Multiple failures
Written: Sep 10 '05
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Pros: Its a tire
Cons: High failure rate
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| csims2's Full Review: Goodyear Marathon Radial Trailer Utility Tire |
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.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 0000
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