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Location: The Lone Star State | The tires that came with my now 2 year old platinum trailer are Goodyear LT235/85 R16 I had a sidewall failure (big bubble)this past weekend and when I went to replace the tire they told me ST tires were better? I called my platinum dealer he was helpful and explained the LT. tires were very tried and good tires even though they were truck tires not trailer tiresit was an anomaliie my tire did that and he said go back with a LT tire? I wanted yalls opinion/experiences please. |
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| I own a Goodyear commercial tire dealer stay with the lt235/85 r16 if you can afford them go with the g614 they are 14 ply rating and built with all steel construction stay away from anything with st in front of the size they are all gonna be made in china and dont meet the quality requirements to run on a truck or car they are trailer use only the bubbles in the sidewalks could be from a impact break they have to take them off the rim and look at the inside of the tire to tell maybe you will get lucky and they might be a warranty issue if they are not from a impact if the dealer tries to sell you st tires they are idiots don't make the mistake |
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| How big is your trailer, most smaller trailers they put LT, is a 10ply tire. If you carry 3 horses and have a small lq. I would put 12 ply on you trailer. I sold a set for like 112.00 plus mounting.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Were they Goodyear G614? They are expensive but worth it. Not sure how big your trailer is but a 14 ply tire on my LQ trailers is a must in my opinion. |
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Location: W. Pa. | I wish this post would have been here last week. Does Goodyear make an ST tire? I called my tire place and they had me buy an ST tire with 10 ply sidewall. Is this not what I should have bought? |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I didn't have any luck with the ST Goodyear tires that came on my trailer. I was lucky and they were faulty and they gave me credit for them. My tire guy told me to go with the LT's and they have been great. I have a 3 horse with 8 foot short wall but usually only haul one horse. |
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Location: The Lone Star State | I have a 8ft shortwall 3 horse platinum I have checked other websites and general consensus is stay with the LT tires.  |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | I only buy 14 ply, steel belted both side wall and thread, I know they are expensive, but worth it. |
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| You need a 12 or 14 ply tire. Weather it is anlt or trailer tire. They are built to carriy heqvier weight. And if you have a three horse. And i did not realize how much my horse weighed he weighs over 1200 lbs and my 15 hands mare is weighs the same.youmdo that times three. That 3600 lb. And then trailer weight and tack. You have more weight than you think. I always thought my gelding weighed about 1100 pounds and he was in best shape and best weight he was out of shape as i,had him at the vets. There are lots of those types that are good tires that will not break the bank.
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| What size wheel do you have for the 14 ply? After 3 blowouts in 3 months I bought the 14 ply and have been told that my wheel won't support them at the recommended air pressure and keep them at 85. Another place said my wheel size was fine. My wheels are rated for 85. Thanks |
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| What size tire do you need a 14 ply in. I check for you. I am a small car shop and do,this all the time. |
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| daisycake123 - 2014-09-30 6:58 AM What size tire do you need a 14 ply in. I check for you. I am a small car shop and do,this all the time.
Thanks, I really appreciate it! 235/85 is what I have been buying. On the last blowout I replaced it with a Load Boss 235/85/R16 I was in a small town with limited choices and did not want to get back on the road home without a spare. They kept the pressure at 85 on the Load Boss because of the wheel size, said I could up it if I get new wheels. I don't have a problem buying new wheel sif I need too. |
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| Your wasting your money with anything made in china like the load boss don't Goodyear is the only one who makes a all steel in a 14 ply that's made in America everything else in a 12 or 14 ply is gonna come from china and your going to keep having problems |
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Location: southeast Texas | From what I have been reading, you have to make sure your rims can handle the added PSI for the Goodyear 14 ply. |
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Location: Borger, Tx | Hankook tires are the best!
I had several blowouts on my 2012 Exiss 4 horse with 8' living quarters before I finally put the Hankooks on and no more blowouts. I had tried Goodyear Michalen etc...
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Location: Here | Aqhaczy - 2014-09-29 10:07 PM I only buy 14 ply, steel belted both side wall and thread, I know they are expensive, but worth it.
Same here only 14 ply st tires on any of my trailers |
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| mikesfleet - 2014-09-30 7:37 AM Your wasting your money with anything made in china like the load boss don't Goodyear is the only one who makes a all steel in a 14 ply that's made in America everything else in a 12 or 14 ply is gonna come from china and your going to keep having problems I agree, it was the best I could find. Going to use as the spare and replace others with good year or hankook 14 ply and buy new wheels.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Hankook's are made in South Korea unless something has changed recently. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i found this article a while back somewhere so i will share it..up here the st trailer tires run about 400 per tire...............m
to be a trailer tire it MUST HAVE .... ST ... in the number sequence like your tires they should read ... ST235 85 16 or ST235 85r16 .....
Trailer tires will have a straight line tread pattern to make them pull straighter behind your trailer and slide side ways easier when making any kind of turn ........ where truck tires the tread design hangs over the side of the tire and creates a drag which makes the tire fold up and become damaged very easily.Running your trailer tires at full air pressure that is stated on the sidewalls of your trailer tires is required to get the best use of the tire. Stiffer side walls, less heat (under inflated tires will get so hot they will glow in the dark)
Most trailer tires showing a load range E or F will show 3,000 to 4,000 load weight for each tire ... truck tires are about a 1000 lbs less per tire .... so multiply whatever number you find on your tires by 4 and that is the maximum weight the tires can handle .... and that does not mean at hiway speed ... you want to have at least 25% more tire load capacity than the weight you are carrying in your trailer and be aware ... 65MPH IS THE MAX SPEED FOR MOST TRAILER TIRES!! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | mruggles - 2014-09-30 1:29 PM i found this article a while back somewhere so i will share it..up here the st trailer tires run about 400 per tire...............m
to be a trailer tire it MUST HAVE .... ST ... in the number sequence like your tires they should read ... ST235 85 16 or ST235 85r16 .....
Trailer tires will have a straight line tread pattern to make them pull straighter behind your trailer and slide side ways easier when making any kind of turn ........ where truck tires the tread design hangs over the side of the tire and creates a drag which makes the tire fold up and become damaged very easily.
Running your trailer tires at full air pressure that is stated on the sidewalls of your trailer tires is required to get the best use of the tire. Stiffer side walls, less heat (under inflated tires will get so hot they will glow in the dark)
Most trailer tires showing a load range E or F will show 3,000 to 4,000 load weight for each tire ... truck tires are about a 1000 lbs less per tire .... so multiply whatever number you find on your tires by 4 and that is the maximum weight the tires can handle .... and that does not mean at hiway speed ... you want to have at least 25% more tire load capacity than the weight you are carrying in your trailer and be aware ... 65MPH IS THE MAX SPEED FOR MOST TRAILER TIRES!!
I'm not ever going to run ST's that are made in China again. It was a nightmare and good luck finding a ST tire made in America. |
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