Coming home with my travel trailer , I had to swerve and change lanes quickly. Within 30 seconds after, both tires on the trailer blew out(drivers side). Thank god the truck stayed straight. The tires were Carlisle radial load range D about a year and half old. The trailer is approx 8000lbs.
The tread seperated on the original bias tires. Told to switch to radial tires which I did and they blew. Thinking about going to load range E this time.
Are Carlisle tires any good? opinions?

 

If anyone that has had them that blew out, they will say they are trash. If anyone has had them and they haven't, they'll say they're fine. I had some and they wore out so I say they are fine. Trailer tires usually get very neglected. First, most mfg's put on just enough tire to get it sold, with not much capacity to add any junk in the rig to take along. Then folks fill their rigs with stuff, and don't really know how much it actually weighs. And it won't do you any good to take your rv to a scale on an off Saturday, when you don't have it full of heavy ice chests, fire wood, etc. etc. You'll just get a false idea of what you really have on it. You really oughta weigh it on the way out on an average loaded trip. Kids and all. Then folks don't run their tires full of air. That takes a ton of capacity off of them. Alot of tire blowouts are the result of a previous injury. Example. I got into a tight rv park once, and unintentionally shoved a sidewall hard into a curb. I made a note of it, and several months and several trips later, that same tire blew for no reason, going strait down the road. The whole way home, the wife kept going over and over why that tire just blew out when it still had plenty of meat on it. She didn't know about the incident and me telling her still wouldn't satisfy her.

After many many years of dealing with trailers, tires and rv's, my next set of tires on my rv will be some good E rated LT tires. Everyone I've ever heard of that's put them on have never had a single bit if trouble. It will also help if you cover your tires to keep the sun off of them.

 

I put a set of e rated Denmans on my trailer. So far I love them. We go back in the woods quite a ways and there are big sharp rocks and lots of tree limbs on the roads. So far they haven't shown any signs of tear or puncture. I pull at highway speeds with them too. I'm not sure if you can get them anymore though. I had heard they filed chapter 7. Not sure though. I told my tire guy the problems I was having with the other tires and he suggested them so I put them on.

 

Radials are meant for Cars and Trucks not trailers. They dont have the required sidewall strength. Hence the reason they blew after a hard swerve. Go back to a standard trailer tire.

 

My kids had the same problem with their 5ver, he installed:
Michelin XPS Rib
10Ply 245/75R16
Not cheap

 

After three years old, the Carlisle tires that came on my 5vr toybox, I found the left front tire had a split in the sidewall about 4"long, no other cracks or signs of deterioration on it or the other 3, so I put the new spare tire on in it's place and bought a new spare...

On the way home from our camping vacation, on I-90, the right rear blew the sidewall out and took my 5vr fender with it. I do not believe I will ever just replace 1 or 2 tires again, just buy 4 new and be done with it.

 

Another idea. Look at your date code. I've heard of folks getting rv's new and finding they have 5 year old tires. Probably sat in a warehouse for a dang long time before being installed and sold. Add 3 years of ownership and your running on 8 year old tires.

 

All tires are radials now. They dont make a bias ply trailer tire which I've seen in the past 15 years. That doesn't mean that trailer tires aren't still meant specifically for trailers and that vehicle tires aren't made for vehicles. Just buy the highest load rating, highest rated trailer tire you can for your trailer, keep their air pressure up, and change them out about every 5 years.

 

Weird... I just put on a new set of ST tires on my fiver last year and 4 new ones on the G/N at work.

 

Well after looking around at whats available.....I retract my statement. Its been years since I've looked for trailer tires and I see that they actually still do make bias ply trailer tires. But really, who'd buy them????? Radials have so many advantages over a bias tire that it wouldn't make sense to not simply get a radial. And I'm not sure what you're meaning by saying that you have ST tires since ST only means "special trailer".....which you should have anyways.
Not that I'm a promoting fan of Discount Tire, if anyone cares for a good read, this is a link I found that has some good trailer tire information: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/inf...rTireFacts.dos

 

I put Radial ST tires on my 5'er and it changed the way it pulled over the original bias tires for the better. But as I said earlier, the next set will be LT's on it.

 

My trailer came from the manufacturer with LT tires on it, so I would think they are OK for use on a trailer.

 

My trailer came with radial c rated trailer tires on it. Once I put the e rated st radials on it not only did I gain strength against punctures but it pulls way nicer and there is literally no more body roll or sway associated with flimsy sidewalls.

 

On my dump trailer I have original, crappy, made in China crap (did I mention crappy?) tires. I checked them the other day with soapy water and they looked like they had rabies from all the foaming going on all over the place. My next tires will be LT, 10 ply truck tires.

 

Its hit and miss with Carlisle tires. I had a set on our RV for seven years and 10,000+ miles no problems and some blow pretty quick. Maxxis is what allot of folks, including me, have switched to. Goodyear marathons (usa made ones) are holding up. Good luck!