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| About how many miles should one get out of a set of trailer tires on a dual axel trailer? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | gotta say chris ... you do nothing but bash the site, it's owners, moderators and contributors ...it's a bit odd to see you use it to ask about tire mileage. thanks for the chuckle ...
ever find out how the small musky tournament did on boom sport?
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Eh, what the hey.
I ran a set near off a trailer I bought in 2003. They were Goodyear, and I got about 45K out of them. Lost two to blowouts on a trip to Vermilion a year ago and just took the other two off, and got new skins.. |
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| Well Sled if you must open a can of worms. The only problem I have is this. This site offers a good deal of info but have noticed that when ones opinion or experience with something rubs someone wrong it gets pulled even though they are expressing a non bashing opinion. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | the kid's a peach ... a peach russ.
don't buy the carlisle's and you'll be good chris. fish the weeds in the spring (find the cabbage amidst the grass in sunset bay) and the channel turns in the summer and you'll be good. |
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| i've heard that trailer tires have a life expectancy of 4 years, regardless of the miles you put on them. ie., even a set of tires with very low miles is going to be questionable after 4 years due to the rubber breaking down or somesuch.
is there some science to that idea or is it just a myth?
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| lambeau - 6/21/2011 8:03 AM
i've heard that trailer tires have a life expectancy of 4 years, regardless of the miles you put on them. ie., even a set of tires with very low miles is going to be questionable after 4 years due to the rubber breaking down or somesuch.
is there some science to that idea or is it just a myth?
I don't know about 4 years, but I do know that miles are not everything.
The boat I bought last year, the tires had very low miles. The treads looked brand new, but I still had to replace them because the rubber was going to crap. Sitting around not being used is not good for a tire either. |
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| I had a Goodyear Marathon with less then 5000 miles that blew out. I bought it two years before the blow out BUT it was two or three years old at the time I bought it. I have the worst luck with tailer tires. maybe I overlaod the trailer and drive to fats, I don't know. |
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Location: oswego, il | A buddy of mine just had two marathon tires blow out on him memorial day weekend. They were not that old. His option was to buy carlisles. To bad michelin or bf goodrich does not makes trailer tires. I am convinced the problem with radial tires is that almost all companies got away from using a continuous belt in the tire. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I've never tracked mileage on my trailer tires...scary thought actually. I have a dual axle and would like to replace tires every 6 years. I buy two and then two the next year or 2- best one goes the spare. This last time I ran a bit over though and went 10 years without replacing the last two. |
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| I ran Goodyear Marathons that came stock on my 2001 Shorelander trailer until last summer. The tread still looked good, but I figured 10 years old time to get new ones.
Several trips to northern MN every summer, 2 trips to LOTW each summer, and even back and forth to Arizona twice when I lived there in 2006-2009.
Never had a problem with the Goodyears. So I put a new set of Goodyears on last summer.
I haven't heard one good thing about Carlisles. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Juhas,
'Non bashing' is highly subjective. We have a set of guidelines we have followed for 11 years and will not apologize for that. Some folks take awhile to adjust to the fact one needs to express opinion without posting comments that are just plain unwise for us to publish, and once that's established...no worries.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=66...
Ball Cap, I have run the Carlisles too, had issues with one batch, none with others, but only about 15K on each set. I believe those are made by Goodyear.
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Location: Racine, Wi | I just got some new tires this spring. Had Carlisles and ran them 5 years with no issues and LOTS of road time. Got the same tires this year, so hopefully I have the same luck. Did bust a leaf spring this year which put groove in one of the new tires, so had to get another new one this year. Expensive year for trailer and boat repairs. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | have had 2 sets of good year marathons w no issues...I do replace them after about 4-5 yrs tho... peace of mind. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hi Everyone,
What takes its toll on trailer tires where mileage is not an issue is dry rot... When you start seeing cracks in and around the edges of the tread and sidewall, or in between treads, dry rot is starting to take place.
The biggest contributor to dry rot is sunlight... Those wonderful ultraviolet rays that we have to be careful of also do damage to lots of things...rubber compounds included. The more sunlight, the less flexible the tire becomes and the cracks form.
Steve
Edited by VMS 6/21/2011 3:41 PM
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Location: NW WI | As VMS said, dryrot is your worst enemy. If the trailer sits often, the rubber compound (the carbon in the rubber) in the tire doesn't get exercised. Couple that with sunlight and you have a recipe for tire failure.
You could buy tire covers...you know those white covers you see on RV's? Also, I've used a product called "303 Protectant" for years on my tires and boat interior. I've owned 4 boats/trailers in the past 20 years, trailered often with Goodyears and "knock on wood", I've never had an issue.
Edited by Ifishskis 6/22/2011 9:48 AM
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Location: Nielsen's Fly-In Lodge, on Rowan Lake | I have a boat that sits in a building for long periods and i block up the trailer to get the weight off of them is that a good idea? |
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