I think that I have Carlisle tires on my trailer. I have had them on there for many years now. I don't use the boat that much and I don't travel to tournaments. I used to haul the boat from Evansville, IN to New Concord, KY down at KY lake twice a year. I also take the boat up to Patoka Lake about 4 times a year in the past and now about 1 or 2 times a year. Can't go far these days with gas prices at $3.65/gallon.If I had a tire fail due to thread separation I would suspect that it was faulty or a retread that failed. If I had two tires of that brand fail on my I would not buy that brand again.Trailer tires are not cheap and you should get the best that you can afford and a type that won't fail you in just a few hundred miles. I expect my truck tires to give me 40,000 miles or more. I would expect the same from my trailer tires.I had smaller wheels and tires on my boat trailer when I first bought the boat. I installed larger tires and wheels after I bought the boat and took my first trip to KY Lake. Now that I remember that I did that it helps me to understand why my boat is so hard to launch now. With taller tires the boat trailer sits up higher and that makes it harder to get the boat off the trailer.
Quote Originally Posted by tglass View Post
i here that carlisle tires are very good trailer tires and i will be able to tell you in a while because i just had some put on this fall. I had goodyears on my trailer too but they were starting to show the steel belts so they had to go before i had the blow out. I got mine for $65 a tire but that was because i got a discount through my uncle who owns a body shop. So far they have been great but i can't tell yet but my uncle is very knowlegable and he turned me on to them and he has them on both of his boat trailers.