure and it is within 5 years of the MFG's DOT Date Code, they will not only replace the tire but pay for ANY DAMAGES arising from the tire failure!!ĭo you know the DOT Date code of your tires? You will see a Molding-In oval with four numbers. if you have a blowout with the Goodyear tire due to a tire defect, Goodyear will only replace the tire IF you can convince the store employee it failed due to it being junk from the start, he will only give you a credit for a new tire. Here is the real truth on the Goodyear tires. the Goodyear tires allow the trailer to move about way too much. MPGs Matter! Another factor was high speed cross-winds. a type of boat I haul often and know exactly what my MPGs should be. The Goodyear tires netted a 1.5-2.2 mpg WORSE fuel economy with a 2013 Boston Whaler 285 loaded up. The Goodyear tires also do not have a center-rib tread design which lends to a lower rolling resistance and better directional stability at higher speeds or bad weather. I immediately noticed they come new with less tread depth of the Carlisle Radial HD tires. I tried the "New" Goodyear Endurance tires and they are JUNK! On a Cross Country trip from South Carolina to Seattle, Wa I mounted six new 225/75R15 tires on my triple axle trailer. ![]() So I will give you advice based on 300+,000 miles of towing boats weighing in excess of 10K without a tire failure in the past two years on my own trailer and the experience of tire, wheel, hub and brake failures hauling other "Experts" ratings of trailer in "Great Condition."įirst off. The question of Goodyear tires just came up on THT.
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