New trailer tires installed today

[Kevin M]

Got the Goodyear marathons and boy, what a difference from the 2 ply tires.

 

[Scottintexas]

always nice when you don't have to worry about your trailer tires,

 

[Bruce]

Were the factory tires really two plies? That is crazy!

 

[Dave P]

Mine were two ply. They were toast. I just put some Maxix radials on. They are much heavier but seem very dourable compaired to the stock tires.

 

[GTBRMC]

Got the Goodyear marathons and boy, what a difference from the 2 ply tires. View attachment 22307View attachment 22308

Did exactly the same thing a couple summers ago. Never looked back. Enjoy!

 

[scokill]

Mine were two ply. They were toast. I just put some Maxix radials on. They are much heavier but seem very dourable compaired to the stock tires.

If your 2009 just needed tires then I would say that's pretty darned good. Mine lasted 4 seasons maybe.

 

[Kevin M]

Mine were cupped. I definitely can tell the difference especially when going over bumps, you don't even feel it in the trailer like before. Also, my son works at Discount tire so I got a bonus!

 

[Dave P]

So, I recently went back to automotive school, just for shits and giggles. Mostly because I want to work on my own cars and I love cars. Anyway, my instructor said, when tires are under heavy load you want increase the pressure by about 10-12% of the recommended PSI on the door name of your vehicle. For me that's about 40psi on my F-150.

Now on my trailer tires, since I recently put on my new Maxxis radials. I notice that they were totally bald in the middle. My instructor asked "what psi were you running them"? I said "50psi" which is the max for that tire. As all of you probably know anyways he told me they were over inflated. He said you would only need about 40-42psi on the trailer. If they wear on the out sides of the contact patch then you are too low, in the middle too high. I should have known that already but I overlooked it.

The last thing he told me was after I was done pulling my boat. Take the psi on your rears of your two vehicle, if it's a truck, down to 32-33psi. He used to own a shop and he always put his customers truck tires at they level to give them good wear on the rear. Thought process; the bed doesn't way as much as the front. They don't need as much since they are not under the same load as the front. So, bottom line, run the fronts at the recommended pressure listed on the door jam and the rears depending on your load. Good luck hope this helps give you all good wear on your new tires.

 

[BigN8]

Rotate the tires every second oil change will drastically increase the life span as well