have not heard of either. Might try rv.net. Lots of folks with opinions over there.

 

They can't be any worse than Charslie tires. I heard Goodyear make a great trailer tire.

 

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the Marathons ST had coming apart problems a few years back. The new Marathons ST that have a S in a circle are the newer tires and folks have had better luck with them mostly under 6-8000 lbs trailers. Seems like the heavier 8k and up trailers are still having problems with tread seperation with any brand of the 15" ST tires. My 11200 lb 5er came with the 15" Marathons in "D" load range. I swapped them in for 16"wheels and went to a "E" LT tire........JIM

 

The Goodyear Marathons that came on my trailer were great. I finally replaced them after 7 years because they were getting old but they still looked fine and never had a problem.

I replaced them with unbranded Cooper tires--at least, the Cooper tire dealer said they were made by Cooper. Although they're marked as being the identical size as the Goodyears, they are thinner and tend to wander around on rutted out interstates. I wish I had gotten another set of Goodyears now.

 

I have Goodyear Marathons on my single axle boat trailer and that made a huge improvement in towing stability over the last two "off brands". I just returned from Lake Mojave in a 122 degree heat with no problems on two year old tires. I just replaced all six tires on my Weekend Warrior, with Marathons. The OE installed Generals cracked at 30 months old.

 

I replaced my marathons 10 yrs old starting to crack. I went with towmaster made in canada. lots of folks on the rv site recommend maxis tires.

 

is there an actual difference in the constuction of a truck tire that we use and trailer tires? why not just use a good set of truck tires ie. michelons or Perrelies or?

 

Well, just to keep the discussion interesting, here is the Goodyear Unisteel G614 RST, an all-steel construction, load range G (3750 lbs @ 110 PSIG) trailer-specific tire. Note that the only size available is an LT235/85R-16G. Yep, the tire carries an LT, not an ST, designation.

These tires came as standard equipment on our current 5th wheel (see signature) and, so far, have run as cool and reliably as the Michelin XPS Ribs I had installed on our previous 5th wheel.

The Michelin XPS Rib, an all-steel construction, load range E (3042 lbs @ 80 PSIG for the LT235/85R-16E) tire, is recommended for commercial trailer service but again carries an LT235/85R-16E designation in the size required for our previous 5th wheel.

Moral - today, trailer tires aren't necessarily labeled with an ST in the size/load range designation.

Rusty

 

The G614 RST has "ST" in the name. It was a replacement for the G159's that were truly an LT tire that tended to come apart on on big 5ers. The new tire is specicly made for trailer applications. ST tires, in theory, are made to stand up to the special demands of trailers, like jack-knifing(Tends to scrub/bend tires/rims on 1 axle). This type of activity can & does destroy LT tires, as they are not made to do this, at least in theory.
I think Goodyear is a good choice for Truck or trailer. If anyhing goes wrong, they stand behind their tires with $$$$.
Rare, these days!