"Never argue with an idiot; He will beat you to death with stupidity"
Moring guys… Well it finally happened; I was heading home from Lake Conroe. Rear driver side tire separated. I was lucky that the fender was not damaged but did destroy the tail and side lights. Have a tail light so all I have to order is the side. I made it to Discount tire and I figured I would go ahead and order 5 new Goodyear Endurance. The sales person said he have 4 in stock. I’ll have to order one for your spare. I told him you just made my day. I mention that I was told the tire is alittle pricy. He said what if I can do under 100.00 per tire. I said dude if you can do that, this day is getting better. He did. 98.00 per tire plus tax. It was funny, usually one or two guys handle the tires, six guys came out and took off the old tires and the same guys came out to put the new ones on. Each one looked over the boat and asked all kind of questions. I believe 2 or 3 said that their dads all wanted a Ranger but never could get one. Drove it home no shake or vibration going home.
Cliff Bradford
2014 Ranger Z520C Mercury 250ProXS
I won’t run them either, but I do think they have improved. My company will sell over 100,000 of the Chinese made trailer tires this year and our customers don’t have many issues at all. I think improper air pressure and/or road hazards are the culprit in a great many failures.
BQuiz
2020 Ranger Z518
BQuiz,
You work for Rudolph's ?
BQuiz
2020 Ranger Z518
You might be right with many people running improper tire pressure but not me. I check my pressure everytime I pull the boat out. First blowout with Carlisle's I had been running for about 2 hrs on a five hour tow. I had pressure checked my tires as usual. Set them at 50 psi. Usually found them a lb or two off when I checked them. Tire started vibrating and blew. Tires were right at 3 years old. Carlisle sent replacement tires and payed for the fender repair. The replacement tire blew right at 3 years old as well while towing to Florida. The tire shop said they had a little more than half the useful tread left. This time I was running a tire pressure monitoring system. Tire started vibrating like the first time I had a blowout and I immediately pulled over. I checked the tire for bulges, missing tread, abnormal wear, etc. Showed nothing. When I pulled over the tire pressure monitoring system showed it was running at 52 psi and 70+ degrees. I started back down the road and before I got up to 65 mph the tire blew and tore up the fender. Carlisle once again after looking at the tire payed for replacements and the fender. A stand up company for sure. I had the replacement Carlises put on at a Florida Discount Tire Store. They called the Discount Tire Store in Katy Texas where I live and had them get me the Endurance tires which I replaced upon my return. I could not get those Chinese bombs off my boat trailer fast enough.
How do you know if they are Chinese or not?
Usually have Made In China on the sidewall somewhere.
BQuiz
2020 Ranger Z518
I am running Truck System Technology's Tire Pressure Monitoring System. These mount externally. Take the valve stem cap off and put these on. Takes about 5 minutes and I check the tire pressure every time before I hook the boat up to the truck. I take them off after I get back from my trip. The enternal battery in the sensor only activates when they are screwed into the valve stem. They can be left on and have a 5 yr battery life, but I can't see having them activated while the boat sits in the garage before the next trip.
I did away with trailer tires, as they are not required to meet any standard. They only cost more because they are "trailer tires". I went to the Michelin radials on my Z520C trailer & have had no further issues & they ride lie a dream. Best decision I ever made & they are EXACTLY what are called for on the trailer frame.
Richard Viehe
CRV Communications, Inc, President
Authorized Bluewater LED Dealer
Indpls., IN
Career Firefighter/Paramedic, Retired
Carmel FD, IN
2020 Phoenix 21 PHX
4 Stroke 250 Pro XS
Console: Humminbird 12” Solix MSI G3, Garmin 126sv
Bow: Humminbird 12” MEGA SI, Mega360, Garmin 122sv
Livescope LVS34
36V Ghost
Dual 8' Blade Power Poles
John Clark — Findlay, Ohio
I've been running passenger car tires P215/70r14 on my tandem trailer for the past 2 1/2 years. No problems and they will way outlast trailer tires.
Trailer tires have thicker sidewalls and higher operation pressure to reduce trailer sway.
I choose not to run a P rated tire on my boat trailer because the National Tire Manufactures Association does not approve them for that type of service. Most tire shops especially the national chains wont install a P rated tire on a boat trailer. But if that is what you want to put on your trailer and can get someone to mount them I say go for it.
Last edited by Tromanoski; 11-28-2017 at 07:22 AM.
Ran my marathons 10 years 12 trips from IL to fl sold the boat tires still had lot of tread looked great
Tromanoski, Can I ask what Pressure Sensor Model are you running? Looks like they have several models. Thanks
I have the TST 510 series. These are the sealed units that you can back your trailer in the water and submerge them. If you get the 507 series they are not waterproof. With that said the 510 sensors have to be returned to get the batteries changed. They have a 5 year warranty on battery replacement and assume you put them on and leave them on the tires except to air the tire. I take mine off when I back the boat back into my garage. They provide a wrench that you have to use to put them on and take the off with. Real simple. When you take them off the battery does not get used.
Last edited by Tromanoski; 11-28-2017 at 03:23 PM.
Tromanoski, Thanks for the info.
Guys - my 2015 Z520C came from Ranger with General tires. These are not trailer tires (not ST rated) but passenger car tires mounted in 17 inch bullet wheels.
Phillip "Wade" Norris
2015 Ranger Z520C
250 Merc Optimax Pro XS (S# 2B113454)
25P Fury - 4 blade all holes open