Maxxis M8008
New Goodyear Endurance Trailer
Boatless
They seemed to pull great from the 60 or so miles that I put on them this weekend. Definitely are a much beefier tire, they are shorter but wider than the same size tire they replaced. Zero complaints so far.
Good year has a new tire that is American made and has a higher speed rating. Suppose to be much better. My partner TNhunter just ordered a set.
My last few trailers have run low profile car tires. Never had an issue with my 1/8 mile trip to the ramp, but I know they have been towed all over the country without any issues.
I put a set of Tow Max STR-II's on my Triton a few weeks back. They are made in Mayfield Kentucky by General Tire and look like really good tires. I paid $80.00 per tire, mounted and balanced. I have read a lot of good review's on them so I thought I'd give them a try. I haven't ran them enough to have an opinion yet but I will be pulling the boat about 200 miles this weekend so we will see how they perform. I have read a go-zillion threads about tires on here and you will find people that love a certain brand and others that hate that same brand. Unfortunately it's more or less a roll of the dice when you buy trailer tires.
Marathons were the gold standard for a long time until Goodyear decided send the production to China and they have gone down hill ever since. They could have a corner on the market if they produced a good product but fact is, they don't!
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nothing else matters.
Yes they do start with AD. I have a app on my I phone that you can put the DOT number in and it will tell you where the tire was made, the date is was made, how old the tire is and when the tire will expire. You can even find out what the local weather was like on the day the tire was made. I assume the expiration date is when you should replace the tire regardless of tread wear. Let me correct myself. it don't actually give you a date but it tells you how long the tire has left. Mine says 5 years, 35 weeks. You can save your tire in the app and it will give you how long the tire has left each time you pull it up.
It's a free app and it's called "Tire Facts". Pretty neat.
Just purchased my third set of West Lake trailer tires from "Trailer tires & wheels in Edon, OH. This is a total of 8 tires and wheels. They have great pricing on tires, wheels and shipping rates. No issues with any set. First set is on the 25' deck boat that weighs in around 4000 lbs with approximately 3000 miles of use.