Nice video....One point - I have been told that when jacking up the trailer to use the frame (not the axles). Some folks have indicated that you can damage/bend your axles by using them as a jacking point....Happy Camping !
I have a Lance TT with Dexter axles. Like you, I initially thought the same until I went through the owners manual. Their manual states a jacking point on the axles close to the back side of the tire not the trailer frame. So, I guess one should always check the owners manual.
I had the same problem with michelin tires. MICHELIN said it is okay to have those crack. They reimburse me the thread left that was left on tires and bought new tires. They will honor their satisfaction policy but the crack is okay to them.
I bought a new single axle travel trailer in 2019 with 14" endurance tires dated late 2018. After 10- 12k miles best honest guess, one tire has scary severe cracking around diameter between the outside treads. Looks like it could come apart anytime. The other tire is fine. The good part is both have minimal tire wear. Changing them out today.
I had one of those Ryobi impacts, junk. Wouldn't take the lugs off of my motorhome. Went and bought a DeWalt, awesome. I'll never buy a Ryobi tool again. The Ryobi said it had a 200ftlb torque. The lugs were torqued to 140ftlb. The DeWalt is 375ftlb. Both cordless.
Great video a lot of good information yes you always need to check your tires don’t need no problems when you’re going down the road stay safe enjoy life
I clicked on this video because I thought you were Trevor from Matt's Offroad Recovery channel in Utah. You two could be brothers lol. But regardless, it was a nice video ! Good to know that Goodyear stepped up & done the right thing.
That is great news on how they stood behind the product. Our Lance also came with Goodyear Endurance tires so I had better inspect them. Only thing missing from this video was a coffee break sponsored by Bob’s Mug Coffee 😉
I was very happy with their response too! I thought they were going to say "we'll make note of the issue" and I'd need to continue to monitor it for further cracking. Which I would have been fine with but wow!.... BMC break in an upcoming video for sure! LOL
Hey y'all, we are Shion and Matthew and found you through Instagram! We found this video to be very helpful! That's great news about the Goodyear Endurance tires getting replaced for free! Thanks for sharing! ~ Shion and Matthew
I noticed that the old tires weren't balanced, but the new ones are. I've just replaced the OEM Castle Rock tires on my Forest River trailer with GY Endurance, and I had them balanced too. Good point on not starting them with the impact ... when I went to pull the wheels (for the first time since the factory) I found one cross-threaded lug nut. I had to replace the stud and nut before I could put the wheel back on.
Yeah, I've always had my trailer tires balanced when given the opportunity. So many people say it's not necessary, but what can it hurt lol.... Enjoy your new GY's! Thanks for watching!
Lol, it hurts now right! This was one of our earliest videos and not our best so thank you for your positive comment. We were definitely happy that Goodyear and Lionshead stepped up and replaced these on our other rig no questions asked. Our current rig has Cooper Work Series tires with no issues to date. Thank you again for watching.
I'm surprised that the cracks were considered an issue by Good year. That says a lot for the company. Now I have a new issue to look for on my trailer. I hadn't even looked for cracking on the tread area. Since the tires are older than the trailer it makes me wonder if they were not stored in an ideal environment. Just last month I bought a used trailer and bargained down the price due to the tires being 11 years old. They were Uniroyal tiger paws. One had noticeable cracking on the side wall but the other looked like a new tire! Now I need to look at the whole tire. I had priced several tires but most were made in China, (no way), the Goodyears were expensive but you just gave me cause to believe they are worth the extra. Two brands are made in Korea and were rated very high, one was named Hankook, can't remember the other.
I have these tires and have towed my 13000 lb. fifth wheel over twenty thousand miles with no issues. Probably the best trailer tires I have owned. Good to know they are standing behind the product as well. Always use a tire monitoring system. We had a bad value stem go down going through Dallas, Fort Worth. I would not have known and probably done damage to my rig at the very least without the monitoring system. I was able to get of the interstate safely and change tires.
Good to know. This is my first experience with Goodyear Endurance. With all of the good reviews I'm definitely going give them another try! Thank you for watching!
Lug nuts should be deliberately under torqued if put on with an impact, and then properly torqued with the torque wrench. This prevents both under torquing and over torquing.
Yes. I do not do it on my open, smaller trailer tires but like to have it done on my camper tires. I too have seen several articles recommending doing so to reduce vibrations. Thank you for watching our video!
