New 16" trailer wheels

GrandpaKip wrote:
Go to eTrailer.com
I’ve bought wheels from them. Very helpful.

They don't ship free to Alaska. Very high freight. I alrea
day checked.

Bill

I have six perfectly good tires, I don't need to buy any more. They provide for way more weight than I need but I want them for the gravel roads I travel on.

Bill

I keep LT E tires on my equipment trailers with 5.2k and 6k axles. These trailers had to go on unimproved rocky dirt and gravel roads fully loaded getting in and out of off road construction worksites. Just one spare on each trailer. Most spares were never used.
Much simpler to run a commercial grade all steel ply carcass LT235/85-16 E at 3042 lbs capacity like the Bridgestone R-238 or the higher priced Michelin XPS Rib tire.

The Nash 26x shows a 9200 gvwr and oem ST225/75-15 E tires and probably 5.2k 6 lug wheels. I've never heard of a 6 lug wheel rated for 3750 lbs capacity at 110 psi.
You might try southwestwheel.com also.

GrandpaKip wrote:
Go to eTrailer.com
I’ve bought wheels from them. Very helpful.

Bingo. Several different styles from $65-$100 a piece.
Although it seems old 8 lug pickup truck steelies would probably work too. I recently sold a set of 4 of them for like $75.

Agree most wheels are embossed or stamped with the max psi. If you put a 110psi load range G tire on a wheel thats only rated for 80psi, you have to limit your psi to 80.

Trackrig wrote: "I have six perfectly good tires, I don't need to buy any more. They provide for way more weight than I need but I want them for the gravel roads I travel on."

Bill...looking at etrailer, it appears to get wheels rated to cover tire rating of 3,750, you would need 8-lug wheels, which I'm sure you can't use. In a 6-lug wheel, the weight rating drops to 3,050.

You know what you want, and yes, you already have the tires, but I'd not put G-rated tires on that trailer. JMO

Jerry

Go to eTrailer.com
I’ve bought wheels from them. Very helpful.

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rhagfo wrote:

Trackrig wrote:
Bill

Skip the ST’s and put a good set of LT tires on it and be done with it! I run LT’s on our 5th wheel and carry 10,000# on the axles, do it and be done.

I have six perfectly good tires, I don't need to buy any more. They provide for way more weight than I need but I want them for the gravel roads I travel on.

Bill

Well why did you ask the question??

Start buying LT Off Road tires as replacements, YES, the weight rating is less, BUT construction quality is far superior!!
Good luck on your quest.
Lol, he asked about rims, you volunteered advice about tires that wasn’t requested.

There’s nothing special to know. Every 16x6 steel trailer wheel I looked up is 3750lb rated, even though you don’t need anywhere near that load cap.
And there really isn’t any 16” 8 lug rim that isn’t of sufficient capacity…..because they’re 8 lug. Save for a couple obscure applications or wheels.

Trackrig wrote:
Bill

Skip the ST’s and put a good set of LT tires on it and be done with it! I run LT’s on our 5th wheel and carry 10,000# on the axles, do it and be done.

I have six perfectly good tires, I don't need to buy any more. They provide for way more weight than I need but I want them for the gravel roads I travel on.

Bill

Well why did you ask the question??

Start buying LT Off Road tires as replacements, YES, the weight rating is less, BUT construction quality is far superior!!
Good luck on your quest.