Loadstar Tires - Warranty

[ddivinia]

Has anybody tried to get warranty done on loadstar tires? One of my trailers came with loadstar and I think all of them have failed. I finally decided to call in warranty on this one (there was enough of it left to read, etc).

I am not impressed with these people. The tires have had treads separation issues. I wonder if these are some of those that had the gum strip left out.

How do I file a complaint with the government?

Made in China tires suck. I am making a very conscious effort of no more Chinese tires.

D.

 

[Skyco]

Had multiple failures with the Chinese Load Boss tires on my dump trailer. It is now sporting a high dollar set of Michelin XPS Ribs....I hope my tire troubles are over, no more Chinese tires for me.

 

[Diamondpilot]

It is funny that everyone is having this problem. I had Carlisle and Goodyear trailer tires fail right and left and figured I would go with the cheapest thing out there. I bought a set of Load Star tires in 15" load range D for my tri-axle boat trailer and had no more failures in 3 years and about 10,000 miles. I check the pressure at least twice a month and during the winter months I put the boat trailer on stands but I have always done that.

I will probably go with them for my car hauler when its time and my small boat that is a tandem-axle trailer.

Chris

 

[montanaman]

I might be wrong but I do not think you can buy an ST tire made in the USA at all. I believe even the Goodyears are made in China I had a Carlisle blow out on our fifth wheel camper and it just destroyed the side of the thing. Seems most serious RV folks change tires when they get to be four years old and the one I had blow was five or seven years old??

Mine has 15" rims so I couldn't run a heavy enough truck tire on it but anything I have with 16s get load range E truck tires.

I've had Loadstars on a few bumper pull trailers and never had a problem but they seem to make a good batch, then a crappy batch.

Nothing in China has much consistency or quality control.

I don't remember what I have on the camper now but I bought them from a local trailer tire and axle place that literally ships truck loads of axles and tires a day. He claims to have a few customers that will not buy anything but the brand he sold me because that is the only brand they never had failures with...........Yes, they ARE made in China but I couldn't find any that weren't!!

Shame I can't remember the name but I'll try to look at it tonight!

Please let us know how the warranty deal works out.

Ken

 

[ddivinia]

They require a receipt for a new tire. What is that all about? What do they care? What if I can't afford a new tire until I get the warranty money? What a load of crap. I hate dealing with garbage like this situation.

Suggestions?

D.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I went through the same crap on my F-350 4x4 with Carlisle tires, what a piece of crap those tires were. They are owned by Michelin, which now I will never buy. Anyway, the tires had 17,000 miles on them and were almost bald. They also had cracks on the side walls. They said it was from Armorall, but they were willing to give me 50% off a new set. By them being willing to give me 50% off a new set just tells me they know there is a problem and are trying to cop out. The tires ran $1,400. I spent my money elsewhere and put a much more aggressive tire on from Big-O and could not be happier.

Here is a link for both
http://www.bigotires.com/TireResults.aspx?TSize=275/70R18&SSize=2757018

Chris

 

[Skyco]

With all due respect Diamondpilot I think you may have mixed up Carlisle with someone else.
For one thing Carlisle doesn't make or market truck tires and I'm pretty positive Michelin has no ownership or management interest in them.
Perhaps you are thinking of BFGoodrich or Uniroyal?

 

[ddivinia]

Speaking of BFG. I am just about due for a new set of tires on my Dodge Ram 3500. I have BFG All Terrains on it now. I think I will get almost 50K miles out of them - not bad. Are they made in China? What other tires should I consider? Good on road/off road performance. I take it off road at the hunting camp, but I don't want some crazy off road tread, etc.

D.

 

[dgl24087]

With all due respect Diamondpilot I think you may have mixed up Carlisle with someone else.
For one thing Carlisle doesn't make or market truck tires and I'm pretty positive Michelin has no ownership or management interest in them.
Perhaps you are thinking of BFGoodrich or Uniroyal?

In 1988, Michelin acquired the tire and rubber manufacturing divisions of the American B.F. Goodrich Co., founded in 1870. Two years later, they bought out Uniroyal Inc., founded in 1892 as the United States Rubber Company.

 

[Diamondpilot]

With all due respect Diamondpilot I think you may have mixed up Carlisle with someone else.
For one thing Carlisle doesn't make or market truck tires and I'm pretty positive Michelin has no ownership or management interest in them.
Perhaps you are thinking of BFGoodrich or Uniroyal?

You are correct, I got my "C's" messed up. They were Continental tires.. They were junk. And yes, they are owned my Michelin.

Sorry about that.

As for the BFG AT tires that is what I am running on my F-150 4x4 and I love them.

