Trailer Tires

[Steven B.]

Re: Trailer Tires

JD, maybe tires weather/sun cracked from setting outside---if you trailer sets outside??

[John D.]

Re: Trailer Tires

Steven, My trailer sets outside from end of March till Nov 1st.
Akurit tires are made in China. John

[Rick A.]

Re: Trailer Tires

JD,

Akuret Tires is part of a private label importer DEL-NAT. Akuret Tires falls under the same lines as many of the tires they import where the key thing is to provide a quality tire that has the same performance and reliability as premium brands but with out the pricey cost.

[Clark K.]

Re: Trailer Tires

Attached is a photo of a blown trailer tire that I had on the way home from the San Diego NCRS National. The story of this trailer tire was told in the article "My First National Convention" in the current Restorer magazine. The tires were at least six years old and were the ones that came on the trailer. There was no cracking or dry rotting evident. As you can see, it was ruined before I could get the rig slowed and off the road.
-Clark

[Ed N.]

Re: Trailer Tires

I think Maxxis D or E rated is the way to go.

[John D.]

Re: Trailer Tires

JD,

Akuret Tires is part of a private label importer DEL-NAT. Akuret Tires falls under the same lines as many of the tires they import where the key thing is to provide a quality tire that has the same performance and reliability as premium brands but with out the pricey cost.

Rick, Sounds like you must work for the company.

Truckers will tell you that the #1 cause of blowouts is low air pressure. Check your tire pressure each time you use the trailer.

At our PA regional I took a walk around one of our three trailer parking lots to check out the trailers. I love to look at trailers for some reason. I saw a bunch of them with cracked tires. Trailers are probably the most neglected aspect of our hobby.
Trailers require a lot of maintenance but nothing difficult.
I pay $40.00 every two years to have the wheel bearings repacked. Later, JD

[Roy S.]

[Jerry G.]

Re: Trailer Tires

I agree on the Michelins, LTX M/S. I put 20,000 miles a year on towing the race car and all the spares. Trailor rated tires are junk from China. The Michelins have worked for me for years with no blowouts. Jerry

[Roy S.]

Re: Trailer Tires

I agree on the Michelins, LTX M/S. I put 20,000 miles a year on towing the race car and all the spares. Trailor rated tires are junk from China. The Michelins have worked for me for years with no blowouts. Jerry

Jerry,

Michelin LTX M/S it shall be then, I truly appreciate your input, exactly what I needed.

[Duke W.]

Re: Trailer Tires

For sure if your trailer sits outside, install some tire covers. Otherwise UV from the sun will likely degrade them to an unsafe level within a few years. You can buy fancy fitted covers, but fabricating some out of cardboard and jamming a cinder block against them to keep them from blowing away will work just as well.

I agree that radial light truck tires are probably a better choice than trailer tires, and you want to ensure that the total load capacity of the tires (maximum load at maximum cold pressure is molded into the sidewall) is AT LEAST equal to the actual gross weight of the trailer with the car and all the extra gear, and the more load margin you have - tire capacity in excess of trailer gross weight - the better.

If you take the heaviest Corvette ever made, which would be somewhere in the seventies, the gross weight was about 4000 pounds, and the 225/70R-15 tires had a load capacity of over 1700 pounds for a total load capacity at max cold pressure of close to 7000 pounds.

In fact, if I had a trailer I would consider running the highest load capacity H or V rated and nylon cap belted passenger car tires, which would be 225/70R-15 or 235/70R-15.

I think Avon still offers a V-rated 235/70R-15 in a model that was originally installed on the Bentley Mulsanne Turbo years ago, but they are expensive. That was a very heavy car - gross weight of about 6000 pounds and it could do at least 150 MPH.

Duke

[Clem Z.]

Re: Trailer Tires

a lot of trailer tires are damaged by owners hitting curbs. if you hit a curb with a loaded trailer that tire is "SHOT"

[Ed N.]

Re: Trailer Tires

Does Michelin LTX M/S make a tire sized for 20575R15? That's the size I have now, what are my options.



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[Dick W.]

Re: Trailer Tires

Does Michelin LTX M/S make a tire sized for 20575R15? That's the size I have now, what are my options.

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[Dana B.]

Re: Trailer Tires

I have upgraded Goodyear Marithons/ 205 75R15 on the Featherlite enclosed.
Marithons were load range C @ 50 psi. (no warrenty)

New tires are are Goodride /205 75R 15 from Tire Discounters.
Goodrides are load range D @ 60 psi. (with warrenty)

Time will tell !!