On an RV always use a torque wrench unless you wanna have lost or broken studs going down the road I transport these for a living manufacturing is very strict about torqing the lugs.
Swapped out GY Endurance's on our 2020 Keystone Cougar about 3 weeks after we bought the rig. Several hundred miles down the road; one failed. Put the spare on and about 100 miles later another GY Endurance blew. Took both bad tires to a GY dealer and they said NOPE! won't warranty it. GY doesn't warranty ST tires like a passenger tire. I'm like, WTH? Both of these have less than a thousand miles. I ended up buying two more GY Endurance's to replace them. Went back to the rig and installed them. Contacted GY and they were less than helpful and assured they would NOT stand by their product. Three weeks later; I went and purchased new tires for my truck and they were NOT GY. Wife's Prius was in need of tires a month later and NOT GY's. GY has lost my business forever. Next tires on our 5th wheel and boat will be Maxxis 8008's.
Thank you for sharing! I don't blame you for being done with Goodyear after those tire failures. Hopefully the replacements I received will hold up. Safe travels and thanks for watching our video!
I always mark the tires as to which side of the trailer they were on and put them back on the same side. drove a semi over the road and had times new tires would start cracking or splitting even though they were new tires. that's why truckers check their tires every day. PRE TRIP.
Looking closely at photo :36. That isn't dry rot. Dry rot would be all over, not just in that (those) groove that run around the circumference. Dry rot doesn't work that way. What it is, is evidence of the effect of those grooves being pulled open and of course, closed while being stressed during tight turns and a not so light of a trailer. You filling the tires to maximum rated pressure might lessened the effect and something you could do, where possible, is avoid very tight turns. I would be curious if after about the same mileage you find the new set exhibiting the same "stretch" marks.
When Lionshead and Goodyear say what is pictured is not supposed to happen and they send 4 free replacements within a few days, I go by what they say. Lionshead, who supplies the tire warranty, agreed that it appeared to be "dry rot". Whatever caused it, it is not right and that was the main point of this video. As for PSI, I always run max cold pressures on all of my trailer tires to reduce the folding of the tire while turning. I agree that avoiding tight turns saves tires and suspension hangers but some campsites require tight turns. We have almost 4,000 miles on the replacements and no cracks yet. Thanks for watching the video and your comment!
I also had the same problem. 4300lbs Airstream 19' trailer, same 4 year old tires, driven about 20,000 miles, cracking visible on edges. A few days ago, while driving at 65 mph in 95 degrees, my tire exploded. These tires are by no means safe. In conclusion, I changed to LT tires. The sidewalls are stronger than other trailer tires. But the problem is the edge part. This part seems to start cracking after a year. So I never recommend itire. Go for LT tires.
Goodyear endurance is supposed to be one of the best trailer tires goes to show you even they have their problems , on my trailer they’re dated 2017 they still look good course I keep my trailer parked inside covered up good to know
re: Your comment about Michelin. Michelin actually does allow a certain amount and size of tire checking and cracking and consider it normal. They have a letter out with pictures detailing what is acceptable and what is not. Why did you not put the jackstands under the axles BEFORE you removed the wheels?
Good to know about Michelin! The nation wide tire shop that I previously asked about my Michelins cracking did not provide any of that information. Thanks!... The main weight of my camper was held up by the 4 leveling jacks (at each corner) attached to the frame. If the bottle jack would have slipped while removing the tire, the camper wouldn't have fallen or moved. Plus, I wanted to lower that side of the axles before I lifted the opposite side to reduce any extra pressure on the axles. Hope that answers your question!
Just replaced my Firestone tires on my Ram 2500 with 17456 miles on them. Two front tires new, back tires under 3/32 rubber. When off the rim, both flattened out. No help from Firestone. Oh, tires rotated at 8200 miles.
I have received a lot of feedback on this video concerning how I used the jacks. It is my fault for not going into detail on everything I did in this video. Our camper has 4 leveling jacks attached to the frame. When removing the tires, I lift the camper by using those to take almost all of the weight off of the axles. I then use the bottle jacks to lift the axles just enough to remove the tire. The small amount of pressure is not enough to bend the axles. I choose to do it this way to keep my suspension shackles from flipping which is what they do when all of the weight is off of the axle and it is hanging in the air. It can be a pain to make them right again if this happens. I do not recommend anyone lift a trailer of any type by the axles alone. I hope this all makes sense. Thank you for watching the video!
