Our new to us 09 Merhow has Karrier LoadStar tires on it. Aparently they were oem because the spare is new and the same. They are lr D radials and of course Chinese,so I am very suspect because both my equipment trailer and our 3h Corn pro came with Marathons and have not had any issues.Am i being paranoid or can I get 1 more season out of them safely? The tread is only worn about 25% and there are no visible cracks or checks.
Posted 2014-06-13 8:03 AM (#159463 - in reply to #159457) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 656 Location: Rayne, LA
A friend had the same tires on his trailer. They were four years old and looked good. He had a blow out that bent the fender on his trailer. We went to a tire shop and the man there said that brand is known for peeling. On the next trip he had a second blow, so needless to say he replaced all of them.
Posted 2014-06-13 11:27 AM (#159465 - in reply to #159457) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 259 Location: Topeka Ks
Trbomax, if the tires were fresh stock when installed in 09 then this is year 5 on the tires. If your budget can withstand a set of tires then replace them.Short story, used my fb trailer with aged out tires great tread to haul 8 round bales with no problems. Next day my buddy used it to haul a pallet of pavers had a blowout.
Posted 2014-06-13 3:41 PM (#159472 - in reply to #159457) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 97 Location: mancelona michigan
I guess I will change them out.I really wanted to wait untill winter when more disposable $ were available. I did check the DOT # on every tire and there is no date code on any of them. They are 235/80/r16 and I see where that is a "trailer unique" size but a 245/75/r16 is the same dia so I can do LT tires in an "E: range instead of the "D" that is on it now.
Posted 2014-06-14 12:53 PM (#159476 - in reply to #159472) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 3853 Location: Vermont
Originally written by trbomax on 2014-06-13 3:41 PM
I guess I will change them out.I really wanted to wait untill winter when more disposable $ were available. I did check the DOT # on every tire and there is no date code on any of them. They are 235/80/r16 and I see where that is a "trailer unique" size but a 245/75/r16 is the same dia so I can do LT tires in an "E: range instead of the "D" that is on it now.
Posted 2014-06-14 6:54 PM (#159477 - in reply to #159457) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 97 Location: mancelona michigan
I know,it part of the DOT code,but its not there.If I could post pics on this site I could show you.I'm finding so much shoddy work on this trailer,I think it was made in Elkhart,kinda disapointed.
Posted 2014-06-15 8:56 PM (#159488 - in reply to #159477) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 3853 Location: Vermont
Originally written by trbomax on 2014-06-14 6:54 PM
I know,it part of the DOT code,but its not there.If I could post pics on this site I could show you.I'm finding so much shoddy work on this trailer,I think it was made in Elkhart,kinda disapointed.
Posted 2014-06-19 3:57 PM (#159552 - in reply to #159457) Subject: RE: Karrier tires
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Posts: 54 Location: nc
We had the same tires on a 2010 Lakota trailer. They started blowing last year with an empty trailer. Ours had less than 4k miles and looked really good. We upgraded to 14 ply tires.
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