trailer tires

[Baja Fool]

After purchasing Goodyear Marathons for both our tandem trailers then experiencing 3 blowouts in 3 trips (Yes all were inflated to spec, load was way under max, just blew up!), we purchased some Hercules 10 ply tires rated 2840 each @ 80lbs pressure. Any one have experience with these tires?

Thanks

Guess I didn't specify that these are on 15" wheels.....We are not interested in modifying the trailer to 16"......yet.

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[punchdrunk monkey]

I needed new tires for my 18' tandem axle trailer (flat bed). There is no effing way I'll put Carlisles on there. Well anyways I picked up All terrains today. When I got them home I thought I should check out the rating (yes I know I should of thought of this before I bought them) and they area rated for just max single load of 1700lbs and dual load of 1600lbs. My trailer is a Carson so it's not a heavy duty trailer but I load about 4000lbs of toys on there for the desert. Now I'm a little worried the tires are not strong enough. Anyone else use load c BFG's on their trailer?

[partybarge_pilot]

Yes, we ran them on a car hauler that was over 7500# when loaded. It went up and down Baja more times than I can remember. No problems as long as you don't clip the white posts on the side of the highway...........

[punchdrunk monkey]

Yes, we ran them on a car hauler that was over 7500# when loaded. It went up and down Baja more times than I can remember. No problems as long as you don't clip the white posts on the side of the highway...........

I'm not sure even a Load E tire could handle that. LOL. Thanks for the info

[PWR MAD]

I'm not sure about towing off-road, but a buddy of mine was a line mechanic for a local trucking company and always recommended the load range E Denman. I had them on my last toyhauler and never had any problems. He also said to get the bias ply, the steel belted are prone to "cracks in the steel" and failures due to hitting potholes and stuff with weight on them. I'm not a tire engineer, but it sounds good :-)

[burninfuel]

My 30' weekend warrior has 10 ply green dot , original tires till last month, no problems and 10 years old, lots of side cracks and tread was almost gone. I went with hercules on original 15" rated 2850# and at 80 psi, I run 60 -65 psi

[Baja Fool]

Just returned from Laughlin towing the race car...no issues with the Hercules 10 plies.
Keep my fingers crossed.

[Baja Fool]

San Felipe towing the Class 1, no problems. Next stop, Baja 500.....

[AZ45]

The Hercules is a great tire; our tire company has sold 1000’s of them. There are several Chinese brands that work pretty well, they’re pretty easy to build and many of the brands come from the same factories. You may also find the Chinese tires are expensive; it’s because of the shipping weight and the new Gov import tax on tires.

Trailer tires usually rot out before they wear out. If your tires are more than three years old and have been sitting in the sun, you should probably replace them. You can check the DOT numbers to figure out the age.

How to read the date in a DOT number - Last 4 numbers are the date, first 2 numbers are the week, the second 2 are the year. Exp: 4209, tire was built the 42nd week of 2009.
How to read load range- Load range “E” is 10 ply, E is the 5th letter of the alphabet X 2 + 10. Load range “D” is an 8 ply ect.

Most trailer tires will separate before the blow up, so they usually give you some warning before they go. Before you use your trailer on a long haul, jack it up and spin the tires and look for lumps. If it’s got a lump, it’s going to separate. A failure of a good trailer tire is usually because its run low on air. If you have E range tires they probably have super stiff side walls, if you have a stiff tire that’s low on air it will generate more heat than a regular car tire. Its easy to run a trailer tire low on air because you may just give it a visual check on unloaded trailer, because the tire is so stiff it may not be deflecting the sidewall much so it doesn’t look low.

If you cant find trailer tires in your area, call UPR and we'll get you a deal on some and deliver them to a race. In the Phoenix area, Desert Rat can order them from the Tucson warehouse.

[cusico]

BFG A/T's 265/75/16 are 3415 lb load rating at 80 PSI. Never an issue on my rig hauling way over the prescribed load rating.

13,660 total with dual axle setup.

A few days of 15K-20K hauling on one of the flat bed trailers.

RC and lots of extra stuff only push 10k-11k including the trailer tare weight.