Had Goodyears on my triple axle fifth wheel and the tires had half the wear left and they started blowing one after another. Goodyears are garbage. Put Michelin's light truck tires and they were the best thing for the trailer
Luckily I caught ours in time so they didn't start causing issues. Glad to hear the LT's are holding up for you! Thank you for watching and thanks for the info!
@@TravelsAbound your welcome. My brother had the same issue with his triple axle trailer as well. There was a few friends and we all would go to different NASCAR races and our friends had the same issue with Goodyear trailer tires. Good luck
Did they replace them with the same Endurance tires? We have 255/85R16E Endurance and I’m questioning myself if that’s enough tire for our big (15,500 GVWR) 5th wheel.
They did replace them with identical Goodyear Endurance tires. I will keep a close eye on the new replacements and hopefully these will hold up. I replaced the Westlake tires pretty quickly on our other 5th wheel to Sailun s637 G's and never had a problem with them. If I'm not pleased with these new Goodyear's, I'll switch to Sailun again.
@@TravelsAbound I’ve been seriously considering going to Boar 19.5” wheels with Continental Load Range H or Michelin Load Range G. They’re not cheap but I’ve had two blowouts with other 5th wheels and each to me it did about $3,000 damage to the rig plus the cost of a new tire anyway.
Exactly my thinking as well. The extra, upfront $$$$ is well worth the peace of mind down the road. Plus the time and money saved in repairs. Sorry to hear of your past damages. Especially twice!
The date code on the original GY's were 45/19 and the trailer was purchased Aug of 2020. Close to a year old when we purchased the trailer and were replaced Feb of 2021.
Ch|na B0mb victim, here...had two Westlakes come apart on me last October on the same afternoon...$2800 worth of damage. I replaced them with the GY Endurance 275/75 15's. Curious, how old are your Endurance? Also, from your closeup, was the cracking down inside of the tread? In between the tread walls?
Sorry to hear about your damage. That is one of our worst fears. The tires we replaced all had a date code of 45/19. The cracking was at the base of the tread where it met the tire. I did not notice any cracking inside of the tread.
Well, I guess I should have been clear as to how I removed the tires from my camper. When doing so, I use the 4 leveling jacks attached to the frame (2 in front and 2 in rear which are visible in the video) to raise the camper several inches. I then place the bottle jack between the U bolts to lift the tire off of the ground just enough to remove it. I choose to do it this way so my shackles don't flip. I also don't recommend that people "jack their trailers up on the axles" but to each their own. Thank you for watching the video!
If you know what you are doing and have the right equipment, it is safer on the bigger trailers to jack from under the axles. I made an adapter for my jack so that I can jack under the axle tube adjacent to the spring without fear of collapsing the axle tube. I barely get the tire off of the ground so that I do not exceed the travel of the equalizer. This prevents overloading the suspension. Jacking under the frame can result in lifting both tires on a tandem at the same time, which places three times the stress on the frame that it normally has. Unfortunately, I have seen virtually no one jack up a trailer without risking damage to the trailer, and this includes so called professionals. Most professionals, if they have any training at all is in the auto repair industry. Jacking up a car or truck is a different thing than jacking a tandem axle trailer. Single axle trailers are much more forgiving.
Nitrogen will still expand and shrink with the changing of temperatures. Although it is only 1psi per 10 degrees Fahrenheit, the pressure will still need to be adjusted from time to time. I choose to not pay extra for nitrogen because I regularly check my pressures and adjust accordingly. Thanks for watching!
@@TravelsAbound when i took delivery of my new. 2021 f150 the tires came filled with nitrogen. I purchased a new 20ft camper and it to has nitrogen filled tires..
Our camper also came from the factory with nitrogen but the PSI would fluctuate so much I wondered if the tires truly were. I just choose to not use nitrogen.
Thats an expensive scam, you already have 80% nitrogen in them, 20 % more makes no difference. how many places stock high pressure nitrogen tanks ? when you have to top up pressure is that what you are still using? It doesnt make your tire wear any different.
That would have been easiest in most cases but not in this instance. A couple of reasons I didn't was due to their small lot size and the road construction in our neighborhood that routed vehicles through low clearance streets. Choose another tire shop sounds like a simple solution but the others were in town which would have caused more problems due to traffic and narrow roads. Thanks for watching!
