Another tire question!

Trailer tires are engineered to withstand different twisting and such while turning. Car tires are not made with the strength of side wall for this. Go onto a website that carries tires and read up on it a bit. I used to use only Tow Master Tires, as Carlisle Tires were having problems mostly out west in the heat and higher speeds. Discount Tire did not have Tow Master last year when I replaced mine, only had Carlisle. I was assured that the engineering in the Carlisle had been changed and I would not have any issues. I have almost 10,000 miles on them now and have had no issues. Discount Tire does my tires on all my vehicles and they are close by. Everyone has their own comfort level or reason for tires, vendors etc. these are mine. Good Luck & Be Safe ! ! !

Get any tire you want and put these on them.

P tire, ST tire, truck tire, whatever.

I ordered the last set from Coker. They are stamped Firestone on the sidewall, but not made by them anymore. Coker bought the molds. Same tires that came on it when I bought it. Spare is blackwall, and probably an ST tire. I see in my manual that the tire size is R205 x 14, although I'm not sure that is what the repro tires are. Trailer is in storage now so I can't check it out. As previous poster said, trailer is only 1800 lb. unloaded. So, if I decide to keep the vintage look I'll have to stick with a car tire, or I can go with an ST and not carry whitewall cleaner with me anymore. No problems with sway or anything with what I've had on it.

COKER TIRE COMPANY
Is a manufacturer of specialty tires for vintage automobiles .
They make whitewall and redline tires that are modern radial construction but have vintage appearance .
This is what the hotrod and specialty restoration car guys use when they want the original era look .
You will need to research the COKER tire brand online .
Then have them shipped to you or your tire dealer .
They will be P rated tire .
Discount the sidewall rating in pounds by 9 % to get the weight rating for trailer usage .

Maybe get proper ST Trailer tires and then use tire paint on them for that white wall look?

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/white-wall-tire-paint

Old Biscuit, his signature shows a Twister reproduction… wide white sidewalls came on them…
The Twister, by Fifties Trailers Inc., is a precise reproduction of a classic oval-shaped travel-trailer which weighs in at about 1,800 pounds empty and has a 2,860-pound GVWR...

They are no longer made and I don’t know how many were sold or when they closed… they were mfg. in Canada…

What's the weight of your vintage trailer?

Use tires that have the proper load capacity.

Car tires (P) work great on a single axle trailer and light weight tandem axle trailers. WE can use P/LT or ST on trailers but cannot use a ST on a tow vhicle.

Most utility trailers come OEM with P tires. In fact before the tire mfg gave us the ST tire all we had for our RVs were passenger and truck tires for our heavier trailers.

I've ran P tires on all my single axle boat trailers (3500 lbs) and even a few tandem axle trailers with 2000-2750 lb axles. There not speed restricted as a ST and will last longer.

Remember the P tire's load capacity when used on a trailer shall be reduced by dividing by 1.10

I am curious what tires came on you vintage trailer originally?

Wide white walls sound 1950 or '60ish.

Steve B. wrote:
Sorry about this, but I have yet another tire question! When I bought my new "vintage" trailer back in '01, it came with wide whitewall tires to go with the vintage theme. I replaced them 5 or 6 years later with the same tires, from a manufacturer providing tires to the vintage car market, made from the original molds. Now I'm replacing again. I see that trailer tires cannot be used on cars. What about the opposite, car tires used on trailers? I have not had any issues with the tires or towing, but I'd like to do the right thing. I can go without whitewalls if need be.

Check this out:

Trailer Tires vs. Passenger Vehicle Tires

There are differences in the driving requirements between the tires on your trailer and those on the car or light truck you used to tow it. Therefore there are distinct differences between the way trailer tires and tow vehicle tires are engineered.
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