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Atlee
Explorer II
Aug 07, 2013

Replacing 4 instead of 5 tires on a used trailer?

I recently bought a very late model used Koala. It came with 5 GY Chinathons. The trailer was built in April 2011. The tires were built in the 38th week of 2010. They will be almost 3.5 years ol...
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tony_l1
Explorer
Aug 07, 2013
I did exactly the same thing. Replaced 4 GY with 4 maxxis and left the never used, always covered, looked brand new spare GY for a spare. The tire basically exploded while sitting on the back of the trailer. In my opinion not worth the risk. Here's the thread I posted a couple of weeks ago. YMMV

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27124365.cfm

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