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Carlisle trailer tires
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:46 pm
by kid coulson
Well,......I expected better from a 1-year old HD trailer tire!!Ill contact
Carlisle tire before I really bad mouth them,but Im not to happy at this point! :x

Re: Carlisle trailer tires
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:22 pm
by Will Schultz
kid coulson wrote:Well,......I expected better from a 1-year old HD trailer tire!!Ill contact
Carlisle tire before I really bad mouth them,but Im not to happy at this point! :x
Yep... back when I had my bass boat Trevor and I would get one of those each year. I think they build the tires for the Tracker boat trailers and I wore out a pair in a year. Then I changed to Goodyear Marathons and I've probably got 60K on them and they're still going strong.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:04 am
by kid coulson
Well,just to be fair it was 2 full seasons on these tires.I guess Ill just get something different and forget pitching a bi**h. I will say this.....
NONE of the 5 places I called recommended Charlisle.Only one even carried them,2 dropped them because of warranty issues.I guess Goodyear doesnt make the smaller trailer tires anymore so the brand name that came up from 3 different trailer places was "Loadstar".
Ill do a little more research on this.
tires...
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:49 pm
by finlander
Loadstar is the brand on my trailer form Mid Michigan Sports in Mt Pleasant. The trailer is supposedly 5 years old. Sat on their lot. I wonder about those tires because I have a Carlisle sticker and a phone number on the tongue of the trailer. They are not the same brand. I still didn't feel good when I saw Loadstar's for sale in Meijers'. 2nd season on them. I feel the dealer rand to Meijers and put new ones on before I picked it up. Cant prove it though. They are bias-ply. Did not hear good things about those type. Carlisle had problems with a certain size and year awhile back. I would have to change the fender to accomodate the next size up, jumping to a radial. Right now I just dont travel far with it to change now.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:33 am
by JohnD
Will is correct, Goodyear Marathons are the way to go. I had a Carlisle blow out four years ago on US 131. It really messed up my trailer fender. The tread came completely off the tire. I looked into some type of satisfaction from Carlisle at that time but everyone was a bit tight lipped, in other words I ate the cost of new tires and trailer repair. I did learn later that there was some type of class action suit against Carlisle at that time. I'm not sure how that turned out.
Good luck.
John D
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:17 am
by kid coulson
Ya,I heard something about that "bad run" of tires.I guess GY doesnt make tires as small as I need them.3 trailer places in town here all carry
"load star" and like them.So I go to get a set.The sales guy sais "this is the Load Star 'AMERICONA' series made in the USA".I said really,.....than
why does it say made in Tiawan on the back side?? His reaction...
I dont know guys,I went with Carlisle because they were made in the USA, but had no love with them.Now I got some import tire that may not
be the upgrade I was hopeing for.We will see.????????????
-I did go to the next size taller,a couple inches maybe,but the weight range was no better than the smaller Charlisles.
-And always keep them aired-up no matter who makes them!
TX for the help fellas, -kid