Best tires for tandems axle boat trailer? Yalls thoughts.

Probably the Goodyear endurance, they do cost a bit more than other brands.

Goodyear Endurance

I don't think you can go wrong with Goodyear or Maxxis.

I have had good results with Carlisle h.d. on my double axle trailer. Bought at local tire shop, great service. Bought 2 tires for it the other 2 Carlisle are few years old, but fish close to home. They had me in done in 20 minutes. Always check p s i.!!!! 60 lbs cold.

Another vote for GY Endurance.

Goodyear Endurance

GY Endurance

Endurance have been really good for me but I am trying some Carlisle HD just bc they are much cheaper. No real complaints yet.

Love my Endurances.
Going on 3 years.

Same for me!

Get any of them that are load range D 8 ply and you’ll never have a problem (with a grain of salt). I’ve heard the Endurance tires are great. But I was running “Cargomax” Chinese tires on my rig that were D/8ply and never once had an issue. Replaced a few months ago because they were getting close to no tread.

The load range C tires are the ones that blow out all the time

I have Goodyears now. They are pushing 6 years and will replace soon. I picked up a staple in one and replaced with a Carlisle. That tire will become my spare and I am going to try the Carlisle's when I replace the Goodyears. The Carlisle's have deeper tread then the Goodyears.

Goodyear Endurance are American made. More expensive than any of the other ST tires out there but based on my experience with other options well worth the money. The rest are mostly made in China. You got to ask yourself who do you want to support. A Chinese worker or an American worker. For those who choose the Chinese version, what if there was a Chinese option for the job that you make your living for. Who would you want people to support? It just surprises me that we spend $50 to $90 k for a bass boat and won’t spend the money on a tire made in the US. There you have my tire rant.

another brand to consider. they have a good rep. with their truck/suv tires.

https://www.herculestire.com/tire-type/trailer/

On on my second set of GY endurance, after that first set I am sold on them, best trailer tire I've ever owned.

THIS^

Get a set of car tires, cheaper and will last longer.

No way I would run P rated tires on my boat trailer. I do run them on a utility trailer is that light and only carries a smallish ATV.

Look at all the boats that have trailers with 17" or 18" wheels. They all run car tires. Heck, even BassCat uses car tires on their standard wheels.

You just need to be within the load range.

Dang! Looking at discount, Maxxis would be $250 cheaper for my rig. Considering the lack of tread depth on the GY, I can't see me going that route.

I'm with ya buddy!!!

Those Goodyear endurance are over rated for sure.

I have had better luck with NAMA tires.

My 5 year old Goodyear Endurance have seen a lot of miles and been perfect so far "knock on wood". Love how they are rated for higher psi. Blows my mind people that don't run max psi.

Running Endurance on single tandem as well. My add on question is with these tires it says 50 PSI Max. What is the optimum PSI to running these for long distance trailering?

50psi. It is where they have the highest capacity and lowest temperatures.

My new boat has Vision Marine Heavy Haulers. They seem well made.

I always run my Endurance max PSI which is 65 lbs.

Never heard of wheels that big on a boat trailer. Has the low profile trend also hit boat trailers?

17” wheels on this Ranger.

About 10 years ago

In my experience I would loose a tire or 2 on every boat trailer I owned, within 2 years. With car tires I have yet to loose one in the last 5 years. If i had a heavy duty flat bed trailer, its would be on trailer tires. My UTV was hauled around on car tires for many years.

There are a lot of deaf ears on this site when you talk about American goods but I agree with you. Even though Toyota makes a lot of vehicles here people think they are helping Americans here when only a small portion of the money stays here, Toyota reaped a whopping $139 BILLION in US sales alone last year, this is all money leaving our country.

Toyota does a lot to help bass fishing and wildlife protection. Dodge Chrysler Jeep is not American owned. Chevrolet parts are not made in USA. Buick actually has entire vehicles sold here that are made in china(Buick Invision is 100% Chinese made) . Cadillac builds cars on Chinese platforms. (XT4 is a Chinese Cadillac) Chevrolet has a LOT of Chinese parts in them. In fact….most GM Vehicles have majority parts from either Mexico or china. Not a lot of USA made parts in a domestic vehicle.

Toyota has more American made parts in their trucks than dodge and GM combined.

It’s a slippery slope raising that American flag and thinking you are supporting American people.

Truth is….most of what you use everyday doesn’t come from our own country.


There are a few Chinese made tires that are actually very well made.
NAMA tires, Vision Marine….those two brands are exceptionally well made tires. Having owned NAMA, Endurance, now Vision Marine….the Goodyear Endurance would be third on my list. I have had numerous issues with Endurance tires….ive had nothing but good results with NAMA….same trailer. Now the Ranger is on Vision Marine. They seem to be a great tire too.

My GMC Sierra was made in Mexico

My Tundra was made in SanAntonio. I haven’t found a part in it that was Chinese made yet. Even the electronics (radio and stuff) is Japanese or made in USA. Maybe my aftermarket towing mirrors are Chinese. Probably are since they look like they are fading and cheap.