Worn out subject, wheels and tires
4 weeks ago had 2 year old Goodyear Marathon (bout 8M miles)blow at 67mph. $6300.00 in estimated damages. I decided to replace the factory aluminum wheels with steel since the rating of the factory al...
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tinner12002 wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
I've noticed lots of new folks with smaller trailers read our threads about going to say the load G Sailuns S637 on our heavy trailers. Then mistakenly think they would work great on their lighter weight trailer with 4500/5200/6000 lb axles and maybe 2600-2800 lb wheel loads.
Tire experts tell us a 10-15 percent reserve capacity above OEM axle rating is all thats needed when replacing tires on a trailer.
Some of that's incorrect as I don't believe you can use a G rated tire on those axles, at least on the 4500/5200 axles as they are 6 lug and you can't get a rim rated for enough pressure to run the G rated tires on those lug patterns.
My '97 11200 lb 5er has 5200 lb axles and 6 lug Dexter axles/16" wheels. I have two other flatdeck ('08-'11 GN and bumper pull) with 6 lug 5200 lb axles/16" wheels which is a very common size ......regardless my point is folks think G tires work better on their small trailers. Such as a 4080-6006 lb rated tire on a trailer with 2500-2800 lb wheel load.
And of course we often see where some rv owners mounted a tire with higher pressure than the wheel.
