205-65-10 trailer Tires On Boat Trailer

theoldwizard1 wrote:
A spare tire is a MUST ! You would have a hard time finding a proper replacement "on the road".

I am making sure the dealer does just that for the same reason you mentioned.

theoldwizard1 wrote:
A spare tire is a MUST ! You would have a hard time finding a proper replacement "on the road".

Don't take much room. If I was going very far take one mounted, another not..

A spare tire is a MUST ! You would have a hard time finding a proper replacement "on the road".

Nothing to worry about, except in my experience the bearings require more attention.
I used to run the snot out of little snowmobile trailers with the 8" or 10" rims.
A lot of times with 3 machines on a 2 place trailer.
I did shell out a couple bearings over the years early on before upping my bearing maint/replacement efforts, but we'd travel 1000s of miles a winter at however fast conditions dictated. Regularly 80+mph on good roads.

DO get the tires balanced regardless of what the tire shop advises and make sure bearings are freshly packed I'd say every few thousand miles and replace bearings as you see fit for wear, or just slap new ones in at the same intervals since they're so cheap.

At 60 MPH, how fast is that tire going? 60 mph. Now the little wheels will be spinning faster, so you need to watch the bearings. And also watch the weight and air pressure.

Oh, I forgot, make sure you have load range E, 10ply tires on it. I bought a cheap spare and after I got home found that it was a load range B, 4 ply. Not enough load capability there. I think the 10 ply load range is about 1800lbs each, if I remember correctly. The four ply is about 800lbs(+or- a few lbs) Gary

That's what I have on our pontoon trailer. 20' pontoon on single axle. Pulled it from Florida to Ohio and back again several times. No problems. The first time I was very apprehensive, but after a couple hundred miles I relaxed. Ran 60 to 65 mph. Bought it in 2013, sold the Florida place in 2016 and now just use it locally. Just check the bearings, and keep them lubed with marine grease. Probably want to clean them at least once a year-get a little sand in them from being in the water. Gary

mich800 wrote:

SweetLou wrote:

midnightsadie wrote:
I did a google expert says good tires, right ply,road tire ok.

Sure I saw the same however how fast will that tire be turning when the pull truck is doing 60 mph?

I believe that is the same size on countless snowmobile and ATV trailers. I wouldn't worry about it.

I suspect the big thing is bearing care

SweetLou wrote:

midnightsadie wrote:
I did a google expert says good tires, right ply,road tire ok.

Sure I saw the same however how fast will that tire be turning when the pull truck is doing 60 mph?

I believe that is the same size on countless snowmobile and ATV trailers. I wouldn't worry about it.

midnightsadie wrote:
I did a google expert says good tires, right ply,road tire ok.

Sure I saw the same however how fast will that tire be turning when the pull truck is doing 60 mph?