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Location: With my son on the water | At what point do you guys replace the tires on your boat trailer? I have seen guys have problems when the actual tire still looks good so appearance may not be the best indicator! Not sure if miles or age is the best indicator? I sure don’t want/need an issue on the road.
Thanks and enjoy your day.
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Location: Cedarburg, WI | I learned the hard way. You don't want to be the guy in the pouring rain on the side of the expressway that's changing a good looking old tire.
Tire age...5 years old max unless you put that many miles on your trailer that lack of tread would dictate replacing them sooner. Probably not that many people fit that. There is a date of mfg molded right into the sidewall. (5 years goes fast). |
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| Yes, learned that the hard way with a utility trailer. Tires looked like new, not many miles on them but my daughter borrowed the trailer to move from one apartment to the other and blew a tire on Hwy 51. The spare rim and tire that I bought from the same place when I bought the trailer new turned out not to fit, despite what the big box store manager had told me. No damage or anything but the guy at Pomp's where I got the new tires said five years is best and never go beyond 7 years. Whether the tire is outside exposed to UV makes a difference in longevity as well. |
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| Many people go with 3 years of use, 4 years from manufacturing, to me it is a question of how far you go, how fast you go, and how important your time is if you have an issue far from home when you have to work the next day. Like if you drive through a town to a lake at 25 mph I'd run them till they don't hold air, if you regularly drive 150 miles each way at 80 mph I will replace in three years if tread would last that long. Because a blow out will kill a fender, and be #*#*ty time wise. So you make the call |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
Although a tire might have good tread, one thing to really look at is in between the treads. If there is cracking, it's getting very very close to a replacement time. Dry rot is setting in, which makes the tire not be as flexible, thus a blow out is more likely to happen. It's like dry skin in the winter...it'll crack and bleed.
With the amount of time a trailer can be outside in the summer, dry rot will set in... I'd say with normal use, getting 5 years out of a set would be pretty normal. My old boat (12 years old before I sold it) received it's 3rd set in 2016.
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | Like a few others have noted, I would say 5 good years and then it is time to replace. I thought I had 1 season left in mine as they still looked good and ended up paying the price on the way home from my Hayward vacation a few weeks back. If I would have checked the date when I purchased them, I would have known better.
I had Maxxis previously, and they served me well for many years, but I went with the Goodyear Endurance this time around as I have seen some very good reviews and I have a couple friends with them that really liked them on their 5th wheel and boat trailer. They are also made in the USA.
Good Luck
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | That picture you sent me looked nasty!! Glad it was only the tread that let go and you got stopped quickly...
My next set will be endurance as well. I put those on my old trailer a year before selling and they were great!! And...they have a higher speed rating!!
Steve |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | 4 new Endurance skins put on 2 weeks ago... just returned home from canada. all GOOD it seems with the new tires |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | VMS - 9/15/2018 8:15 AM
That picture you sent me looked nasty!! Glad it was only the tread that let go and you got stopped quickly...
Steve
Yes, definitely got lucky as I was near a couple places I could stop and change a tire.
Now my trailer lights are going. I suppose after 16 years is was time. Finding something for both the brake lights and back ups has been a challenge. I found some for the brakes, but nothing for the back ups yet. I suppose a call into Ranger is in order for early Monday at this point.
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