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    Posted: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:12am
Originally posted by Pod_Geek

Originally posted by LongRanger

Thanks for the advice everyone .

If you're going to replace those new Westlakes and are anywhere near me (CO front range) I'll give you $100 and will come and pick them up.

Sorry, I'm all the way over in California. Smile
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[QUOTE=JimBinOC]I'm currently shopping for replacement tires for our 2017 RPod 179. The Westlakes have been fine so far  but definitely need replacement. The only online source I could find for the Westlakes is E-Trailer, which has the ST235/75R15 in load range D. This would be fine except they want $318.21 per tire which is a ridiculous price for a Chinese made trailer tire. They actually sell that tire mounted to an aluminum wheel for LESS than the tire alone

Wow, I just replaced my 5+ year old Hartland tires with Carlisle ST  Radial Trail HD trailer tires (14") from Discount Tire.  This is the first time I went with "D" tires instead of the "C" which I have had for the previous 10 years.  The price for all 3 tires (they took the old ones back) with speed balancing and new valve stems came to $ 347.  I have noted a marked difference in handling going from a 'C' to a 'D' - much less bouncing and more responsive with the 'D' tires.
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I bought Loadstar 15 inch LRD's already mounted on 2500 lb rated wheels from Eastern Trailer. Very good pricing and I didn't have to pay for mounting, which was ridiculously expensive where I lived at the time. Then I sold the 14 inch tires and wheels on Craigslist (no one really wants used unmounted tires but the mounted ones sold right away) and recovered more than the cost of the wheels that way.
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