School me on trailer tars

Jody Treadway

Jody Treadway

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Running 235-80-16 and keeping 16" wheels.
It's time for a new set of matching tires. Current ones are 7 years old and starting to show some age. Gooseneck buggy hauler, it's a *cough* 9900 lb capacity :D 8 lug15k trailer.
What's the current hot poo tire out there? Not afraid to spend some coin for good stuff.
 
We’ve had really good service out of Sailun S637 tires on our heavier trailers. Probably what I’ll be looking for to upgrade my enclosed to.
 
Seems every time it comes down to Sailun or Carlisle radial HD. A couple of outliers but those two are always the leaders. I run Carlisle and have had great service for the cost but just my .02
 
I bought Carlisle's for my trailer from Discount Tire. It's been three years and a few thousand miles with no issues, a fair bit of those miles at 80mph+

Duane
 
Get the highest load rating you can, Ching Chong tires or not. Plan to replace them every 6 or 7 years even if they're not worn out.

Sailun, TransEagle, Hercules, and Carlisle come to mind. They all make 14 or 16 ply 235/85-16s.
 
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Sailun S637's on mine. Had to plug one thanks to a piece of metal stabbing through in the parking lot of a stamping and fabrication facility, but otherwise they have been great. Sell the 16" wheels and tires for $200 and buy some pre shod 17.5's and bolt em on so you don't have to waste time/money getting them mounted and balanced.
 
Real happy with my Transeagle G rated tires. They've taken my 13k+ camper on 2 trip[s around the country, with some of that being down some rough dirt roads and BLM land.
 
Sailuns and Blackhawks seem to do well for me. 14-16 ply. Pretty much anything that has tread like a school bus tire has done well, any trailer tire that has grippy looking tread blows up in my experience... School bus tread trailer tires for life
 
Sailuns. Nothing else for me in 16”. 15” are maxxis m8008.
 
I just got a set of TransEagle 14 plies from the zon. Haven’t mounted them yet, but they seem to be a big step up from the 10 plies I’ve been running.

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I'm running Trans Eagles on my trailer. !5" Load Range E. So far, so good. Several trips to Windrock, GER, Kairos, etc. When I find a job again, I'll get 2 more to replace the spares as those are only good for an emergency and maybe not far after.
 
Where are you all buying your tires? Just purchased a new to me trailer that needs some tires.

Was going to buy some pre-mounts from etrailer, but they don't offer sailun brand.

The trailer has 20+year date codes....they will make the 100 mile trip home unloaded, but I wouldn't put my tractor up there on these tires.
 
Still looking at tires. Been reading up on 17.5 wheel/tire combos. Any reason not to step up to them?
$250 ea (wheel and tire) gets me 4850# capacity per tire. Seems like I'd never have an issue with overloading them. Can keep my old wheel combo for spares.
Thoughts?
 
Sailun 17.5's here, zero complaints. I've had one puncture in 5 years, and that was a big chunk of metal in the parking lot of a metal stamping facility when I was picking up some machinery. Otherwise they ride good, have good braking traction wet or dry, wearing very nicely, and carry a shit-ton of weight.
 
I've got 30k+ miles on the Saluns I put on my toy hauler about 6 years ago and that's loaded to ~21k lbs. It's about time to replace them but I can't complain with that mileage. I'll put a set on my gooseneck when it's time for new tires.
 
Jody Treadway said:
Still looking at tires. Been reading up on 17.5 wheel/tire combos. Any reason not to step up to them?
$250 ea (wheel and tire) gets me 4850# capacity per tire. Seems like I'd never have an issue with overloading them. Can keep my old wheel combo for spares.
Thoughts?
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I love 17.5s. I've had one blowout and I believe that tire was bad from the very beginning. It had a bounce in it from day one. As far as tire brand...it doesn't really matter. They're all good enough. The rear axle of my trailer still have the Double Coins that came on it and the front axle has some Iron Mans. Iron Men? Whatever. :D The initial swap over is pricey, but tires are pretty cheap online.
 
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