Changing Tires

Gdetrailer wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:


I wouldn't worry about overloading the tires as someone mentioned. This is all going to be low speed. The tire load ratings assume dynamic loading. This is much closer to static loading.

This comment kind of grates on me.

#1 gripe around this forum is how BAD the tires are and how bad this and that manufacturer of tires is and what is the best tires to buy..

Folks totally obsess over the subject of tires and then I see a post that states it is FINE to OVERLOAD provided it is "static" or not moving..

WRONG.

Yes, you may not have as much overload as say dynamically or moving, but it IS overloading none the less.

ANYTHING you can do to PREVENT overloading is a GOOD THING.

In this case it IS TOTALLY PREVENTABLE by PROPERLY JACKING THE TRAILER UP.

A 5"-6" ramp lift is not proper to say the least.

Consider a moment that your tire IS the same as a rubber balloon.

You can blow it up to a certain point before it fails and has just a little bit of give.

Now, start blowing that balloon up until it no longer has give but does not blow.

Repeat that several times and you will notice the rubber has STRETCHED in places and it will eventually fail FASTER..

Tires do the same thing, just you do not notice it because they are much thicker and have reinforcement belts..

Treat the tires correctly by not overloading will go a long way to getting as much usage out of them.

^^^^Agreed^^^^
In a perfect world, the tires are meant to take one 4th of the trailer load minus the tongue. Most are rated very close to the axle ratings to do that job. And now you are going to bottom out the suspension link and virtually double the rated load? Yes, I'm sure many do it and see no negative effects. But why would you when it makes more sense to jack it up and be safe? I have a two ton mechanical bottle jack and a fixture I welded up which sits in the groove between the u-bolts and distributes the load across the axle tube nicely. Works very nicely and paid 10 bucks for the jack.