Tires for cargo trailer
Looking for advice from someone who has done this. I have a 12' 3500# tandem axle enclosed trailer I tow behind the MH. One of my tires was damaged recently and will have to be replaced. Currently I h...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
Using P or LT tires on a single axle trailer or a liteweight multi axle trailer is perfectly acceptable. In fact thats all we had for years before the tire industry came up with the infamous ST tire.
A 3500 lb trailer has approx 875 lbs on each tire. You sure done't need a E tire on that trailer any P or LT in your wheel size will work fine.
I keep P tires on all my single axle trailers up to 3400 lbs I have one 14" tandem axle car hauler with derated 3500 lb axles that I keep P215/75-15 BFGs on it. These tires has thousands of miles up to 75 mph legal speed.
Thanks this is the type of information I am looking for. The only reason for the E rated tire is I ran over something near Monteagle tn a couple of years ago and had to replace a tire. At that time the trailer was a single axle and E was all Monteagle tire kept in stock.
Guess I will try to locate a good set of take off tires from one of the local dealers or maybe see what I can find on a new set. I have Lincoln turbine aluminum wheels so some white letters would look good.
