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Old 10-03-2013, 06:15 AM   #1
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Getting a new set of tires

I made some comments a while back about the tires on my RV being 10 years old but still good because of not going anywhere. They have been blocked off the ground and protected from the sun's rays. I spent nearly 20 years in the tire business and during that time we decided whether a tire was safe or not by condition much more than by age.

It's obvious to me now that I was wrong, and that materials and manufacturing processes have changed. I suspect they have learned to manufacture a tire that looks good and may perform well for a time but has no long term value.

My awakening came after close inspection of one of the tires that was leaking very slowly and finding air seeping from the sidewall not through a puncture, but through a crack so small that it was almost impossible to see. So it's off to the tire store for a new set of shoes before we leave on our trip to Arizona in a few weeks.

I'm sorry for doubting any who advised to change any tire over a few years old.

Speaking of old, I'm not mentioning how long it has been since I have been in the tire business
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Old 10-03-2013, 06:54 AM   #2
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Long story, but I learned the hard way about trailer tires. Had one blow while traveling across southern Ca.. It changed my plans for that day. Luckily I didn't have any trailer damage, but a lesson learned. The tire was 5 years old and looked great, I thought.
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Old 10-03-2013, 07:23 AM   #3
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Pulled a trailer with new looking old tires from NC to SD, long story short; first blowout on day one, second on day two, day three changed the other 2 tires and made the rest of round trip without further issues. Then spent lots of dollars fixing trailer from the damage.
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Old 10-03-2013, 08:14 AM   #4
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I read somewhere that some tire wear (damage?) may occur on the inside of the tire and not visible on the outside. I've read too many stories about tire explosions so I replace mine at 5 years no matter what they look like. Glad you are having yours replaced before any damage.
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Old 10-04-2013, 05:03 AM   #5
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I replaced mine back in the spring when they were 4 years old. I know from age they should be good for 5 years'ish, but they were the original OEM tires and Load Range E. Having weighed my 5er I know they were loaded to within 300 pounds of their max so I replaced them a little early with G rated tires just before my trip to the Florida gulf coast for the summer. I sure felt more comfortable on that tow as well as the return trip this past Tuesday.

One thing I noticed from the original E tires to the new G tires is the lack of pressure loss while sitting. My old E's would need to be topped off a couple of psi every month. The new G tires only dropped 2 psi over 4 months and each tire was almost exactly the same. I check my tires every month while parked.
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Old 11-27-2013, 09:01 PM   #6
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Three to five years is the projected life of most trailer tires. It is suggested that they be replaced when they are 3-4 years old regardless of tread life. The tires on our new Jayco were already fourteen months old when we purchased it new so always check the manufacturers code on the side of the tire to determine the actual age of the tire. Look for "DOT" followed by 4 numbers. The first two numbers indicate the week of manufacture (01-52) and last two numbers are the year of manufacture.
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Old 11-29-2013, 11:31 AM   #7
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5 years is also the age limit for my E range 5er tires. Just won't take the chance.
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Old 11-30-2013, 12:29 PM   #8
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Ya pays your money ya takes your chances... Ever been behind an RV that the tire was shredding on? to me it is not worth the risk.
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Old 11-30-2013, 01:28 PM   #9
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I've been down the same road!! Blew a Marathon that was in its 6th year on our trailer. But there was where my problems really started!!! Came home to my local tire merchant that I've used for years on the farm and told him I wanted a high quality tire for replacement . He mounted up 4 new BCTs on our unit. A Chinese tire!!! I wasn't even smart enough to question them.. I had bought tires from that dealer for 30 years. The following summer I blew the first one in South Dakota with body damage. The way it exploded, I was certain that it not from road debris but was structural failure. Blew the second tire in Nebraska. No damage this time but the same kind of explosion. We changed the tire and immediately went to a tire dealer in the next town. It was Saturday afternoon and I explained our situation. He wasn't sure he any replacements that weren't Chinese built. I told him I would just camp in his lot until he found me tires built in the US. Turns out that he had Marathons that were built here in the US. Never again will I except Chinese built tires!!! That local tire dealer that sold them to me lost a good account....
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Old 12-01-2013, 01:26 AM   #10
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Unfortunately, Goodyear Marathons are no longer made in the US either. Like others, I have researched and not found any US made trailer tires. Today, US tire makers spend all of their resources building car and truck tires. When we bought our 2011 Jayco Pinnacle several months ago it had Goodyear Marathons with less than 350 miles on them. Within a week I replaced them with Maxxis 8008 tires. In my research on Maxxis trailer tires in a number of RV forums, I found very little to no complaints on them. I encourage others to do their own research. I did not want Chinese tires either, even though the Marathons had very low mileage on them.

