boat trailer tires?

[skinny]

What are some good replacement trailer tires?
My trailer came with goodyear marathons. In two years i've had 1 blow out and tread came off the other......KP

[BassNNutt]

couple of questions...
Was trailer new when you bought it?
how many miles you put on your tires a year?

Just curious because I use to own a small boat and that trailer it sat on wasnt the easiest on tires. I went to a junk yard and put bigger wheels and tires on trailer which helped but made it a little harder to load the boat on the ramp.

Just like a car, I have owned some that you couldnt keep tires on it and others that were much better on tires. example: I own a monte carlo which i bought used about six years ago and this spring I put my first set of tires on it since i owned it.
anyway you might want to make sure your axle isnt slightly bent becuase that will make the tires wear faster. "Just some food for thought"

[HURRICANEBOB]

What are some good replacement trailer tires?
My trailer came with goodyear marathons. In two years i've had 1 blow out and tread came off the other......KP

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[skinny]

I bought the boat and trailer new in feb. 06. first tire blew in less then 6 months. tread came off the other tire this weekend around cookville,tn. i travel alot thats why im asking for good replacements. I run 50psi in my tires and check them before every trip. my old boat trailer also had goodyears. tread came off one of those tires too.
I have run goodyear tires on my trucks with no problems,but there trailer tire just dont hold up for me...KP

[BassNNutt]

If it still under warranty I would take it back to dealer and demand they check everything out. I have never owned a new boat so no sure on what all warranties cover but if you talk to them right they might go ahead and double check everything for you. (they love repeat business)

[tglass]

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.

[Col Forbin]

This may be a bit off topic, but have you thought of using Nitrogen to fill the tires. There is no moisture in it, so no expanding and contracting - they stay the same PSI no matter what the temp is. I have never done it, but I know several that swear by it, especially with heavier boats.

[phoenix]

Nitrogen may be OK, but I have heard it costs $35 to $40 a tire. Hmmmm....thats a lot of gas in my tank with a tandem trailer !
35 x 4 = $140

[Col Forbin]

That is high!! I didn't know it was that much.

[Moose1am]

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.

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.

[MrSplitshot]

I've never had trouble out of Goodyear Marathons...I hear that the Carlisle tires are fine too...

It sounds like you're keeping them inflated properly and checked regularly, so that's good. Do you have to add air to them often? If so, you could have a slow leak in the wheel or around the valve stem causing the air pressure to drop slowly after you inflate and are bouncing down the highway...then an under-inflated tire builds up excess heat and can cause the failure. Even the cheapest made tires on the road shouldn't have a tread seperation issue...that's a pretty big defect...so I generally side towards air pressure problems caused by leaky wheels and valve stems, or road hazards that you might not have seen. Of course, it could be a defect too, but chances are less likely.

Let a good tire man look at your tire and they can look for things that point them in the right direction, but there is no reason not to trust a Goodyear trailer tire.

As for Nitrogen fill, it's becoming more popular. If your wheel/tire is well-sealed, you shouldn't lose air pressure and it won't fluctuate with temperature. You still need to check it regularly, but it should be stable. The Nitrogen molecules are bigger too, so it is less apt to escape from tiny cracks that might be present in your wheel/tire/valve, etc. It shouldn't cost you that much to Nitro-fill a boat trailer tire though. I know what Nitrogen costs, because my store has a mobile nitrogen filling station, and it can be done pretty inexpensively.