China bombs, USA bombs, whatever.... Sometimes you get some bad tires, no matter where they were made... Made in the USA isn't as Made in the USA as Made in the USA used to be...
I replaced our Westlake tires on our 2019 5th wheel with Sailun s637 tires and really liked them. However, since Lionshead sent FREE replacement Goodyear's, it is the best option for now. With all of the good reviews on these tires, I am good to give them another chance. Sailun will probably be our next set though. Thank you for watching the video!
Nice video....One point - I have been told that when jacking up the trailer to use the frame (not the axles). Some folks have indicated that you can damage/bend your axles by using them as a jacking point....Happy Camping !
I have a Lance TT with Dexter axles. Like you, I initially thought the same until I went through the owners manual. Their manual states a jacking point on the axles close to the back side of the tire not the trailer frame. So, I guess one should always check the owners manual.
I had the same problem with michelin tires. MICHELIN said it is okay to have those crack. They reimburse me the thread left that was left on tires and bought new tires. They will honor their satisfaction policy but the crack is okay to them.
I bought a new single axle travel trailer in 2019 with 14" endurance tires dated late 2018. After 10- 12k miles best honest guess, one tire has scary severe cracking around diameter between the outside treads. Looks like it could come apart anytime. The other tire is fine. The good part is both have minimal tire wear. Changing them out today.
I had one of those Ryobi impacts, junk. Wouldn't take the lugs off of my motorhome. Went and bought a DeWalt, awesome. I'll never buy a Ryobi tool again. The Ryobi said it had a 200ftlb torque. The lugs were torqued to 140ftlb. The DeWalt is 375ftlb. Both cordless.
Great video and info ALWAYS check your tires before a trip. Glad you got them replaced and stay safe on the road.
Thanks! Yall too!
Great video a lot of good information yes you always need to check your tires don’t need no problems when you’re going down the road stay safe enjoy life
Very true! Thank you for watching!
Hope the new tires work out for y’all!! Hey lil buddy 👋 Safe travels!
Hopefully! Safe travels to yall too!
I clicked on this video because I thought you were Trevor from Matt's Offroad Recovery channel in Utah. You two could be brothers lol. But regardless, it was a nice video ! Good to know that Goodyear stepped up & done the right thing.
Haha, I never thought about that! Thank you for watching our video!
That is great news on how they stood behind the product. Our Lance also came with Goodyear Endurance tires so I had better inspect them. Only thing missing from this video was a coffee break sponsored by Bob’s Mug Coffee 😉
I was very happy with their response too! I thought they were going to say "we'll make note of the issue" and I'd need to continue to monitor it for further cracking. Which I would have been fine with but wow!.... BMC break in an upcoming video for sure! LOL
Hey y'all, we are Shion and Matthew and found you through Instagram! We found this video to be very helpful! That's great news about the Goodyear Endurance tires getting replaced for free! Thanks for sharing! ~ Shion and Matthew
Hello Shion and Matthew! Thank you for watching!
Very informative video. Thank you! A fine boy you have!
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for watching!
I noticed that the old tires weren't balanced, but the new ones are. I've just replaced the OEM Castle Rock tires on my Forest River trailer with GY Endurance, and I had them balanced too. Good point on not starting them with the impact ... when I went to pull the wheels (for the first time since the factory) I found one cross-threaded lug nut. I had to replace the stud and nut before I could put the wheel back on.
Yeah, I've always had my trailer tires balanced when given the opportunity. So many people say it's not necessary, but what can it hurt lol.... Enjoy your new GY's! Thanks for watching!
Nice information on your video I have the same tires and on my first road trip now I will look at them you have a nice young man for a son
My son has proudly taken on the title of supervisor.🤣 Thank you for watching our video! Safe travels!
I am older like you I do not jump out of trucks either. Good video. New sub from 2021 grand design video.
Lol, it hurts now right! This was one of our earliest videos and not our best so thank you for your positive comment. We were definitely happy that Goodyear and Lionshead stepped up and replaced these on our other rig no questions asked. Our current rig has Cooper Work Series tires with no issues to date. Thank you again for watching.
I'm surprised that the cracks were considered an issue by Good year.
That says a lot for the company. Now I have a new issue to look for on my trailer.
I hadn't even looked for cracking on the tread area.
Since the tires are older than the trailer it makes me wonder if they were not stored in an ideal environment.
Just last month I bought a used trailer and bargained down the price due to the tires being 11 years old. They were Uniroyal tiger paws. One had noticeable cracking on the side wall but the other looked like a new tire! Now I need to look at the whole tire.
