Trucks, Trailers, Towing and Misc Accessories

[CamarosRus]

I have SOLD my 6 year old Goodyear Marathon 225 X 75 X 15 tires and Enkei Modular wheels for $400. Tires had NO visible defects and 8/32 thread. ALL the misc aging discussion I have read about convinced me to throw in the towel and start over........NEW !!!!!!!!!!

I woundup calling Les Schwab's headquaters today in Oregon. They have over 400 stores throughout the West.

Last year they sold 24,000+ TOWMAX 225 x 75 x 15 ST trailer tires Load Range D (2540@65psi). In 2008 they had a little over 100 that were brought back for misc warrnty issues.

Man I spoke with informed me that TOWMAX recently came out with a 10Ply/Load Range E in the 225 X 75 X 15, good 2830#@ 80psi. Schawb sells these 10 ply's for $115 each (plus mount/balance)

I also spoke with a tire employee at COSTCO about BFG Commercial T/A All Seasons in 225 X 75 X 16 that are 29.4 inches dia 8.8 wide on a 6" Rim. Has anybody seen or tried 16" wheels/tires on a Pace, Haulmark, trailer with 6 lug, 5000# axles......

Anyway, I'm leaning towards the 10Ply 15" Towmasters and new Enkei Motorsport Wheels that are made for Pace American.

I have read pages of threads from a variety of forums on the net. The only conclusion I did find was that many of the 16" fifth wheel R/V guys went to the $$$ Michelin XPS Rib Tire. I believe these have what is called a ALL STEEL CASE. These are not offered in 15" sizes.

Anybody been buying trailer tires or THINKING about it ????

Thanks for reading and replying

Chuck Sharin

[Charley Lillard]

Schwabb also is usually great about Warranty.

[gb70]

I use Schwabb Tires and will honor any warrenty issues no problems. Free rotations too.

[resto4u]

Schwabb??? did he give up on finance and start selling tires?

[CamarosRus]

While at the Portland,OR swap meet I bought the factory (05-06) polished Aluminum wheels for my "new" 03' DODGE Ram.

I also am adding the factory front tow hooks. This is for I get stuck, because I didnt buy a 4X4.

MORE comments on trailer tires, please!!!!!!!!

[Charley Lillard]

Trust the Schwabb guys...they sold 24000 of em. The guys here are informed and mostly car people. They are not just tire dummies. Most Schwabb employees are long term guys that stay with the company. I usually loan them a car for a display in their booth at a show. They have some of the best customer service I have come across.

[CamarosRus]

My "new" 2003 DODGE 3500 came with MICHELIN LTX A/S 265 x70 x 17 Tires. These are probably the most popular all season HIGHWAY tires that MICHELIN makes. Now my truck is a two wheel drive and for the most part we see little if any snow in Western Washington.

Interested to hear what brands and style #'s of HIGHWAY tires, you're using on your TWO-WHEEL drive tow rigs. I suspect many of you guys that get snow use a M/S type of tire.

Oh well just thought I'd ask anyway............

Regards,

Curious what

[BARN FIND]

I have a 03 Ram 2500 and although it is 4WD it still runs the same size tires stock. I do not really like the Michelin tires, they don't have what I would consider great traction in the rain or off road. And when I say off road I don't mean out in the boonies 4 wheeling, I mean driving through the yard especially when it is wet. In the 265 size I like the BFG AT and I like the Mastercraft Courser A/T even more. They both run quiet and have great traction in all situations. Also, most tire companies make this 265 tire in both E and C load range, E is stock and it is what you need. Also if you get BFG's and you want a little more attitude you can put 315-70-17 on the back ( they won't fit on the front of a 2WD stock) they have the same 3195lb load range as the 265 E's. A friend of mine owns a tire store so I have had all of these tires on mine at one time or another, I even put some 265 C load range on this winter to see if it would smooth out the ride since I didn't plan on towing anything all winter.

[PxTx]

I'm on my second set of Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor tires. I chose these because of their wet traction performance. My truck is also 4wd, it's a 2001 Chevy 2500HD Crew with an 8.1L. Tires are load range E. I get about 50k out of these tires and they are very smooth on the highway.

The OE Goodyears on this truck were very poor in the rain. I've not had good experience with BFG in the rain, but I am referencing the stock BFG on a 2001 S-10 ZR2 a friend had. They were good on all other aspects.

I run on the highway abot 25k a year and see a huge value in wet traction. I would not run any other tire since I am 100% happy, despite the cost. Not much help since it's another 4wd application, but maybe others reading this can relate.

[CamarosRus]

How would YOU define wet traction. Does that have to do with stopping on wet pavement or ?????

COSTCO is a huge seller of MICHELIN tires. Even with the expense of the LTX A/S or AT2 (over $200) there mount/balance/rotation/warranty program keeps customers coming back.

I've been looking at the www.tirerack.com reviews and trying to make something of them ????????

Thanks for your input..........