Anyone heard of or had any experience with "Tow-Master" tires? I believe they are manufactured by a company by the name of GreenBall.

The situation is this... I have a boat trailer that is in dire need of new tires... it currently has Goodyear Marathons on it which I hear are supposed to be one of the best trailer tires around. However, they are more expensive and harder to get in my area than these GreenBall's. If I were planning on keeping the boat a long time, I'd go with the Goodyears again, but I'm thinking about selling it within the next year so I don't want to pump a bunch of money into it at this point, but then again I don't want to put an absolute junk tire on it either. Would the Tow-Masters be a decent tire to go with? I can get a set of 4 ST215/75 R14 Load Range C mounted, balanced... blah blah blah out the door for $270.

TIA

 

I've had them installed on my TT, I got them from, I think, Big O Tire. The lasted for 8k miles before I replaced them with a free set of Goodyear Radial tires. Oh did I say mine were Bias Ply
Just keep them inflated properly and balance and rotate them & they will work just fine as long as they are rated for the weight yo are putting on them

 

I got a set of TT tires from a local "Discount" tire store. They were Carlisle's. They have the same tread pattern (exactly) as the Marathons and have been good to me so far. They are D load and I got them with all the bells and whistles for about 150 for a pair of them. Good luck

 

I had Michelin XCA"s on my 34' Airstream. When i had a failure on one tire I couldn't get the same tire anymore. Due to their unique size I had to replace all 6 with mew shoe's. Two Goodyear dealers recomended the "Towmasters". I've had them one year now problems yet
Bob H

 

I'll never buy Carlise tires. The tread separated from the belt on two tires this summer causing golf ball size knots on the side walls. I went to replace all four and the other two tire's treads were seperated also.
I replaced with Maxxis, happy so far.

 

Thanks for the heads up Tommy..., I'll be sure to inspect my tires very closely next trip out!!!

 

Thanks for the info guys! I just got back from having them installed at Costco. I got the Tow-Masters I mentioned earlier, and they are radials... actually ended up costing $260-something out the door for 4 ST215/75/R14. I would have preferred to buy from Discount, due to the fact that if I have a problem they are everywhere out here, but they wanted $450+ for the exact same tires I got from Costco.

I think I found the cause of the premature tire wear, but I'll post that in a new thread since it's a different subject than tires alone.

Thanks again for everybody's input.

 

I just lost two Carlisles on my 5th wheel last week. I called Carlisle Tire and was told to replace all 5 of them. They gave me an authorization number and said they would pay for 5 of any brand I chose. You can call them at 800-827-1001. The tires in question, which they said they had trouble with; were LT235/85R16 load range "E". They no longer make that tire. Good luck.
Frank

 

Well I guess that is good to know, but unfortunately to late. I just bought a couple Carlisle 14.5s, load D tires for $110 out the door. How long did yours last before failing? I also got a couple Power King tires that are rated load F so hopefully they can pick up some slack if the Carlisles fail.