I had priced several tires but most were made in China, (no way), the Goodyears were expensive but you just gave me cause to believe they are worth the extra.
Two brands are made in Korea and were rated very high, one was named Hankook, can't remember the other.
I have these tires and have towed my 13000 lb. fifth wheel over twenty thousand miles with no issues. Probably the best trailer tires I have owned. Good to know they are standing behind the product as well. Always use a tire monitoring system. We had a bad value stem go down going through Dallas, Fort Worth. I would not have known and probably done damage to my rig at the very least without the monitoring system. I was able to get of the interstate safely and change tires.
Good to know. This is my first experience with Goodyear Endurance. With all of the good reviews I'm definitely going give them another try! Thank you for watching!
Which tire monitoring system did you go with?
I had some goodyear crack experience!
Lug nuts should be deliberately under torqued if put on with an impact, and then properly torqued with the torque wrench. This prevents both under torquing and over torquing.
Exactly! Thanks for watching!
Most tire shop guys seem to think 4-5 ugga-duggas is a torque spec. 😛
I see you had the wheels balanced. I saw an article that recommends doing so.
Yes. I do not do it on my open, smaller trailer tires but like to have it done on my camper tires. I too have seen several articles recommending doing so to reduce vibrations. Thank you for watching our video!
On an RV always use a torque wrench unless you wanna have lost or broken studs going down the road I transport these for a living manufacturing is very strict about torqing the lugs.
True! If you will notice in the video, I only used the impact to snug the lug nuts. I then torque them all to the proper ft/lbs. Thanks for watching!
Swapped out GY Endurance's on our 2020 Keystone Cougar about 3 weeks after we bought the rig. Several hundred miles down the road; one failed. Put the spare on and about 100 miles later another GY Endurance blew. Took both bad tires to a GY dealer and they said NOPE! won't warranty it. GY doesn't warranty ST tires like a passenger tire. I'm like, WTH? Both of these have less than a thousand miles. I ended up buying two more GY Endurance's to replace them. Went back to the rig and installed them. Contacted GY and they were less than helpful and assured they would NOT stand by their product. Three weeks later; I went and purchased new tires for my truck and they were NOT GY. Wife's Prius was in need of tires a month later and NOT GY's. GY has lost my business forever. Next tires on our 5th wheel and boat will be Maxxis 8008's.
Thank you for sharing! I don't blame you for being done with Goodyear after those tire failures. Hopefully the replacements I received will hold up. Safe travels and thanks for watching our video!
Dumped the new Goodyear Endurance E rated tires on my 38 foot Jayco Eagle 317RLOK and went with 5 Sailun G rated within a week of my purchase.
We had zero issues with Sailun tires on our first 5th wheel. Great tires!
I always mark the tires as to which side of the trailer they were on and put them back on the same side. drove a semi over the road and had times new tires would start cracking or splitting even though they were new tires. that's why truckers check their tires every day. PRE TRIP.
Looking closely at photo :36. That isn't dry rot. Dry rot would be all over, not just in that (those) groove that run around the circumference. Dry rot doesn't work that way. What it is, is evidence of the effect of those grooves being pulled open and of course, closed while being stressed during tight turns and a not so light of a trailer. You filling the tires to maximum rated pressure might lessened the effect and something you could do, where possible, is avoid very tight turns. I would be curious if after about the same mileage you find the new set exhibiting the same "stretch" marks.
When Lionshead and Goodyear say what is pictured is not supposed to happen and they send 4 free replacements within a few days, I go by what they say. Lionshead, who supplies the tire warranty, agreed that it appeared to be "dry rot". Whatever caused it, it is not right and that was the main point of this video. As for PSI, I always run max cold pressures on all of my trailer tires to reduce the folding of the tire while turning. I agree that avoiding tight turns saves tires and suspension hangers but some campsites require tight turns. We have almost 4,000 miles on the replacements and no cracks yet. Thanks for watching the video and your comment!
I also had the same problem. 4300lbs Airstream 19' trailer, same 4 year old tires, driven about 20,000 miles, cracking visible on edges. A few days ago, while driving at 65 mph in 95 degrees, my tire exploded.
These tires are by no means safe. In conclusion, I changed to LT tires.
The sidewalls are stronger than other trailer tires. But the problem is the edge part. This part seems to start cracking after a year. So I never recommend itire. Go for LT tires.
