Upgrade Tires

[Jimmerbobber56]

We bought a used, but very nice 2011 31red this last spring, 5,600 lbs. dry. It had the usual LT 205/75R14 6 ply tires on it. We don't load it up with everything we own when we go, so I know I'm not pushing the weight limit- However- changing tires on the side of the road gets old quickly. Going to try 8ply's. Any advice?

 

[Gaffer]

Buy quality tires like Maxxis. Stay away from Towmax and Marathon for sure.

 

[Dean-Pam]

We replaced our Towmax with Maxxis and have not regretted it, of course we also keep the speed at or below 65 mph.

 

[Jimmerbobber56]

Thanks- I'll be looking to see what Maxxis offers- two replies recommending the same brand has to say something!

 

[Jimmerbobber56]

Thanks!- I'll be checking Maxxis. My truck don't have any difficulty whatsoever staying under 65- and I'll just leave it at that.

 

[Tundra2084]

Purchased maxxis here as well and reviews on verious websites rated them as a very good tire with few problems. Very happy with these tires and not always looking in the rearview to see if we still have 4 inflated tires makes the trips less stressful and enjoyable.

 

[TravelTiger]

X3 for Maxxis. On our second set. Very pleased with how they held up.


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[SMinter]

Have a 2014 Sundance XLT with, what do you know, Power King Towmax. I noticed that the tread was coming off one of the tires so made a quick trip to Discount for 5 new Maxxis LR E tires. When talking a Heartland Customer Service Representative about another issue, I mentioned to him that the tread came off one of my Tow Max tires and I wondered why Heartland put such defective tires on their RV's. He promptly replied that most of the Tow Max tire failures were due to overloading or underinflation or a combination. It was then that I told him it was the spare which had never been on the ground that the tread was peeling off of. He got very quiet! Kind of made up for the $600 I had just shelled out for new tires.

 

[Mrsfish]

Have a 2014 Sundance XLT with, what do you know, Power King Towmax. I noticed that the tread was coming off one of the tires so made a quick trip to Discount for 5 new Maxxis LR E tires. When talking a Heartland Customer Service Representative about another issue, I mentioned to him that the tread came off one of my Tow Max tires and I wondered why Heartland put such defective tires on their RV's. He promptly replied that most of the Tow Max tire failures were due to overloading or underinflation or a combination. It was then that I told him it was the spare which had never been on the ground that the tread was peeling off of. He got very quiet! Kind of made up for the $600 I had just shelled out for new tires.

wow- there's an arizona chapter member who also had his tow max tire separate while in the spare tire position. That's wild that there was even 1 incident of this, let alone 2. Bad,bad tires.

 

[TravelTiger]

Our tread did not come off, but it was the spare with less than 1000 miles on it that looked like a hex nut when removed. We were also not overloaded or under inflated.

This was back in 2011, tires less than 2 years old.... These tires need to not be on your coach if you have them.


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[Bones]

Our tread did not come off, but it was the spare with less than 1000 miles on it that looked like a hex nut when removed. We were also not overloaded or under inflated. View attachment 40369

This was back in 2011, tires less than 2 years old.... These tires need to not be on your coach if you have them.


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Wow. I do plan on replacing my tires eventually with the sailun brand. I just need to find a place somewhat local to do it.

 

[justafordguy]

Wow. I do plan on replacing my tires eventually with the sailun brand. I just need to find a place somewhat local to do it.

Hey Bones, order them from simpletire.com and then have a local tire store mount them for you. You will love the Sailun S637s they are very good tires.

 

[jnbhobe]

Or trailertireandwheel.com

 

[Bones]

Hey Bones, order them from simpletire.com and then have a local tire store mount them for you. You will love the Sailun S637s they are very good tires.

I see two different tires for the S637. and prices are different. Do you know why?

 

[jnbhobe]

There is only actually one, the ST, the other is discontinued. They are the same tire, the ST has a higher capacity. http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/