One of my old Marathons that were on the trailer when I bought it blew out while driving on I-5 at 109 degrees ambient, and dented the wheel. Fortunately this was the curb side, changing the street-side tire on the shoulder of I-5 would have been more of a trial. I think I'm carrying a box of flares from now on.
The annoying thing about this is that the expensive Dill tire monitor with internal sensors rather than the ones that screw on the tire valve had stopped working, won't light up, so I don't know got hot or lost pressure before it blew out.
The tread entirely separated in one piece. Cords along both sidewalls were entirely separated. The tread on the other tire looked like it was going bad too, damage on the tread rather than the sidewalls, and the spare turned out to be original to the 2004 trailer and was visibly rotting. I was one exit from central Redding, California, and went looking for new tires.
So, now I have three new Goodyear Endurance tires, ST225/75/R15, load class E at 80 PSI, and a new steel wheel the same as the white steel wheels on the Trailmanor, all bought from the California version of Discount Tire, which is called "America's Tire".
I'm not sure these steel wheels are rated as high as the tires.
On getting home I jacked the trailer off of the ground on the theory that they'll last longer if not stored in deformed state. This did not, however, save my old Marathons, which of course spent most of their life sitting on the ground and perhaps the last 6 months in the air.
As far as I can tell, Endurance is a 6-ply tire. Two steel, two polyester, two nylon. The big letters say "80 PSI" and load class E. Not 10 plies like the Maxxis. But specified for the same load as the Maxxis. Going home, they seemed to run cool. Cooler than the Marathons.
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