Goodyear Endurance

[clan_salmons]

I just replaced my 5+ year old Marathons with Goodyear Endurance tires and wanted to share how I saved some $$$. I ordered the tires directly from the Goodyear website. They shipped the tires free to my regular independent tire dealer. There were plenty of shops in my area to choose from. I then spotted a price match guarantee on Goodyear's site and quickly found another site selling them for about $20 less per tire. I jumped on a chat session and gave them the link. A few minutes later they came back with an okay. They just wanted to make sure it was a valid in-stock offer. They didn't even consider the other site's freight charges. We wrote up the whole order in a chat session (including credit card info over a secure message app). Coming directly from the Goodyear warehouse, the tires had 20/17 codes.

Price match + free freight + fresh tires = a win in my book.

 

[tentcamper]

I installed them a few months ago. GY had some sale of 10% if I order them and had one of there shops install them. I took the GY sale price to Tire Discount, which want the list price of the GY site. They met the GY sale price of 10% off.

It looks like you got a better deal.

I took them on a few trips, they track very good. With the stiff sidewall that the endurance has there was no wiggle.

 

[clan_salmons]

I'm getting better at haggling. Businesses are willing to deal. I forgot to mention that Goodyear didn't have three tires in their closest warhouse so they sent them FedEx from out of state. That's customer service.

 

[Kidkraz]

I just purchased replacement tires for my rig directly from the Goodyear website. It was pretty painless and was able to get a military discount on the tires too. They found me a closer dealer for the installation and even helped set up a time for the replacement of the tires.
The first person I chatted with said I couldn't order RV tires thru the normal website and sent me the link for their RV tires. Well ya can't purchase thru that site so I went back to the original site to order what I wanted. I opened a chat to ask about a military discount and the new person said he could order the tires I wanted and get me a discount too. Other than wrong info from the first person, I got disconnected once during the chat, but overall I am very happy with the whole purchase and process.

 

[Steppy]

I have 5 yr old Marathon China bombs on the TM I just bought and am looking for replacements. I know the GY Endurance are made in the US. What influenced you to get these vs Maxxis? If I get them, I’ll pursue the military discount as well.

 

[tentcamper]

2 things.

Primary: Almost any large tire shop across the states have GY endurance in stock. If need a tire on the road, I want it to be available in a reasonable time so i'm not greatly delayed or have to buy a different brand to continue my trip. I replace the problem tire ASAP when traveling.

My tire shop said the information they had on the endurance tries have them believing they are so good that they stopped carrying the two brand of trailer tires they stocked in the past and now only carry the endurance stock.

 

[Casey Freswick]

Glad I replaced my 15 year old tires with endurance tires right after I bought my TM. We traveled 1,500 miles. It went great.

 

[Steppy]

Thanks for this post. I did the same thing and saved over $200 by dealing directly with Goodyear for 3 GY Endurance tires, mounting and balancing. Two separate tire dealers here in Southern MD gave me price quotes of around $550! I found your post and paid $359 plus $8.85 for high pressure truck valve stems.

 

[Like2Ride-TMO]

Last summer I replaced my Marathons with Endurance. I have since driven about 10,000 miles towing my TM. It seems that I lost 3 mpg by going to the Endurance. I always ran the Marathons at 50 psi, and the Endurance I have run at 50 psi for one trip and 55 psi for another. Truck pressure is always 40 psi in the rear and 35 psi in front. While MPGs vary from a whole host of things, my sample of 10k miles should be wide enough. Head winds could account for the loss, but they come and go over long periods. Speed limits vary by state, but I have been making these cross country drives with the TM for 8 years now. Anybody else notice a loss in MPG with Endurance?

 

[Logman-TMO]

I just replaced my 5 year old 15" Gladiator tires with Goodyear Endurance. Tire mech pointed out both Gladiators had splits down inside the tread that I had not seen !!! He also told me Goodyear rotates stock every 3 months ,so all Endurance are recently made. Mine were made 9 Jan 2019. Not cheap, 2 @ $310 total installed,balanced with steel valves. I didn't shop around, went local.

