not sure where to post this but has to do with towing- Have to tow our golf cart ( about 950lbs)- bought a small open trailer with a 2000lb capacity. i need to buy new tires for it but the load limit says 750lbs per tire. Will i be ok with the cart on the trailer? i realize the weight is distributed between tires and tongue but maybe to be safe will go with stronger tires
And yet you don’t post the tire size when asking a tire question.
To the question you did ask, yes you can put a 950 lb load on a 2000lb trailer. And yes 750 lb rated tries are light for a 2k trailer. Or barely the mathematical minimum to achieve a theoretical 2k total load including trailer weight. Actually no…think about it. Getting 500lbs of tongue weight or a 25% tongue load is impossible with any normal practical load.
You should be asking what tires to get.
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Kenda Karrier 145r12, 1220lb rated @65psi, 81lph speed rating.
Been using Karriers for over 10 years now on my trailers. Great quality. Not the cheapest but not the most expensive. Get some.
Reality, you're probably fine. The trailer is probably no more than 500 lbs, that plus 950 is 1450. 150-200 HW, and you axel weight is 1250-1300 lbs.
With that said, we have no clue as to what the actual axel weight capacity is. If it is 2000 plus HW< you want to load to 2000 plus 250-400 lbs of HW, then the tires are too light.
Marty
