Sams Club abd others won't mount LT tires on trailer wheels??

[B.G. Smith]

Sams Club and others won't mount LT tires on trailer wheels??

Went to Sams today to get a spare for 31' 5th wheel after I had one come unwound, was informed that they will no longer mount LT tires on trailer wheels and if they sell you a tire (carry out I guess) for that purpose that they will not sell a service policy for tire nor will they balance the tire. My trailer came with LT235/85-R16" tires on it when new (04). Anyone run into this? bg

 

[Dieselnerd]

I never tried it at Sam's but Discount Tire mounted and balanced Michelin XPS Ribs that size on my previous fifth wheel. Balanced and warranty. They had no problem because it was a trailer.

 

[Matt42]

I never tried it at Sam's but Discount Tire mounted and balanced Michelin XPS Ribs that size on my previous fifth wheel. Balanced and warranty. They had no problem because it was a trailer.

I have had the same experience with Discount Tire. The manager completely agreed with my decision to use Michelin LTX LT215/75R15s on my TT. Many of his customers have had megaproblems with the ST tires, and the LT tires seem to cure them. Also had no problems buying the Discount Tire Service policy.



I also run Michelin XPS Rib tires in 9. 50R16. 5 on an equipment trailer.



I was a tire installer at an independent dealer while in college. I was always amazed that my employer could sleep at night, and I quit soon after he had me install tube-type tires without the tubes. I buy my tires from Discount Tire. Period.

 

[jelag]

I've had this happen with both Wal Mart and Sam Club and its my impression they have hired such low quality people they don't want to get into problems with the wrong tire in the wrong application..... I've had no problem where there are good tire people who make sound decisions... I have a fleet of trailers... all for work... and we have no problem with Costco... . they give great prices and good service but I have to carry in the wheels to them... .



Our warranty issues have been great with Costco because they can look up any tire purchases from any store at any other store..... because of your membership number so when you walk in your not at the mercy of the sales guy you never bought the tires from... . who now needs to make a profit.....



Just my thoughts on this...

 

[K5IP]

I gave up on trailer tires and went to a LT Michillen. Never been happier.

Just make sure you can get what you need in the same load range. The advantage of trailer tires is that in some appliations, they have a higher load capacity.

Happy hauling.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

WalMart is horrible for tires... period... they're horrible for dang near everything. I don't give them any money if I can help it

 

[klenger]

My 5th wheel was delivered with POS Goodyear LT tires. Had a blowout and took it to Dicsount Tire and got a set of Michelin XPS RIB LT235/16 with road hazzard warranty. If the tire fails for any reason while the tread is still legal, they will replace the tire for free.

 

[MAshley]

Bigest issue with trailer tires is most manufactures install low capasity tires... IE I baught a 14K utility trialer and it only have load range "d" tires when it needed "e"

 

[CarlsonR]

KLENGER I to have used Discount tire for years for there good service and selection. Just want to warn you so your not shocked when you finally do blow out that tire with free replacement warranty. At discount your free replacement tire is going to cost you about 40. 00 bucks for a tire in the 150. 00 price range. other then that it's still a hefty savings.

 

[RustyJC]

On our first 5th wheel, I had a Goodyear Marathon tread separation failure that did $2500 in damage, so I'm sensitive to this issue. Our next 5th wheel came with LT235/85R-16E Goodyear Wrangler HTs, so after the reports started coming in about failures with these tires, I went to Discount Tire and had them replaced with the Michelin XPS Ribs - one of the better purchasing decisions I've ever made. These tires ran significantly cooler than the Wrangler HTs, and I never had any problem whatsoever with them.



Our current 5th wheel came with the G-rated LT235/85R-16G Goodyear Unisteel G614RST trailer-specific tires. So far, so good.....