Chris

 

[Skyco]

Sorry but Michelin doesn't own any interest in Continental either You might be confused with Uniroyal which is a Michelin brand in North America but is a Continental brand elsewhere in the world Continental also operates the General Tire brand in the US.

 

[polonerw]

Yes, I have an Open Road 5th Wheel bought new 2/08. The tires were Loadstar Karrier and all of them went bad with very little use. A bubble on one and then "midsidewall seperation on other three. Was very hard to get much help from "Roger" their only customer service rep for the warranty. Still waiting for their decision if they will cover the "midsidewall seperation". They are calling the bubble an impact seperation. I can't believe that with all of our advancements we can't make a tire that will last as long as it has tread. I replaced all 4 tires to prevent seperation and damage to my travel trailer. I would like for a warranty to really mean something. There was no damage to the tires and just normal wear. I would guess less than 5,000- 6,000 miles on the tires but short weekend regular use.

 

[FlaDon]

It is funny that everyone is having this problem. I had Carlisle and Goodyear trailer tires fail right and left and figured I would go with the cheapest thing out there. I bought a set of Load Star tires in 15" load range D for my tri-axle boat trailer and had no more failures in 3 years and about 10,000 miles. I check the pressure at least twice a month and during the winter months I put the boat trailer on stands but I have always done that.

I will probably go with them for my car hauler when its time and my small boat that is a tandem-axle trailer.

Chris

Our trailer came with Load Stars from the factory. After 15K miles they were starting to show wear on the edges. They have now been replaced by some H188ST tires sold by the trailer maker as takeoffs. Also they are on 5 spoke Al rims. We'll see if they last as long as the Kenda's. Dealer says that the Carlisles have had a high failure rate on their trailers and have seen the same problems with the Carlisles on travel and Big Tex trailers.

 

[ddivinia]

Loadstars have sucked for me. Fail a lot and they pretty much won't warranty anything.

The Carlisles on my Big Texas have been good.

I think I am going to try Korean tires next. Load rated G, etc.

D.

 

[Builder]

Yes, I have an Open Road 5th Wheel bought new 2/08. The tires were Loadstar Karrier and all of them went bad with very little use. A bubble on one and then "midsidewall seperation on other three. Was very hard to get much help from "Roger" their only customer service rep for the warranty. Still waiting for their decision if they will cover the "midsidewall seperation". They are calling the bubble an impact seperation. I can't believe that with all of our advancements we can't make a tire that will last as long as it has tread. I replaced all 4 tires to prevent seperation and damage to my travel trailer. I would like for a warranty to really mean something. There was no damage to the tires and just normal wear. I would guess less than 5,000- 6,000 miles on the tires but short weekend regular use.

We can, but nobody wants to pay the price for a truly well made tire. We've sold the manufacturing to the Chinese (famous for poisonous toothpaste & dogfood, toxic childrens toys, etc.) and now we are getting the "benefits" of their substandard manufacturing.

It's a well known fact that trailer tires are not thrown away from wearing out, they're thrown away from defects or weather checking from sitting for long periods.

I just read that a tire loses 1/3 of its' strength after 3 years.

 

[luscsmith]

I don't use a trailer much, but on my overloaded F250 I have had General(OEM) and BFG both did not last. I started using Michelin with very goog results until I had a flat one friday. I went to my tire store saturday for two new Michelins only for them to be out of stock, they installed two Nitto (Japanese) tires one with no tire weights and a great ride, that is now all I am using. I now have over 50,000 miles and expect 85,000 - 90,000 miles.

Scott

 

[Builder]

I don't use a trailer much, but on my overloaded F250 I have had General(OEM) and BFG both did not last. I started using Michelin with very goog results until I had a flat one friday. I went to my tire store saturday for two new Michelins only for them to be out of stock, they installed two Nitto (Japanese) tires one with no tire weights and a great ride, that is now all I am using. I now have over 50,000 miles and expect 85,000 - 90,000 miles.


Scott

Crap I can't even get a truck to last 90,000 miles and you get tires that last 90,000 miles???

 

[FlaDon]

Crap I can't even get a truck to last 90,000 miles and you get tires that last 90,000 miles???

My dually just turned 90K. The tires turned about 10K. They'll be gone by 15K. And thats far better with the Firestone Transforce HTs than the Badyear Wranglers. They lasted about 7500 miles or 2 trips to Ohio. And cost twice as much.

 

[luscsmith]

Find a Nitto dealer they are geat. I will let you know for sure in another year.

Scott

 

[TheKid]

Crap I can't even get a truck to last 90,000 miles and you get tires that last 90,000 miles???

I got 100K out of the original Firestone Steeltex tires on my F250. Probably could have gotten another 10K out of them but winter was approaching. They quit making them so I put a set of Yokohama Geolanders on. I've got 30K on them and they look like they will be good for another 50 to 60K.