Goodyear Marathon Radial Trailer Utility Tire

Pros: Raised White Letters
Cons: Can't handle the job! Not recommended!

Whew - glad to see it isn't just me! One tire shredded to nothing on a less than 200 mile trip. Other 3 have rubber flaked off with white showing. I'm looking for SOMETHING ELSE!

Pros: None
Cons: I am in the process of switching out all my Goodyear tires

Recently had two P225/75 R15 Goodyear Marathon tires experienced belt separations on a Holiday Rambler Travel Trailer. This caused over $2000.00 damage to my trailer. I have also, but not recently had a 3 of 4 Goodyear tires experience belt separations on my 95 Dodge 2500 Ram. The first one they paid for all the damage, Almost $2000.00 The second one the paid for all the damage and gave me 4 new tires. The third time I just replaced all the Goodyears on my truck.

Pros: These tires are dangerous, weak, and are a hazard to the highways of America.
Cons: There are no words to describe how dangerous these tires are! Take off the Market

After purchasing a new 5th Wheel RV, we have had three of the tires to have side-wall failure, one forming a bubble on the side that looked like a balloon, another blowing out and damaging trailer, and another just went flat overnight. I have never towed my trailer faster than 65 MPH; I had less than a thousand miles on these tires and ALLWAYS CHECKED INFLATION TO 65PSI. I filed a claim with Good Year and they accused me of operating under inflated which is a lie. The truth is these Good Year Tires are garbage; they did not make sidewalls strong enough. I will never buy another Good Year product! The company does not back its horrible product and does not attempt to correct its problems! Firestone could not be this bad!

Pros: Don't have any.
Cons: Have plenty

I just returned from a 1 week trip from Fla to Nashville,TN. I had 2 Goodyear Marathon Trailer tires & 2 Carlisle Trailer tires separate/blowout while one the Interstate. What is going on??? Can't anyone make a decent trailer tire anymore??? I have tried every combination of adjusting loadlevelers, air pressure, load capacity and nothing seems to be working. I'm ready to sell the trailer. Anyone got any suggestions ??? I'm certainly open for any . . .
mharrisfam@msn.com
email me with some suggestions.
Thanks.

Pros: Tread life, stable towing
Cons: None

I have had the Goodyear Marathon tire on my last two boat trailers. Over the years i have had great service from them. I average about 15000 miles a year towing my boat to various lakes around my area and sometimes travel very long distances. I have never has a flat or any other tire related failure with these tires on my trailer. My last boat i sold the boat and trailer in with over 75000 miles on the trailer and i never had to replace the tires and my current boat i have about 45000 on the trailer. The marathons also tow very nice, they are stable on the road and dont seem to follow groves in the pavement. They are also not bouncy like a bias ply tire is. All in all they are very good, if you tow a trailer you owe it to yourself to take a look at these tires.

Pros: These tires have a proven track record in our case as being reliable.
Cons: No Thoughts

We have a 98 Sunnybrook fiver with the Marathon tires. These tires have almost 30,000 miles on them as they came with the trailer when we bought it new. Other than picking up a nail in one tire they have been flawless. We are now looking to replace them at this time, and probably will replace them with another set of Marathons. Our trailer is always under cover when not in use, thus the tires are not in direct sunlight, a major problem for tires. Plus the air pressure is all tires is always checked prior to use. The trailer came New with C rated tires, but we are going to the D rated tire for added safety.

Pros: Its a tire
Cons: High failure rate

My new travel trailer came with Goodyear Marathon Radial trailer tires.

Within 10K miles, and less than 18 months after purchase, three of the five (dual axle trailer plus one spare tire) had failed catastrophically. The first one left nothing but the tread rest of the tire was simply not there. The second one only thing left was the bead not even the tread left but it took out half the plumbing beneath my trailer in its failure. The third one survived intact it had thrown great chunks of the tread exposing about a foot long section of the underlying steel belt. Was told maybe we hit something in the road but that is unlikely since it was, in two of the three cases, the rear tire in the pair that failed and no damage to the forward tire. I am very careful backing up, plus I religiously check air pressure first thing in morning and inspect tires at every fuel and food stop plus limit my speed when towing trailer.

Checked to ensure load rating is not exceeded and it isn't.

Pros: Long lasting.
Cons: Sidewalls don't seem to last as long as the tread!

I've run the Marathon tires on my open car trailer since 1995. I'm on my 2nd set now and getting ready to order 2 replacements. Never had any troubles with them, great speed rated trailer tire (one of the few!)

Pros: none
Cons: Not a reliable tire. Cant seem to keep the tread on the tire

I have a 12,000 lb toy hauler with Goodyear Marathon tires on it. On our last three trips I have had two blowouts. The tires are two years old and have plenty of tread left, however I started inspecting them and one of the tires still on the trailer has a blister on the side wall. I am looking to replace all of my tires and you can bet it will not be with a Goodyear tire.

Pros: absolutely none
Cons: This product is so bad Goodyear should be ashamed

I bought a new 5th wheel with Goodyear/Carlisle tires on it. On a 2500 mile trip all four tires failed. 3 tires blew out and the fourth had a large blister in the tread. After the first blowout I emptied the cargo bay and dropped my fresh water and kept the speed under 60mph. Carlisle replaced the tires but Goodyear wouldn't pay for the damage to my new trailer.