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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Tuffy doesn't 'use' any brand of tire, Vanguard/Trailmaster does. They build trailers for several OEM brands of boats, including Tuffy. I was at an FLW today and looked over the parking lot with 150 Pro Boats out there, and I would say it was about 50/50 Good Year and Carlisle. I DID say Carlisle had a bad run out there that took awhile to get out of the consumer stream, and they covered them well from my experience, at least Trailmaster certainly did. Obviously, with the number of Lunds, Crestliners, Sylvans, Alumacrafts and other brands out there running on the tire, they can't have a continuous problem or they would be gone. Certainly, Tuffy or any other builder would not tolerate a tire under a trailer they buy from Vanguard or any other OEM that has constant problems. We haven't experienced much of any problem with the tire other than that bad run they had. I have over 40000 miles on my Tandem trailmaster with no undue wear or problems at all.
I have had Carlisle tire on my trailers for the last 5 years, and put on more miles in a year than most do in 5. The last time I had a real problem, it was with a set of new Good Year marathon 6 ply trailer tires, blew 'em both on the way to New York. That doesn't make Good Year a cheap or a bad tire, I just had trouble with those two. I still run Good Year on my trucks, unless i can get a deal on Cooper, which I feel is a better tire.
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