Trailer tires.

[Pmt133]

Last set I put on the boat trailer was hercules which are made by Cooper out in Ohio. My guy reccomended them and they're popular in the over the road and commercial application. See them on a lot of the trucks that come through with chemical so that's good.

I've used the goodyears, Kenda load stars were what came on the trailer and they went about 15 years. Replaced them when the tread was delaminating. Only tires that ever gave me an issue or blew out were relatively new goodyears and in multiple applications more than once. Goodyear doesn't get my money anymore. If they were running near max load ir were under inflated I'd get it but never really figured out what happened with them.

My suggestion is whatever you get, make sure there is a lot of overhead on the tire weight rating. I know some people like to run LT tires on trailers too but I have yet to find one that both fits and has the load carrying capacity of a small size ST tire.

Good luck with whatever you go with!

 

[Lou C]

Funny thing.
Back in the old days of the 1970s we all drive big American cars with belted bias tires. Now they didn’t handle well ans only lasted like 25,000 miles. But never had a tread separation which was the bane of early American made radials. Remember the Firestone 500 and Wilderness AT recalls? In both the tread separations seemed to be bad quality control trying to build a radial tire to a set price. That’s why I say don’t buy cheap radials. If you want cheap buy bias ply. For a locally used trailer they are fine; they will crack and rot before they wear out. High speed long trips I agree with Bruce, buy the best radials you can get. Also, if you can upgrade to a 6 lug 16” rim you can buy better and higher capacity tires. Then you’re not limited to a 15”
Load range E tire that maxes out at 2860 lbs. If I towed my single axle long distance at high speeds I’d do that. A pair of 16” tires rated at 3,000 lbs each to match the 6,000 axle. Plenty of safety margin for long trips. Expensive yes, quality always is….

 

[Lou C]

Last set I put on the boat trailer was hercules which are made by Cooper out in Ohio. My guy reccomended them and they're popular in the over the road and commercial application. See them on a lot of the trucks that come through with chemical so that's good.

I've used the goodyears, Kenda load stars were what came on the trailer and they went about 15 years. Replaced them when the tread was delaminating. Only tires that ever gave me an issue or blew out were relatively new goodyears and in multiple applications more than once. Goodyear doesn't get my money anymore. If they were running near max load ir were under inflated I'd get it but never really figured out what happened with them.

My suggestion is whatever you get, make sure there is a lot of overhead on the tire weight rating. I know some people like to run LT tires on trailers too but I have yet to find one that both fits and has the load carrying capacity of a small size ST tire.

Good luck with whatever you go with!

To do that (LT) you need to go up to 16” rims….