Lost a Goodyear Marathon on my annual trip this year to Baja Sur. The tire was 2 years old with plenty of thread. My speed at the time was little over 50 mph which is my average speed in Mexico, the air temp was around 80. It was a right rear tire. Total failure, damage the wheel well, bent the LP gas lines and some minor body damage. The tire on the same side front is showing a nasty split running inside to out. I no longer trust this tire.
So here I am 1000 miles from the States looking for two replacement tires. So far all I have found are used Marathons of unknown age. This seems to be the only option for me, unless I change out all four tires with LT rated tires.
This is my second Marathon failure in 11 years of towing my Airstream. My third set of Marathons. The first failure was also a total failure with wheel well damage also and some minor body damage.
I would like to have a tire that if it fails, it would not be a total massive failure as have been the Marathons. I am now ready to try a differant brand.
Nik