I would think that if I bought a 2021 new camper I'd automatically get new 2021 dated tires!!
Goodyear endurance is supposed to be one of the best trailer tires goes to show you even they have their problems , on my trailer they’re dated 2017 they still look good course I keep my trailer parked inside covered up good to know
did I miss you showing a detail view of the stated dry rot cracking?
Yep. There are close up pictures of the cracks in the video.
re: Your comment about Michelin. Michelin actually does allow a certain amount and size of tire checking and cracking and consider it normal. They have a letter out with pictures detailing what is acceptable and what is not. Why did you not put the jackstands under the axles BEFORE you removed the wheels?
Good to know about Michelin! The nation wide tire shop that I previously asked about my Michelins cracking did not provide any of that information. Thanks!... The main weight of my camper was held up by the 4 leveling jacks (at each corner) attached to the frame. If the bottle jack would have slipped while removing the tire, the camper wouldn't have fallen or moved. Plus, I wanted to lower that side of the axles before I lifted the opposite side to reduce any extra pressure on the axles. Hope that answers your question!
Just replaced my Firestone tires on my Ram 2500 with 17456 miles on them. Two front tires new, back tires under 3/32 rubber. When off the rim, both flattened out. No help from Firestone. Oh, tires rotated at 8200 miles.
Only 17k?!? That is terrible! What did you decide on for the replacements?
on sale because it is old stock, and they wanted them out of the way for the newer better units that use less battery.
Install Maxxis, problem solved
Looks like you jacked the trailer up using the axles? I was told not to do that because you can bend the tube. You should use the frame?
I have received a lot of feedback on this video concerning how I used the jacks. It is my fault for not going into detail on everything I did in this video. Our camper has 4 leveling jacks attached to the frame. When removing the tires, I lift the camper by using those to take almost all of the weight off of the axles. I then use the bottle jacks to lift the axles just enough to remove the tire. The small amount of pressure is not enough to bend the axles. I choose to do it this way to keep my suspension shackles from flipping which is what they do when all of the weight is off of the axle and it is hanging in the air. It can be a pain to make them right again if this happens. I do not recommend anyone lift a trailer of any type by the axles alone. I hope this all makes sense. Thank you for watching the video!
Had Goodyears on my triple axle fifth wheel and the tires had half the wear left and they started blowing one after another. Goodyears are garbage. Put Michelin's light truck tires and they were the best thing for the trailer
Luckily I caught ours in time so they didn't start causing issues. Glad to hear the LT's are holding up for you! Thank you for watching and thanks for the info!
@@TravelsAbound your welcome. My brother had the same issue with his triple axle trailer as well. There was a few friends and we all would go to different NASCAR races and our friends had the same issue with Goodyear trailer tires. Good luck
Did they replace them with the same Endurance tires? We have 255/85R16E Endurance and I’m questioning myself if that’s enough tire for our big (15,500 GVWR) 5th wheel.
They did replace them with identical Goodyear Endurance tires. I will keep a close eye on the new replacements and hopefully these will hold up. I replaced the Westlake tires pretty quickly on our other 5th wheel to Sailun s637 G's and never had a problem with them. If I'm not pleased with these new Goodyear's, I'll switch to Sailun again.
@@TravelsAbound I’ve been seriously considering going to Boar 19.5” wheels with Continental Load Range H or Michelin Load Range G. They’re not cheap but I’ve had two blowouts with other 5th wheels and each to me it did about $3,000 damage to the rig plus the cost of a new tire anyway.
Exactly my thinking as well. The extra, upfront $$$$ is well worth the peace of mind down the road. Plus the time and money saved in repairs. Sorry to hear of your past damages. Especially twice!
Wondering what year tires they replace them with?
The replacements have a date of 43/20. Thank you for watching!
There 3 years old on a 2021 trailer?
The date code on the original GY's were 45/19 and the trailer was purchased Aug of 2020. Close to a year old when we purchased the trailer and were replaced Feb of 2021.
What did you torque the lugs to??
I torqued the lugs to 120 FT LBS.
Who paid the return shipping and how’d you ship them?
Lionshead paid the return shipping and they shipped UPS.
Parking on white driveway Rock will dry rot tires . Even driving on it will dry out the tires
Ch|na B0mb victim, here...had two Westlakes come apart on me last October on the same afternoon...$2800 worth of damage. I replaced them with the GY Endurance 275/75 15's. Curious, how old are your Endurance? Also, from your closeup, was the cracking down inside of the tread? In between the tread walls?
