Inner tubes?

Nope, won't help. I've tubed tires to get out of the back country in a pinch but your best bet for trailer tires is to have new(er) tires preferably with a much greater load capacity than you're hauling.

My thinking was, if it was possible to tube the tires, then if you had a blowout, only the tube itself would blow and maybe remain contained within the tire which would minimize the damage that a full fledged tire blowout can cause. Anyway, maybe a dumb question, but I thought it might at least be food for thought.

BenK wrote:
If radial tires...only a radial inner tube and agree...whatever caused the tire
to blow will also blow the inner tube

Well part of the reason for tubeless tires is to reduce the heat caused by the friction of the tube and tire.

They could come up with the NASCAR solution and have an inner-liner, but would be costly, and hard to inflate correctly.

Simple solution quality LT tires of the correct capacity.

If radial tires...only a radial inner tube and agree...whatever caused the tire
to blow will also blow the inner tube

You can not safely put a tube into the tubless tires.

Fred.

I've always heard not to put tubes in tires not designed for them. Something to do with heat build-up due to the tubes. But that could just be old wives' tales. Dunno, but I've never done it.

OTOH if it didn't hurt anything it still wouldn't do much good IMO. The blowouts/deflations I've had were somewhat explosive or the tire simply disintegrated. I don't think either of which would have been prevented by a tube.

My guess is no, they will not add any protection. The tires go bad thru treat separation and bubbles in sidewalls. Either way, the tire will self-destruct.