Trailer Tires Needed

[jeffburch]

I have 3 years on my trailer tires and need to replace.
I want to upgrade to a Goodyear Marathon Radial
or a Carlisle Radial Trail.
Moving from a load rate C to D.
Rims may be too narrow to get to far away from the 205's that are on there.

Does anyone have a hookup on trailer tires south of retail in DFW?

Thanks in advance :!:

jb

[Adam Ginsberg]

Check out Southwest Wheel in Dallas. Off 183, near TX Stadium. It's on the north side of the service road - it's actually in that "wedge" between I35W and 183/114, near Mockingbird.

They carry the Goodyear Marathon tires.

[mitchntx]

I know you said local ...

I buy all my trailer tires from www.easternmarine.com

I can buy a tire and wheel combo from them, plus shipping for what NTB/Discount/etc. wants for just a tire, tax, mounting and balancing.

Order on Monday and it arrives on Wednesday.

[AllZWay]

I don't know if you have one locally.... but the farm and ranch store here named TSC sells the carlisle tires.

[j3ffbrooks]

why not just buy an E range truck tire?

what is really the difference?

I think the tire companies have everyone believing that you need a trailer tire for a trailer.

[AllZWay]

why not just buy an E range truck tire?

what is really the difference?

I think the tire companies have everyone believing that you need a trailer tire for a trailer.

I think part of that is true.

My tire hook-up locally just sells me a good tire for my trailer as that is what they use on all of their race trailers and they have been in the tire business for 30 years or more.

[Wirtz]

Just for another data point, I bought through Discount Tire. They have both Goodyears and Carlisle. I did this as they are a national chain so if I have trouble in the road they might be able to help out. The local shop here will match any price you can find published on the internut.

Jeff

[jeffburch]

Great point guys thanks.
Wondered that myself.
I need to measure my rim width. I'm sure they are 5"-5.5" so going wider may require a set of rims. (15" diameter btw)
Not interested in doing that.
3 yrs in present size was adaquate with a sh!tty oem bias ply trailer tire.

jb

[Adam Ginsberg]

For the first time since I've owned my trailer, I put D-load range trailer tires on it ( 1800lbs each ). Since 2003, I've been using cheapie used truck/car tires - $20 each, M&B'd.

The bias-ply tires I bought from Southwest Wheel were $37 each, and it cost another $10 for M&B'ing. They held up fine to and from Barber. We'll see how long they last.

From what I've read, one of the most damaging things to tires is sunlight - the UV rays really break down the rubber. I wonder if simply covering the tires while the trailer is sitting will help them live longer. In my case, only the driver side needs to be covered, as the passenger side sits very close to the fence ( within ~6 inches ) and I don't feel they get the same type of sun abuse the other side does.

[marshall_mosty]

From what I've read, one of the most damaging things to tires is sunlight - the UV rays really break down the rubber. I wonder if simply covering the tires while the trailer is sitting will help them live longer.

I have a set of Harbor Freight tire covers that are on the exposed tires on my trailer. I think the covers were $10 for a set of 4.