5thwheeleroldman wrote:
About 10 years ago I bought a Carrilite with cast aluminum wheels. Two of them cracked on me. I replaced them all with the best cast aluminum wheels Discount Tire had at the time. Two of those cracked also. When they crack, you wake up, check your tires and you have a flat. Immersion shows the leak to be through a microscopic crack in the aluminum. Disgusted, I replaced them all with some grey steel, forged stock trailer wheels. No more problems in the past 10 years.
The stock trailer wheels are pretty ugly and I have debated buying some second hand GMC Duramax forged aluminum wheels as I have never had problems with it for the 9 years I've owned it. Finally decided, the wheels are old and ugly, but so am I. Why mess with success! Waking up with a flat on the trailer definitely ruins your day!
Beware about replacing your trailer wheels with auto wheels as almost all trailers use zero offset and most auto rims have some.
Lyle