On Mar 31, 6:46*pm, Tim wrote:
On Mar 31, 5:11*pm, "Don White" wrote:



"Tim" wrote in message

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My local mechanic guy also sells tires, and he's good with a wrench.
I've put it off for so long, but now it's time to do something about
the tires. they're B78x13 and when I called him to tell him the size
number he imediatly said that size is hard to come by. Not necessarily
saying they are super rare, but they're not a popular size. So he did
some calling and shopping around and said he could get them for about
59.00 a piece x 4. But he told me the brand name which happens to be
"Carlisle" , and I remember from past discussions that Carlisle's had
mixed reviews, Some say they wear like indeffinately, some say they're
prone to blow outs.

These are a 6 ply tire that my mechanic was talking about and I'm not
sure if they're a radial or a bias-ply , but Now I'm a bit hesitant
about using that brand.

Any thoughts?

That's a common brand up here.
I thought most trailer tires were bias-ply for stiffer sidewalls.
$59.00 seems like a good price...I paid that much for the 5.80 x 12 tires on
my boat trailer last year.
When I went for a safety check on my 2005 Load-Rite boat trailer...the
mechanic wouldn't pass the 5 year old tires because a a few cracks in the
sidewalls.

Glad you had some decent luck, Don.

But just now looking around, I found this. There's some serious rant
going on, but I find that most of the people who had sorry luck were
either running a 4 ply when they should have had 6, or were under
inflating them.

http://www99.epinions.com/reviews/Ca...T_Utility_Tire

I'm using Carlisles....but Bias Ply jobs. If I want to go bigger, I
have to replace both axles to ones with Brakes.

Trailer never came with em'...wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.