 

[vincoTM]

I just used this technique of price-matching from the internet, and successfully ordered 3 of these Endurance tires in ST225-75R15 for a grand total of $267.33 shipped, and including installation at a local Goodyear dealer. I just google-searched the tire by size, and it came up with a site advertising them for $69.99. Thanks for the tip! Here's the website I used to get the price match: https://www.tssuper.com/goodyear-endurance-all_-season-radial-tire-st225-75r15-e-10-117n-r12piu75y

 

[FoosShark]

I just tried that price match and they did it

 

[vincoTM]

I have a short update on my purchase. I actually did not have a spare wheel at all with my 3023 that we bought last week, so I ordered the 3 Endurance tires from Goodyear and a new wheel from TX trailer parts. Goodyear actually wants to schedule your installation at their retail location nearest to you, so I had scheduled it for today, thinking I could get the 2 off the trailer done today and bring back the spare wheel to get it done next week when the wheel came in. Not so fast! Goodyear actually insists that for these online purchases, all of the tires must be installed at the same time, on the same visit, and you can't carry any extra tires out unmounted (at least according to the shop I will be using.) So I rescheduled my appointment for next Tuesday. Then when I got home, the wheel was here waiting, so I called the shop and arranged to go in tomorrow instead. It is my hope that they don't try to pull any shady stuff such as giving me tires out of their old stock instead of the new stock ones I paid for. We'll see tomorrow.

On another note, the 2 tires on the trailer were from 2013 (Hi-Run) and 2015 (Goodyear Marathon), and they both look like they couldn't have a thousand miles on them. I don't feel too bad replacing them due to the low price of the Endurance's, but I will be taking them home to put on a car hauler that pretty much never goes out of town.

 

[Scubaroo]

Thanks for the tip about the price matching. I am going to try tomorrow when the chat is hopefully online. The tires on the TM I just bought are at the 5 year mark which I guess is when some replace and some go for another year or two but... I'd rather start fresh.

 

[Bailey'sMom]

Installation

So did anybody bring their trail manor to the dealer to have them install the tires onto the trail manor? Or, did you bring the tires home and install them yourselves.?

I know that there is some rule about how to jack up the trailer or where to jack up the trailer when installing the tires. Can someone please remind me How that has to be done.

I will need someone else to install them for me because I am not capable of doing it myself.

Thanks

 

[commodor47]

The caution about jacking the TM comes from the manufacturer of the axle(s). The trailer should not be raised by placing any type of jack under the axle. Instead the jack is to placed along the trailer frame as close as practical to where the frame rail intersects the axle mount(s). Never raise the trailer by jacking under the axle.

Dick

 

[clan_salmons]

So did anybody bring their trail manor to the dealer to have them install the tires onto the trail manor? Or, did you bring the tires home and install them yourselves.?

I had my tires delivered directly to my independent tire shop. I took the old tires in and let them install at their convenience. The Goodyear site had a good selection of local shops they would ship to, but I don't recall any RV dealers in the list. As to lifting the TM I puchased a powered scissor jack (from the money I saved on tires) and set the TM on tall jack stands (frame only)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XL11ZMZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The jack stays in the TV in case I ever need it on the road. Trying to lift the TM (or SUV) by hand crank would probably do me in. I keep a few 2x8 boards with me. The jack needs a couple inches of help for the TM and the boards help give a stable platform for lifting.

 

[Bill]

As to lifting the TM I puchased a powered scissor jack (from the money I saved on tires) and set the TM on tall jack stands (frame only)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XL11ZMZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The jack stays in the TV in case I ever need it on the road. Trying to lift the TM (or SUV) by hand crank would probably do me in.

I had never seen a powered scissors jack. Nice device, and I especially like that it is stored in a case, to keep it handy and organized. I would never want a hand-cranked scissors jack for this purpose, but I have found that a 4-ton hydraulic bottle jack is a good alternative, and makes easy work of lifting. No need for electric power or a cord, a good deal smaller, a lot less expensive (about $15). On the other hand, my bottle jack has a limited lifting range of about 7 inches, requiring a somewhat more judicious use of blocks.

Bill

 

[tentcamper]

I had my independent tire shop price match GY. He ordered them and installed. I think in the long run I will get more support from him. He will rebalance for free, etc..

I was just checking my endurance tires. Having very good ware. We put on 20 -25K miles ago and have about 2/32 of ware, 6/32 left. I go the entire camping season with about 2-3 psi lose. I air them with 68 psi and end of season they have been 65. April until late Nov.

This weekend I will rotate the spare onto the axle.

 

[clan_salmons]

I had my independent tire shop price match GY. He ordered them and installed.

It's interesting how different shops operate. Mine thanked me for ordering direct from Goodyear. He said that he got credit for the sale and saved him the trouble.

Glad to hear they are wearing well. I wish I was putting more miles on mine.