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 07-09-2017, 22:33 Post: 63952
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 Goodyear Marathon Trailer tires explosions

I wanted to pass along so info. in hope that this does not happen to you. I had a Marathon trailer tire blow up while parked about 3 weeks ago. I assumed that I had run over something and the tire blew out while on the road. I replaced it thinking nothing more of it as I have had these tires on the trailer for 11 years and it just gave out. Yesterday I heard a very loud explosion outside and ran out to see what happened. I could not find anything and figured it was a car back fire or something like that. I went to move my trailer to park it and noticed that a tire had exploded. I had recently checked the tire pressure a day or so before and set them at 42 psi. 50 is max. I immediately wondered if the tires had gone bad and checked the remaining two. Sure enough, one tire showed a bulge and tearing of the rubber on the tread and the other was starting to. I immeadiately let the pressue out of both tires. If one of these tires had blown up when one of my children, wife, or dogs was standing near them in my driveway, they or I could have been seriously injured or worse. I sent an email to Goodyear about the incident to alert them to a potential safety hazard. If you have Goodyear Marathon trailer tires, you may want to keep an eye on them. I honestly think that after 11 years, the tire belts deteriorated and let loose. I did not usually use the trailer much until this year. That is why the tires are so old and they still had over 90% of their tread left. At $90 a piece I expected to get more mileage than that out of them, but 11 years is a long time. I replaced them with Taskmaster trailer tires. Anyway, they were great tires up until very recently! Just be careful around them if they are very old.






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 07-11-2017, 23:37 Post: 64023
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 Goodyear Marathon Trailer tires explosions

Great minds think alike Mark! Wink yeah right That is exactly what I did yesterday. That is exactly what I did yesterday. I installed four brand new Taskmaster 205-75D-15 tires yesterday. I got them mounted at Walmart for $3.50 each. The remaining tires showed signs of impend tread separation. No way I am spending $90 a piece for Marathon trailer tires again. Trailer tires set too much and will dry rot before you wear them out. Can't beat the Taskmasters for less than $30 a piece! I wouldn't feel nearly so bad about chucking them in the trash. These tires come standard on Ja-Mar trailers so they can't be that bad.






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 07-15-2017, 15:57 Post: 64840
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 Goodyear Marathon Trailer tires explosions

Willie or any of the rest of you that are interested; these are the tires I replace the badyear marabomb tires with. They are VERY good tires and wheels at a VERY good price. In fact these are the tires that come standard on Ja-Mar trailers. I went with the bias ply tires.






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