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Originally Posted by Brutus
....Last thought on tires. Just towed my 600# 5'x10' utility trailer 1000 miles a few weeks ago. Trailering it empty at 75MPH, the 8-yr-old 15" trailer tires ran cooler than the TV's tires. No blowouts. Have run other even older tires and been fine. The TM just builds tire heat much more. Thus, I switched to balanced 15" E-rated (read overkill) tires and 2600# rims and haven't looked back. Safety/overkill margin = lower temps = piece of mind and fewer blowouts.
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The 14" Marathon tires on all of my TM's have always run cooler than the TV tires on both my F-150 and my F-250. 
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Mike Laupp
2013 Jayco Eagle Premier 351RLTS 5er - Honda 2000i x2 w ext. run tank
2017 F350 King Ranch ultimate CCLB SRW 6.7L V8 TD Fx4 BakFlip F1 & BakBox
TM History: '97 2720, '02 2720SL, '03 2720SL, '04 3326K. 2001 - 2012 yrs owned.
1990 Isuzu Trooper II 283 V6
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