Rusty

 

[HBarlow]

B. G. Smith:



That sounds like a local policy, not official SAM's Club policy. I purchased a set of LT 235 Michelin Ribs for my trailer and had them mounted, balanced, and with lifetime road hazard from my local SAM's Club. Try talking to the GM and then to SAM's district manager (called DO) or HQ if necessary.



I'm on a friendly first name basis with my local SAM's tire and battery folks but it took a couple of years and some difficult (for them) conflicts before we reached that stage.



Now I use them exclusively and recommend them to anyone. Best prices to be found anywhere and service anywhere SAM's Clubs can be found. I even had a free rotation and balance done in Alaska on a trip there several summers ago.



Harvey

 

[Dieselnerd]

Rusty

My new trailer came with the same Goodyear G rated tires. Since I had multiple tread separations with previous Goodyear tires I'm keeping my fingers crossed too...

 

[Matt42]

Rusty

My new trailer came with the same Goodyear G rated tires. Since I had multiple tread separations with previous Goodyear tires I'm keeping my fingers crossed too...

Yah. My lifetime experience with Goodyear tires has been less than stellar. I gave up on them in 1973 on a set of Powercushion belted tires that wore funny and wore out at 12,000 miles. Wranglers came on my Dodge in 1996. I thought, heck, they've probably improved them in 20 years. And they had. At 17K I gave up and went to Michelin again. One of the OEMS went 59 miles. The rest did better, though.

 

[Bob Cochran]

I purchased the Michelin EPX tires for both my truck and 5er from Big O tire here in Show Low. While they offer free tire repair, rotation, etc. they don't offer hazard warranty in non-Big O brand name tires. So I only have the MFG warranty as far as that is concerned. I do like the Michelin's on my truck and 5er though. I always used Discount before I retired and moved here and there is no Discount Tire.

 

[Jim Smith]

I thought I was the only one with Wrangler Ht failure. I've now replaced each of them and I always thought it was my fault that they failed. Maybe I need to switch to Michelins. My Goodyears don't have that many miles on them. Walmarts always sold and mounted me a new one for about $125.

 

[RColston]

szumigalas



Ditch the HT's. They have a long history of failures. My HitchHiker had them, one blowout did about 1800. 00 damage. While changing that one I noticed two others had egg shaped tread profiles. GoodYear replaced all 5 under warranty. I immediately switched to Bridgestone V-Steel. No more problems. PS, Goodyear paid for the damage to the coach as well, without problem.

 

[Eric_77]

Well I have had the Goodyear G614 for about 6 years now. Had our first failure this year (on a 6 year old tire). Reason the pressure was at <60PSI should have been 110 for the load. Tread seperated but tire held air still IE did not lose control. We have always run at or above rated capcity for these tires in Texas heat.

 

[Nate]

I'm happy with Les Scwabs. I had a flat on my truck, they said "no charge", and I didn't even buy the tires there.

 

[donnier]

One thing I can never understand, other than cost factor, is why trailer manufacturers insist on putting D rating tires on something that should have E.

Ther 5er we re looking at has ST 225-15D with a weight of 10500.

Personally, I feel it sould have E but what do I know.

 

[HBarlow]

I don't think anyone makes a 15" tire in LRE. There is really no reason to do so. A 15" tire in LRD matches the weight capacity of the wheels and axles and also the maximum inflation pressure of the wheels. Using LRE tires, if they existed, would exceed the inflation capacity of the wheels as well as the weight rating or the wheels and axle assemblies.



All the components much match. 3500# trailer axles normally come with 5 lug wheels and small tires. 5000# axles normally use 6 lug 15" wheels and tires, 6000# axles use 16" six lug wheels with LT225 tires, 7000# axles use eight lug 16" wheels with LRE 235/85 x 16" tires, and 8000# axles will normally use 8 lug 16" wheels rated at 110psi inflation and Goodyear LT235/85 R16 LRG tires.



Increasing tire capacity won't do any good if the wheels and axles are rated for lesser inflation pressures and weight capacity.



Harvey