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Service life of a trailer tire

8/25/2017

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Why is it that a trailer tire never goes flat in the garage?  Why is it that a trailer flat almost always means a complete tire separation while traveling down the highway, in the heat of summer, at 65MPH?  Regardless of which brand of trailer tire I am using, it seems I can't get more than two years out of a tire.  I hear of guys who get 4 years out of tires, so I wondered if I was doing something wrong when I only get 2.  After doing little research, thanks to Discount tires, I have discovered the following.
1. Trailer tires are limited by time and use, and not tread life.
2. The mileage expectancy of a trailer tire is from 5000 to 12000 miles.

I consider myself an avid fisherman.  Being in a club like Midweek, the lakes that I fish tend to follow the schedule of our club.  When we have tournaments at the close lakes like Bartlett, Saguaro, Pleasant, and Canyon, I will usually prefish a couple of times, returning home each day.  The further lakes like Havasu, Alamo, Roosevelt and Apache I usually only make one trip, but I stay at the lake for my pre-fishing, and therefore these trips are longer, maybe 3-4 days. In addition, I normally tow my rig to Mexico a couple of times a year for some of the best bass fishing on the planet.  It was rather easy therefore to estimate my annual mileage, which in my case was 6000 miles.  So after 2 years, I am right at the top of the life expectancy of my tires.  So I guess getting 2 years out of my trailer tires based upon my fishing trips puts me towards the top of the scale regarding service life of the tires.  So I guess I shouldn't complain too much.  I just wish they would go flat in my garage.

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