Originally Posted by
Champ203
I will update our experience as Isaac's (aikenyounggun) tournament season progresses. We just replaced all 4 215/75/14 Duro brand tires that we ran over 50K miles the past 3 years with Carlisle trailer radial tires. Tread was finally starting to seperate on one of them the one that always was losing air - more on this later). I've run Goodyears, Maxxis, Carlisle, Duro on tandem axle trailer for 20+ years. They have all changed over the years, place of manufacture, construction techniques....
Isaac and I will easily put 20,000 miles on these tires this year. What we've learned through the years...
1. AIR PRESSURE, AIR PRESSURE, AIR PRESSURE. Run them soft and you will destroy them. Also run them all at the same pressures so that there isn't any uneven loading.
2. When they are mounted - BALANCE them, if you don't you will shake your accessories loose on the boat (assuming you tow long distances).
3. On tandem axle trailer tow with the trailer level, any pitch up or down will lead to unusual wear.
4. If you get a flat, have the tire dismounted and patched, don't plug a radial tire....unless you enjoy changing tires because that tire will fail where the plug was used most of the time.
5. Rotate them every 10,000 miles or so...we just move them front to back.
I'm not pushing one brand over another as I think taking care of any of them will lead to better satisfaction.
Peace,
Don<><