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What Brand Tire Is The Best For My Travel Trailer?

by Steve
(Waterford, Michigan)

Looking the replace the Duro Tires on our travel trailer. They are cracking on the side walls and we want to replace them with a quality trailer tire. Any suggestion would be most helpful.

ANSWER: Greetings Steve thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.

There are many brands of tires available for RVers to choose from. Since I own a Motorhome and have not done any extensive testing on tires for Travel Trailers, I am unable to give you a personal recommendation on what I think would be the best brand tire for your needs.

I am going to open up this question to our visitors. Who better to give tire recommendations to you then other RVers that have Travel Trailers?

So if you have a recommendation for Steve on what brand tires are the best leave a comment on this page and tell us why you recommend these tires.

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What Brand Tire Is The Best For My Travel Trailer?

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giving up on goodyear
by: Steve

goodyear marathon tires on my R Vision Lite had one blow-out after 3 yrs (did nxs of $2000 damge to the wheelwell and another blew out 2 days ago at around 5 year old. there were some light cracks-dryrot?- in the sidewalls and intended to replace when as soon as I got home. 1st tire probably had 3-4000 miles on it and latest one had around 8-9000 miles. kept em inflated properly and checked them for problems at every stop. had 2 dealers advise me carlisle tires are better --so will give em a try

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Duro tires
by: Anonymous

Sidewall seperation on Duro travel trailer tires seems to be reported often. We bought a new Dutchman equiped with Duro tires that sidewall seperation was apparent at time of sale. Dealer replaced the two tires. Within the year the dealer replaced four Duro's with new(?) Duro's. Now less than 2 years, 3000 miles, and consant air pressure checks later sidewall seperation is again appearing on one tire. Consumers need to know these things.

Note From RVing Al: This is not the first complaint that we have received about Duro Tires. You may want to read Duro Trailer Tires Good For 1 Year Max to learn about problems that other RVers are having with these tires.

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Goodyear Marathons not so good?
by: Anonymous

My 2007 Jayco Jay Feather 30R travel trailer came factory equipped with Goodyear Marathons (made in China. One tire separated and blew out with less than 2500 miles after 2 years, a second tire separated after 3 year and less than 3000 miles, and a third tire is cracking on the side.

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problem
by: Anonymous

I have a 2008 dutchman and dont pull it often.It has duro tires on it,and i noticed them cracked too. That can't be safe?

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Same problem with my Duro tires.
by: Ben in Canada

Just wondering if this is a common problem for Duro tires? We purshased our new RV end of Aug 2010. The unit is a 2010 so it was as new as they get.I went to check the air pressure for spring check up and found all tires cracked on the sidewalls.They weren't even exposed to the sun on either side during the winter so i'm not sure if they're just cheap tires or if they have a problem with them.
Any thoughts?

THANK YOU.
Ben

Comments From RVing Al: The problem may be the actual age of your tires, believe it or not they may have been sitting on the shelf for awhile before they ended up on your RV. You need to check the code on the tire to determine the actual production date of the tire and you may be in for a surprise.

eHow.com has a great article on how to do this called How to Determine the Age of Tires. Read the article check your tires and do me a favor and leave a comment letting us know what you found out.

Happy RVing

RVing Al

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Choosing Trailer Tires
by: Lew Mann

I work for a towables dealer. We sell Airstream, Rockwood, Trailmanor and Salem travel trailers and fifth wheels.

I can tell you that All Airstream trailers are equipped with Goodyear Marathon tires.

Rockwood (by Forest River) recently switched to the same Goodyear Marathon tires.

Trailmanor uses Goodyear Marathons

Salem? I'll have to go on the yard and check. But, since Salem is another Forest River product I bet the tires will be Goodyear.

Lew Mann
Webmaster & "Doer of Many Things"
J.D. Sanders RV Center
Alachua, FL
www.sandersrvs.com

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tires
by: Frank Kreutzer

Goodyear tires on my motor home 6 yrs old never had a problem with them and guaranteed nationwide.

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Good Year
by: Stoney

I have Goodyear Marathon tires on my Everest 5th wheel. Whatever you decided don't go cheap on tires.

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