LT vs ST's - Canadian Tires cries "Illegal!".
I replaced all 4 tires on my 35' horse trailer in the last 2 weeks - Canadian Tire had some excellent LT tires that were on 50% off "end of line liquidation" discount and the price was too hard to res...
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I know this is off-topic, but now the OP himself has revealed he is mixed up between "axle rating" for the axle by whoever made that, and the "axle rating" of the vehicle like when you put it on the scales. ( No doubt helped by the term "Gross Axle Weight Rating" :) )
EG, Dexter makes a "5,200 lb" axle. That is its "axle rating"-- 5,200 lbs. My truck has axles rated at 10,000 something lbs. GM specs. Look it up.
You put two of those 5200s on a trailer and the axles can hold 10,400 lbs.
But the GAWR for that trailer depends on what tires it has, when the total max weight load for those tires is less than the axles' rating or any other suspension component's rating (like mine is 8,600 lbs for four Cs). As is usual. Same with the truck.
That can include the wheels you mount the tires on. Some have weight limit specs and some also have a PSI limit for the rims. You need strong enough wheels load limit, that can also take the PSI needed for the tire to be able to carry that weight, for the tires chosen that will meet or exceed the trailer's official GAWR on its sticker.
If people are still stuck on this, start a thread in Tow Vehicles or one of the other forums. :(
EG, Dexter makes a "5,200 lb" axle. That is its "axle rating"-- 5,200 lbs. My truck has axles rated at 10,000 something lbs. GM specs. Look it up.
You put two of those 5200s on a trailer and the axles can hold 10,400 lbs.
But the GAWR for that trailer depends on what tires it has, when the total max weight load for those tires is less than the axles' rating or any other suspension component's rating (like mine is 8,600 lbs for four Cs). As is usual. Same with the truck.
That can include the wheels you mount the tires on. Some have weight limit specs and some also have a PSI limit for the rims. You need strong enough wheels load limit, that can also take the PSI needed for the tire to be able to carry that weight, for the tires chosen that will meet or exceed the trailer's official GAWR on its sticker.
If people are still stuck on this, start a thread in Tow Vehicles or one of the other forums. :(
