Hey guys. I am needing to replace the tires on my Ranger Cayman and was curious if yall had bought tires from Walmart or Amazon as they are the best price? I was going to do the install with my BIL who has been a mechanic for 25+ years and he said we can handle it at the shop he works at. 
 

Anything else we should do while swapping them out? Should I buy a brand new spare or just use the best of the old batch? Any other advice? 

Boat trailer tires rarely wear out they time out after 8 years.

Goodyear Endurance or General Tire who sponsors MLF are the top 2 trailer tires.

Tom

Yes on replacing the spare. It’s not mileage it’s time. I’m a big yes on Goodyear endurance.  

I would not go into the 8th year on any tire.  Change before or after 7 max.  Dealer is more important than brand.

 

My tire shop rotates when I want and even fixes flats free if I have one.  I have no clue what brand the tires are.

I had a trailer shop recommend a tire that they use on very high dollar horse trailers that are heavy weight weight and run a lot of miles.  Power King Towmax.  I have timed out on 2 sets without a failure and I pull a lot of miles.  

100% agree with @WRB, tires will likely age out before they wear out.

 

Last fall I checked dates on the four tires on my 5th wheel. They were NINE years old, so decided to get them replaced. Tire tech showed me a bulge on one tire that I did not notice...said I dodged a bullet with that one(!)

 

Whew!

 

I got the best tires they had...I believe they are 8 ply Carlisle trailer tires. 

27 minutes ago, DaubsNU1 said:

100% agree with @WRB, tires will likely age out before they wear out.

 

Last fall I checked dates on the four tires on my 5th wheel. They were NINE years old, so decided to get them replaced. Tire tech showed me a bulge on one tire that I did not notice...said I dodged a bullet with that one(!)

 

Whew!

 

I got the best tires they had...I believe they are 8 ply Carlisle trailer tires. 

I pulled a 5th wheeler from MO to the gulf and back several times as well as to Canada.  It’s not worth it to go beyond 6 years.  What’s a few bucks compared to the potential for massive equipment injury or personal injuries?

5 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

I pulled a 5th wheeler from MO to the gulf and back several times as well as to Canada.  It’s not worth it to go beyond 6 years.  What’s a few bucks compared to the potential for massive equipment injury or personal injuries?

 

Roger that! I won't be going beyond 6 years in the future. We picked up this 5th wheel a in 2020...never really thought about the tires, as they looked good. Glad my buddy suggested I get them replaced. Nine years is WAY too long!

 

I've got almost 6 years on BFG AT/KO's on my 2019 Duramax 2500HD. Got them with the truck new...they have 56k on them, still have tread. They will be replaced this summer.

New tires are on the way! Went back with Goodyear Endurance 

A lot of juicy information here:

 

 

And for the record, I just got a new set of Goodyear Endurance on my Ranger 2 weeks ago.

I was in the garage cleaning the boat trailer wheels and shining the tires.  I checked the brand they are the Goodyear Endurance so I think we both have good tires.