The last Carlisle

Well my last Carlisle gave out. I've been keeping it in the back of my truck as the spare and I decided to check its air pressure before we leave for a trip on Sat. It has lots of tread left and it was covered to protect it from the sun but that didn't keep it from developing a bulge in the tread just sitting back there under my canopy!
Of the four that came with the Cat, two exploded and two developed bulges - 100% failure rate.

Same way with ours... 100%. So far the Maxxis are doing okay.

My local Costco carries trailer tires now. They are the Greenball Towmasters. I have them on my Cat now from the factory. They seem to hold up. I have never had a failure and they still look good. It's been 5 seasons now and over 12k miles.

The ST22575R15D was $99, the ST23580R16D was around $140.

jetskier wrote:
The ST22575R15D was $99, the ST23580R16D was around $140.

I just got the ST225 75R 15 LRE from Costco 2 weeks ago for $147 each. They look good, but right on the side it says MADE IN CHINA

So, we'll see, Maxtor has them on his CAT and likes them also....

What isn't Made In China these days.

I had 2 of the 4 Greenball Towmaster fail within one year and 5000 miles. Now have Carlisles. Haven't had them long enough to tell. Seems as if everybody has a different story. Makes me want to ask, "WHY DOESN'T SOMEBODY MAKE A DECENT TRAILER TIRE?"

I'm going to try Maxxis but our tire shop couldn't get them fast enough for our upcomeing week long trip so they agreed to sell me a cheapo new spare and give me full credit for it if I don't use it.
I raelly didn't want to buy new tires until next spring ~ there no sense in speninding a bunck of the warranty period in storage over the winter but I guess I have no choice if I want them to all be of the same age.