Trailer Tires

Run to Rund · 07-05-2010, 12:04 PM

My tire guy said Carlisle is the only one still made in USA but they are the worst tires. Personally I have had bad luck with bias ply Duro (dry rotted and bad wear pattern in 1 year), radial Nankang, etc. It seems that since Chinese stuff undercut prices, the more expensive=better comanies went out of business and now we can't get really good tires in 14" and 15" for trailers. I would definitely not use trailer tires more than 4 years regardless of how much tread is left. With radials, I put on a glove and run my hand around the tread at every stop, checking for bulges = ply separation.

07-05-2010, 12:04 PM	#13
Run to Rund Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 583 Likes: 8 Liked 54 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Trailer Tires My tire guy said Carlisle is the only one still made in USA but they are the worst tires. Personally I have had bad luck with bias ply Duro (dry rotted and bad wear pattern in 1 year), radial Nankang, etc. It seems that since Chinese stuff undercut prices, the more expensive=better comanies went out of business and now we can't get really good tires in 14" and 15" for trailers. I would definitely not use trailer tires more than 4 years regardless of how much tread is left. With radials, I put on a glove and run my hand around the tread at every stop, checking for bulges = ply separation.