Spread axle tires

Southern Tire carries several virgin tire brands down here in the South.
Don,t see many caps around here its just to dam hot.
Best tires for wear I had some Hankooks.
The big LTL fleets run caps on everything but steers.

 

Got Roadmaster RM272 on most of my trailers at this point. No issues at all with the 255/70/22.5 tires. Have run many sets until they were near minimum legal tread. Probably get 2-3 years out of them. Almost always end up doing all 8 at the same time.

The smaller 245/70/17.5s I do blow up on occasion but that's because I run them on my 60T trailer and they only go when loaded up to the ratings and I accidentally get moving a bit too fast during the summer. I also do some terrible things to the little tires with having to drop my booster and jack the trailer into tight places with 100K on 3 axles.

Used to run all Michelin or Continentals on the big trailer but they weren't lasting any longer and were twice the price.

Stopped running recaps like 8-10 years ago. Whatever was saved by getting cheaper tires was lost when they would blow up and wipe out fenders on a truck or the cross members under the trailer. Not to mention the cost of the road service to replace the blown tires.

 

Yokohama and Continental come to mind from the one's I've had on my trailers.

 

I run New Firestone on my spread axle stepdeck 22.5's. Previous trailers that used 17.5's and 19.5's I couldn't find any good tires to last a full summer running in the heat, without running slower than speed limits.

 

Toyo M154 or Michelin XZE I've had both go almost 200k on a spread, zero issues.

I bought a new to me trailer with a big spread that came with Firestone 561? that seem ok

if you go with Toyo most places will tell you they are a steer tire but it is an all position tire

 

Cooper Work Series

 

Years ago, I knew O/Os that had spread axles, and they had one of the rear axles on a lift, usually the rear one. Not only less tolls, but didn't experience that scuff on turns.

 

ANYTHING but a recap.

 

Anything but a recap, or a Doublecoin.