Hercules Trailer Tires

[Diamondpilot]

Has anyone had any luck with them?

I am a die hard Greenball and Maxxis trailer tire guy. I usually purchase as many as 10 sets of tires per year but my local supplier was out.

This weekend I had 2 tires fail, Goodyear Marathon, (pure junk).... The tires were 4 years old and very low miles but still failed. I had check the pressure last week and all was fine. Well one lost the tread and the other broke a belt and developed a big lump in it. This was all in a 80 mile trip. My last set of Marathons were also junk on my Car Haul trailer. I had 2 of the 4 fail in the first year. They were both broken belts and subsequent blown sidewalls.

I got a good deal on them. They only had 3 in but will get the 4th tomorrow and drop it off at my house. I gave $70 each for 225/75/15 radials that are load range D (8ply) mounted and balanced with new valve stems.

When I got home I did a google search and could see no negative comments other than they are made in China. That does not bother me one bit. 80% of the tires I have good luck with are made overseas. Got a kick out of reading some of the forums. Many say as I do that the worst trailer tire is Carlisle followed closely by Goodyear Marathons. Which by the way are made in Australia according to the sidewall of the ones I just took off.

Any feedback will be appreciated.

http://www.herculestire.com/
Chris

 

[Skyco]

I've got Marathons on two trailers and never had a seconds trouble out of them. One set is even Chinese made but so far so good. One of the Michelins on another trailer was made in New Zealand with the other 3 US made.
I have had trouble out of Chinese made Load Boss on my dump trailer...they got replaced with Michelin XPS Rib truck tires, very costly but I was sick of dealing with the Load Boss brand, tread seperations, bulges etc.
Never heard of Hercules.

 

[BoFuller]

I have Hercules all the way around on my dump truck. No problems. I like 'em. :thumbsup:

 

[Diamondpilot]

Well so far so good. 300 miles and no issues. As I stated originally they only had 3 in stock but said they would have the 4th by noon the next day. They had it by 10:30 and when I went to pick it up the guy I usually deal with was not there. He had a ticket made out for $308 out the door with tax and everything. I thought that was a great price on 4 225/75/15 8ply (D) raidials mounted, balanced, new valve stems, disposal, ect. That works out to $71.61 per tire plus our 7% tax.

Chris