Camper trailer tires

dja4260

dja4260

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In a few months (when camping season kicks off again) I'm going to replace all 4 of my tires for my 4860lb, double axle, 23ft camper trailer. I'll spend what is necessary for a quality, long lasting tire. I currently have a mix of tires on it, none are brands that I'm familiar with.

What have you had success and recommend?
 
At the start of this year's season, I replaced the OEM tires on my 2016 trailer due to age. They weren't displaying significant wear or signs of obvious failure, but I didn't want to learn the hard way that they were too old. I ended up going with a pair of Carlisle Radial Trail HD. We put around 1500km on them this year with no issues. Hardly a long-term test, but that's what I have to offer.

Our trailer is ~3500lb with a single axle.
 
I have no experience with them but next year I'm putting Goodyear Endurance on mine.
I currently have what ever forest river puts on max m.ph of 65. The endurance and others have a higher speed rating.
I try not to go over 65 but sometimes I exceed that. I hate running anything at the limits for hours even if I kept it at 65.
 
Goodyear Endurance has become a pretty reliable replacer of the Chinese time-bombs that were fitted to trailers built during the pandemic, when supply chains were all jacked up.
 
The camper is a 2018.

Currently two tires are "Thunderer" brand, other two are Freestar M108 , both ST205/74 R14
 
For what it is worth, U-Haul owns thousands and thosands of trailers, and they seem to use a lot of Carlisle Radial Trail HD tires. They can't have tires that aren't reliable and durable.
 
I put Carlisle tires on my 36' TT in the spring of 2021. They have been good so far. At the time 4 tires were ~$600 installed here in eastern Iowa. I have taken several (7?) trips that are 3 to 4 hours one way since installing them.

just my $0.02
 
When I had a smaller trailer, I fitted it with a Euro commercial van size (their version of LT tires) in 185R14C Load Range D. These seem to be harder to get in North America these days.

My in laws use Carlisle Radial Trail HD and its served them well. I think they come in the ST205/75R14 size you are looking for. I've also heard good things about Maxxis 8008 and the Goodyear Endurance. A new option in that size is the Hankook Vantra Trailer ST01. I've heard nothing about them yet, but they may also be another promising option in that size.
 
I will probably fit the Carlisle Radial HD to my 26DJSE sometime next spring. Last I looked, there are two versions of the 205/75-14 tire, one with a 1600# rating and one with a 2100# rating, so be careful if you order them online, if that's the size you're after.
 
My fifth wheel has the Goodyear endurance on it and after about 5k miles and around 2 1/2 yrs since they were made they are holding up well.
Your choices may depend on supply at the time youre ready to buy.
I had mine balanced when the trailer was new, I think it helps the longevity of the tire. Typically the better tires arent that hard to balance but some of the cheaper tires are.
 
64bawagon said:
My fifth wheel has the Goodyear endurance on it and after about 5k miles and around 2 1/2 yrs since they were made they are holding up well.
Your choices may depend on supply at the time youre ready to buy.
I had mine balanced when the trailer was new, I think it helps the longevity of the tire. Typically the better tires arent that hard to balance but some of the cheaper tires are.
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I balance mine as well. I always thought it would be easier on the wheel bearings.
 
dja4260 said:
In a few months (when camping season kicks off again) I'm going to replace all 4 of my tires for my 4860lb, double axle, 23ft camper trailer. I'll spend what is necessary for a quality, long lasting tire. I currently have a mix of tires on it, none are brands that I'm familiar with.

What have you had success and recommend?
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If you have a 15 inch wheel then you'll be limited to what you can get. We have had Maxxis on out 23ft toy hauler for years, never a single issue. We bought it new, drove it home and I swapped out the Carlisle maypops for Maxxis.
 
5 trailers in my ''fleet''. From 10'' to 15'' rims and a mix of brands, mostly imports. Tire balance and radials has been my key to happy trailering. I have not bought a new trailer that had any sign of balancing on the tires, no wheel weights. I have an antique Weaver bubble balancer I do my trailer tires on and it's surprising how much weight has to go on some tires. Even my notoriously problematic 10'' tires now get changed due to cracking and not blow outs since balancing them. Finding 10'' E load tires has helped a lot also.
The old school bubble balance is better than no balance IMO, we did it on auto tires back in the day before electronic machines.
 
I'm going with CARLISLERADIAL TRAIL HDST205 /75 R14 105M D1 BSB from Discount tire as they're price matching @ 83.40 per tire. Spec wise, they're overkill for the load they will be carrying and people/internet speaks highly of them. As always, I'll maintain proper tire pressure and ensure they're balanced.
 
dja4260 said:
I'm going with CARLISLERADIAL TRAIL HDST205 /75 R14 105M D1 BSB from Discount tire as they're price matching @ 83.40 per tire. Spec wise, they're overkill for the load they will be carrying and people/internet speaks highly of them. As always, I'll maintain proper tire pressure and ensure they're balanced.
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Those are what I ended up with, in the higher load rating. Haven't had them mounted yet since we won't be taking the trailer anywhere for a while yet and no sense of the tires sitting out in the sun for no reason. I'm also planning on adding the CRE2-3000 spring shackles to the trailer, so I'll probably try and do it all at once.
 
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