trailer question
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 limi...
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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.
4.80- 12
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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.that is a little bit of a problem now.. have you weighed the trailer? people can say all they want but until you know the exact weight of the trailer you can't know if that 950 is ok. we can guess, my guess would be maybe. I personally don't like the small 12" tires and wouldn't run anything under a 14" but that's just me. the other issue you can run into with bigger tires is if they will rub on bumps or when loaded. those tires are rated for just under 1000lbs, I think the brand that popped up first was 990lbs at 90 PSI, so if that 750 was on the tire you could probably just get a different brand the ones that popped up here were Sutong Hi-Run trailer tires in that size
To start, I would drive to the scale with your trailer, unhook it and weigh your front and rear truck axels (individually) then hook back up, get the measurements for the front (won't change most likely) the truck rear (should see an increase) and the trailer axel its self. add the increase on the rear axel to the trailer axel and that will give you the total weight of the trailer.. then you have to find out if that 2000lbs is a GVWR rating or a cargo capacity, if it is a cargo capacity you have to find the GVWR rating and subtract the actual trailer weight you got at the scales and that will give you your true cargo capacity
