Any benefit to upsizing my tires/wheels?
I know that there is always a tire debate happening so maybe this will lighten the mood :) I bought a new TT... small fella at 17 ft (21 ft with the tongue). For reference it's a clipper/viking 17B...
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Campfire Time wrote:
I'm not clear on something, what problem are you trying to solve? It's a myth that 13" tires are bad or prone to failure.
Myself having owned a similar sized single axle trailer with 13" tires for 10 years, I think you would be better off simply getting new 13" tires with a higher load range, but I think they are hard to find. I towed our little trailer out west on a 6k mile trip and another that was 3k miles. I ran the original set of 13" ST tires for 6 years and put at least 15k miles on them. I replaced them with the same size and load range. I never once had a problem.
Keep in mind to that increasing the tire size and load range will not increase your CC. You axle is the limitation.
I'm not trying to solve a problem at all Chuck. That's why I'm posting. I am just trying to find out if there is an advantage to up-sizing. I'm perfectly fine sticking with 13's if there's not a compelling reason to go larger - that's why I was asking the community.
The current tires are Westlake ST185/80R13's with 8 Ply/Load D. I've read that the quality of the tire that manufacturers pop on new units isn't necessarily the greatest and looked at my needs on the utility trailer and thought it was an opportunity to upgrade both.
