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First, I heard the standard is to change tires after 5 years, regardless of wear (mine are in good shape, lots of tread left). Is that true?
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5 years is a good rule of thumb, especially if the trailer is parked outdoors with no protection of the tires from the sun.
Seven years is for trailer tires that have been protected from the sun most of their life.
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And, are the greenball tires any good? Got a good price for four, installed...
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All Greenball tires are imported from the far east, China, India, etc. Nothing wrong with that as far as tire quality is concerned, but if you want a tire "Made in the U.S.A.", Greenball doesn't have any. http://www.greenball.com/company.htm
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Are Carlisle's that much better?
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Most Carlisle trailer tires are now also imported from the far east. Carlisle has a couple of plants in the U.S.A. - and their HQ is still in Carlisle, PA., but they can't compete price-wise with the cheap labor in China, so they now make a lot of their tires in China.
http://www.carlisletire.com/products/trailer/radial_trail/index.html
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Any other brands I should look at?
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I've had good experience with Denman trailer tires - also made in China. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
http://www.denmantire.com/catalog/Trailer.pdf
Note Denman has a load range E radial trailer tire in size ST225/75R15E.
Cooper makes an excellent trailer tire in the U.S.A., but it ain't cheap and it comes in only one size: ST225/75R15D.
http://www.coopertires.com/Flash/index.aspx then click on SUV then on Custom Trailer Plus. (They also have a few smaller trailer tires under Custom Trailer (without the Plus)). [No, I don't know why they hid them under SUV, but they did. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif ]
First, I heard the standard is to change tires after 5 years, regardless of wear (mine are in good shape, lots of tread left). Is that true?
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5 years is a good rule of thumb, especially if the trailer is parked outdoors with no protection of the tires from the sun.
Seven years is for trailer tires that have been protected from the sun most of their life.
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And, are the greenball tires any good? Got a good price for four, installed...
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All Greenball tires are imported from the far east, China, India, etc. Nothing wrong with that as far as tire quality is concerned, but if you want a tire "Made in the U.S.A.", Greenball doesn't have any. http://www.greenball.com/company.htm
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Are Carlisle's that much better?
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Most Carlisle trailer tires are now also imported from the far east. Carlisle has a couple of plants in the U.S.A. - and their HQ is still in Carlisle, PA., but they can't compete price-wise with the cheap labor in China, so they now make a lot of their tires in China.
http://www.carlisletire.com/products/trailer/radial_trail/index.html
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Any other brands I should look at?
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I've had good experience with Denman trailer tires - also made in China. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
http://www.denmantire.com/catalog/Trailer.pdf
Note Denman has a load range E radial trailer tire in size ST225/75R15E.
Cooper makes an excellent trailer tire in the U.S.A., but it ain't cheap and it comes in only one size: ST225/75R15D.
http://www.coopertires.com/Flash/index.aspx then click on SUV then on Custom Trailer Plus. (They also have a few smaller trailer tires under Custom Trailer (without the Plus)). [No, I don't know why they hid them under SUV, but they did. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif ]
