trailer tire question..Trail Americas??
As usual, thanks to everyone's replies on here, always very helpful! I went and bought a spare tire as I am leaving for a 200 mile trip this weekend. I told the tire dealer I use to get me an inexp...
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There are many tire threads on this forum .
You can get a lot of info from doing a search.
The most logical way of decreasing your risk is to replace your tires with a tire that has a higher load weight rating as posted on the sidewall .
You most likely have a tire that is a "Load Range C " tire .
You can change to a "Load Range D " or even "E " and improve your safety reserve margin .
You can also simultaneously change to a 225 / 75 R 15 tire in a load range D or C if you have adequate clearance under your wheel wells .
The charts at Tire Rack are your friend .
You can do a search for "trailer tires" or just search for tires in size 205 /75 R 15 or 225 /75 R 15 and then click on "specifications " to get all of the data that you need .
My trailer had enough clearance for 225 /75 R 15 instead of 205 /75 R 15 .
The tires are the weakest link .
By adding reserve capacity tires you will reduce your odds of failure due to overloading .
You can get a lot of info from doing a search.
The most logical way of decreasing your risk is to replace your tires with a tire that has a higher load weight rating as posted on the sidewall .
You most likely have a tire that is a "Load Range C " tire .
You can change to a "Load Range D " or even "E " and improve your safety reserve margin .
You can also simultaneously change to a 225 / 75 R 15 tire in a load range D or C if you have adequate clearance under your wheel wells .
The charts at Tire Rack are your friend .
You can do a search for "trailer tires" or just search for tires in size 205 /75 R 15 or 225 /75 R 15 and then click on "specifications " to get all of the data that you need .
My trailer had enough clearance for 225 /75 R 15 instead of 205 /75 R 15 .
The tires are the weakest link .
By adding reserve capacity tires you will reduce your odds of failure due to overloading .
