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Rich Biebel · 07-05-2010, 02:20 PM

Most brands of common 15" STR trailer tires are made in either China or Taiwan.......Gooyear Marathons and Titans included. Maxxis are made in Taiwan.....Carlysles and Denmans and Towmasters I would bet are all made somewhere other than the USA. Some tires were made in either Mexico or Canada but I am not sure about some of these brands anymore.

I had old Michelins on my first box trailer and never blew one out. I did lose one due to a cracked rim and an air leak. Tire blew on the way home from E-Town..... Michelin stopped making 15" trailer service tires. I bought 4 Carlysles to replace them.......Total junk.....One blowout and the others had tread seperation. I was hitting most of the Division races at the time I had those Carlysles. They didn't make 2 seasons....... Replaced them with Towmasters...sold that trailer

Bought a nice used Classic and it had load range E Titans......One blew out on a COOL evening on the way home from my local track. Trailer is not overloaded and I rarely run over 70 mph....I check the pressures regularly so it was not low when it blew. Tread came off and was no fun trying to get off Rt 80 to find a decent place to change it......drove 5 miles or more at low speeds to get off the highway.....ruined the other tire on that side.....I would change them all anyway so I didn't care......wasn't going to change a tire on the highway side,at night on Rt 80.......

Replaced them with GoodYear Marathons from Tire Rack......They say made in China right on them and so did the Titans but you had to look closely to find that. I would not have bought them if I could buy the Maxxis tires somewhere at a decent price.

I did find the Goodyear info about upping the air pressure to run over 65mph. I have been setting my tires at nearly 70psi cold and so far they have held up fine.....but I have ZERO confidence in them from past experiences of my own and other racers I have spoken to....

Hankook does have some nice tires but I have not been able to find a 15" trailer servcie radial from them.

If I was on the road a lot going to races.......I would defiantely go to 16" rims and LT tires.....

07-05-2010, 02:20 PM	#15
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,320 Likes: 25 Liked 555 Times in 216 Posts	Re: Trailer Tires Most brands of common 15" STR trailer tires are made in either China or Taiwan.......Gooyear Marathons and Titans included. Maxxis are made in Taiwan.....Carlysles and Denmans and Towmasters I would bet are all made somewhere other than the USA. Some tires were made in either Mexico or Canada but I am not sure about some of these brands anymore. I had old Michelins on my first box trailer and never blew one out. I did lose one due to a cracked rim and an air leak. Tire blew on the way home from E-Town..... Michelin stopped making 15" trailer service tires. I bought 4 Carlysles to replace them.......Total junk.....One blowout and the others had tread seperation. I was hitting most of the Division races at the time I had those Carlysles. They didn't make 2 seasons....... Replaced them with Towmasters...sold that trailer Bought a nice used Classic and it had load range E Titans......One blew out on a COOL evening on the way home from my local track. Trailer is not overloaded and I rarely run over 70 mph....I check the pressures regularly so it was not low when it blew. Tread came off and was no fun trying to get off Rt 80 to find a decent place to change it......drove 5 miles or more at low speeds to get off the highway.....ruined the other tire on that side.....I would change them all anyway so I didn't care......wasn't going to change a tire on the highway side,at night on Rt 80....... Replaced them with GoodYear Marathons from Tire Rack......They say made in China right on them and so did the Titans but you had to look closely to find that. I would not have bought them if I could buy the Maxxis tires somewhere at a decent price. I did find the Goodyear info about upping the air pressure to run over 65mph. I have been setting my tires at nearly 70psi cold and so far they have held up fine.....but I have ZERO confidence in them from past experiences of my own and other racers I have spoken to.... Hankook does have some nice tires but I have not been able to find a 15" trailer servcie radial from them. If I was on the road a lot going to races.......I would defiantely go to 16" rims and LT tires..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 07-05-2010 at 02:25 PM.