One year ago while traveling with our former Keystone Raptor fifth wheel, we experienced a massive blowout on the rear axle passenger side tire that did $3,200 damage. Tore up the side sheet metal, the plastic covering under the rig, bent the rear entry steps and twisted up aluminum fender trim. I always pay close attention to tire pressure because of the many experiences I've read about in the RV forums I frequent. No matter how well we keep tabs on our tire pressure, if a slow leak starts the tire will heat up and blow. I now run with tire pressure monitors.
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Old 12-01-2013, 06:06 AM   #11
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Maxxis have a good reputation in RV use.
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Old 12-01-2013, 06:14 AM   #12
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We are sure glad we upped from the "E" Rated to the "G" Rated tires on our Pinnacle, due to all the appliance's being on the driver side the weight on the Drivers side wheels is quite high, the "E" Rated tires give us a good margin and are running cool and wearing great after approx. 20k miles.
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We were running with TPS at the time of both of the explosions !! In both cases I heard the tires blow before the sensors indicated a problem. We bought the TPS units because in the case of the six year old tire, I DIDN'T know that I had a tire that had failed until a trucker came along side and gave me a heads up. I was dumbfounded that I hadn't been able to feel a flat tire. And it was flat and shredded when I pulled off the road. We included TPS when we bought the new tires. I'm sure there are some high quality Chinese built tires . But when you blow 2 tires on your maiden voyage after you put on all new rubber and KNOW that they had the proper air pressure when they explode, you get a mite testy!!!! I have never been a price buyer when it comes to tires and the dealer knew that. That was another reason that I was really irate. We had bought another set of tires at the same time for a dump trailer hat we use on the farm. He sold us the same brand in a different size. That trailer doesn't spend much time on the road. In the next four years after purchase, I replaced 3 of them due to cord separation and not being able to keep them in balance. They are junk !!!
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It was 75 in Phoenix today. I went paddle boarding on Tempe Lake. The dog jumped in the water. No flats.
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It was 75 in Phoenix today. I went paddle boarding on Tempe Lake. The dog jumped in the water. No flats.
The missus, the dog and I are wintering in Yuma so you can't make me jealous
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It was 75 in Phoenix today. I went paddle boarding on Tempe Lake. The dog jumped in the water. No flats.
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I am of the opinion that our local tire dealers just don't sell enough RV tires to really know much. We tend to believe them as "experts", but their selling a lot of trailer tires just doesn't equate to knowledge about tires on RV's. Our tires just sit too much.

With this being said, I don't think most of them are being dishonest, they just don't know.
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The missus, the dog and I are wintering in Yuma so you can't make me jealous
I am wintering in SoCal so not jealous either. Watching the hummers come to the window feeder on my living room right now
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Like Str8shooter commented above; my own research that I did this past summer confirms the findings that ST (trailer) tires are not made in the US, at least when it comes to a 15" inch rim/wheel size. However, Maxxis tires are produced to US standards and in my oppinion, that is why they are good quality tires. I've got them on my 5er and have had no problems...I keep the E loaders at 80 psi (cold)and check the psi every time I stop for gas. We probably put 3-4K miles on them over the summer and just got back from a 600+ mile round camping trip over Thanksgiving.
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