New Laredo 225MK and Goodride ST225/75R15D's

[Me_Again]

Today we bought a bumper pull to travel back and forth to Arizona and make side trips. It has Goodride ST225/75R15D tires and I am tempted to replace them with Goodyear Endurance tires on the way home from the dealer. The first trip will be 1600 in late Sept to Arizona. Someone posted on another forum that these are made by Westlake?

Chris

[Me_Again]

I think I realized what was causing the fuel mileage difference. I believe the truck was in active regen on the way to the tire store. I had notice white steamy smoke from the tail pipe leaving the park. In three years and 50K miles this is the first time I was aware of a regen.

the mileage difference makes sense now. Chris

[ken56]

I changed out my Trailer Kings after 3000 miles when one developed a bulge in the sidewall. Glad I did. Trailer is much more stable with the Goodyear Endurance. My Laredo is 10K GVWR and I keep my tires at 80psi.

[Me_Again]

Me Again wrote:
Got the new Endurance LRE tires today and got a CL call within hours of posting.

Interesting thing, I looked at the instant mileage on the flats going to the tire store and again returning. Mileage was about 4 MPG better returning. I had not looked at tire pressure on the old tires, however dealer said they were at 65 PSI. Trying to decide what pressure to run in the new LRE tire. Going to call GY tomorrow. Around 7k on tires that can carry 11,320 pound at full inflation seems like to much over kill. Chris

Well this morning I talked to a CS rep at GY that needs to go back to tire school. He said that I do not want to put 80 lbs of air in them as they will heat up on the road and become over inflated!!! Go figure, maybe it was his first day on the job.

At any rate then now have 65 PSI. One was at 79 and 3 at 75.5, so I guess Discount Tire does not get that good of a grade either.

Chris

[Me_Again]

Got the new Endurance LRE tires today and got a CL call within hours of posting.

Interesting thing, I looked at the instant mileage on the flats going to the tire store and again returning. Mileage was about 4 MPG better returning. I had not looked at tire pressure on the old tires, however dealer said they were at 65 PSI. Trying to decide what pressure to run in the new LRE tire. Going to call GY tomorrow. Around 7k on tires that can carry 11,320 pound at full inflation seems like to much over kill. Chris

[JIMNLIN]

Me Again wrote:

deltabravo wrote:
I'd replace them, and take the existing tires home and sell them on Craigslist to recoup some of the money you spent on the upgrade.

That was my thought. Chris

Tires like that work great for lawn service trailers that spend their life running around town with little interstate all day runs.. Or a utility trailer that sits 11 months out of the year and sees very little to no highway miles.

[Me_Again]

deltabravo wrote:
I'd replace them, and take the existing tires home and sell them on Craigslist to recoup some of the money you spent on the upgrade.

That was my thought. Chris

[deltabravo]

I'd replace them, and take the existing tires home and sell them on Craigslist to recoup some of the money you spent on the upgrade.