Sorry to hear about your damage. That is one of our worst fears.
The tires we replaced all had a date code of 45/19. The cracking was at the base of the tread where it met the tire. I did not notice any cracking inside of the tread.
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Why does everybody jack there trailers up on the axles instead of the frame.... Use the frame people.
Well, I guess I should have been clear as to how I removed the tires from my camper. When doing so, I use the 4 leveling jacks attached to the frame (2 in front and 2 in rear which are visible in the video) to raise the camper several inches. I then place the bottle jack between the U bolts to lift the tire off of the ground just enough to remove it. I choose to do it this way so my shackles don't flip. I also don't recommend that people "jack their trailers up on the axles" but to each their own. Thank you for watching the video!
If you know what you are doing and have the right equipment, it is safer on the bigger trailers to jack from under the axles. I made an adapter for my jack so that I can jack under the axle tube adjacent to the spring without fear of collapsing the axle tube. I barely get the tire off of the ground so that I do not exceed the travel of the equalizer. This prevents overloading the suspension. Jacking under the frame can result in lifting both tires on a tandem at the same time, which places three times the stress on the frame that it normally has. Unfortunately, I have seen virtually no one jack up a trailer without risking damage to the trailer, and this includes so called professionals. Most professionals, if they have any training at all is in the auto repair industry. Jacking up a car or truck is a different thing than jacking a tandem axle trailer. Single axle trailers are much more forgiving.
Maybe they swapped them out and had 20/21’s
That is definitely a possibility.
What about filling them with nitrogen ?
Nitrogen will still expand and shrink with the changing of temperatures. Although it is only 1psi per 10 degrees Fahrenheit, the pressure will still need to be adjusted from time to time. I choose to not pay extra for nitrogen because I regularly check my pressures and adjust accordingly. Thanks for watching!
@@TravelsAbound when i took delivery of my new. 2021 f150 the tires came filled with nitrogen. I purchased a new 20ft camper and it to has nitrogen filled tires..
Our camper also came from the factory with nitrogen but the PSI would fluctuate so much I wondered if the tires truly were. I just choose to not use nitrogen.
Thats an expensive scam, you already have 80% nitrogen in them, 20 % more makes no difference. how many places stock high pressure nitrogen tanks ? when you have to top up pressure is that what you are still using? It doesnt make your tire wear any different.
Well I think you should switch to the Fred Flistone Stone Tires! Lasts for Centurys! 🤣 Ford, Chevy, Ram...Alll Junk! lol
Michelin tires do do that. Goodyear tires do not.
But they didn’t blow like the Chinese tires do
Very true!
Not sure why you didn't drive the RV to them and let them taken them off and put them back on. I would have.
That would have been easiest in most cases but not in this instance. A couple of reasons I didn't was due to their small lot size and the road construction in our neighborhood that routed vehicles through low clearance streets. Choose another tire shop sounds like a simple solution but the others were in town which would have caused more problems due to traffic and narrow roads. Thanks for watching!
@@TravelsAbound I see, bummer for you. I guess you can say you got a workout, I saw you do several squats lol now go get some ice cream.
Great video! However, why wouldn't you simply pull your unit to discount tire and have them do all the work?
Thank you! The parking lot size was the main reason I didn't pull it there to have them change the tires.
I'm more concernd with that scketchy ass jack on rocky surface.
Go to a Sailun and forget about tire issues,
Jack on the frame, not under the axle. I don't trust anything Goodyear
China bombs, USA bombs, whatever.... Sometimes you get some bad tires, no matter where they were made... Made in the USA isn't as Made in the USA as Made in the USA used to be...
I have had several problem tires over my 45 years of driving. They were all Goodyear that came with the vehicles. I would NEVER buy a Goodyear tire.
Good to know. Thank you for sharing!
If you’re running 16” wheels, you should consider the Sailun S637s, and call it day.
I replaced our Westlake tires on our 2019 5th wheel with Sailun s637 tires and really liked them. However, since Lionshead sent FREE replacement Goodyear's, it is the best option for now. With all of the good reviews on these tires, I am good to give them another chance. Sailun will probably be our next set though. Thank you for watching the video!
@@TravelsAbound I see. It’s hard to pass up a free set of tires, lol.