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Trailer Tires 195/65 R15
On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:21:24 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:
In the 80 miles or so that I've towed the trailer... Ray, You obviously are not landing out enough Correction: In the 80 miles or so that I've towed the trailer WITH THE NEW TIRES INSTALLED. That was a trip from the tire shop to the airfield and, after flying, poorly I might add, for the day, a trip home. Yea, so about 80 miles on the new set of tires. Ray |
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On a somewhat related note...trailer tire rotation...anyone do it?
I bought 3 new trailer tires at the same time...2 of them have been on the trailer and one inside as the spare. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to put the spare into use and equalize road wear and UV damage between the 3. Tire experts, want say you? All 3 are purpose-built tires for trailer towing. Purchased at a good price from Discount Tire here in the US...for the thread originator, you might see if they have/can get tires in your size at one of their retailers along the way to the Northeast...Midland, Abilene or Ft. Worth? Rob |
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Trailer Tires 195/65 R15
On 5/31/2012 7:50 AM, RAS56 wrote:
On a somewhat related note...trailer tire rotation...anyone do it? Not me. My long-standing rationale remains: until a vehicle (trailer/car) demonstrates uneven tire wear, I'm leaving everything in place. None of my/our trailers ever have. Some 20-ish years after the rig came into my hands, I eventually replaced the original (to me), cheapie, Zuni trailer tires with Redneck Trailer Supplies trailer radials at the same time I replaced the original (broken-torsion-springs) axle. That was maybe 10 years ago. The originals had lots of tread remaining (50%?), but even "frugal me" didn't find it hard to talk myself into a full reset with the new axle. The above entirely in the Rocky Mountain west... I bought 3 new trailer tires at the same time...2 of them have been on the trailer and one inside as the spare. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to put the spare into use and equalize road wear and UV damage between the 3. Tire experts, want say you? I did the same (and as it turns out, the spare - as yours, stashed in the trailer - has always had a slow leak! Too slow to find/fix, in my lazy world.) "Equalizing wear" seems to me more effort than any demonstrated-need might ever be beneficial. - - - - - - FWIW - free anecdotal advice being worth every cent paid for it - I've owned only 2 cars in 40 years of driving, a '72 Maverick (it was my trailer tow vehicle) purchased new and sold in 2009, and a '90 econobox CRX purchased new and still the daily driver. Here's what I've done, tire-wise, with both... Ye olde Maverick had a full-size spare. After the first few years of youthful enthusiasm during which time I rotated all 5 tires, I subsequently rotated back-to-front only whenever wear suggested that to do so would maximize "set life". Unlike the Honda (see below), the Maverick "required" multiple rotations per tire set. The only non-puncture-related issue ever experienced with any Maverick tires was when I opted to use the (15+ year old?) spare "for a while" and it eventually delaminated, though not without sufficient warning to exit the interstate on which I happened to be traveling/retrieving myself. Prolly shouldna tried to use it as a long-term tire until I wore out the other rear tire! The Honda has a space-saver spare, a non-factor in any rotation scheme. Usually once per tire-set-life I rotate back to front, so's to get all 4 to wear out more or less simultaneously. It's never demonstrated a need for any wheel to be aligned, so after 213,000 miles it remains in its as-received alignment state. OEM tires aside, every set has lasted from 47,000 miles to 70,000 miles. Kinda-sorta related, a HUGE time-/money-saver for me - after the Big-O tire shop transitioned (for a while?) from internal patches to externally-inserted plugs - was becoming (initially, very reluctantly) comfortable with the concept of plugging holes from the outside. Once comfortable, I purchased a Do-it-yourself tire plug kit from Whale Mart, consisting of a rasp, "needle" and "gooey-lace plugs." In the 2 decades or so I've used it it's saved me beaucoup hours and miles of driving into town hassling with shops/lifts/"over-enthusiastic"-air-wrenches/unknown-people. For car tires up to R195-70x14, the do-it-yourself kit is: a) fast; b) effective; and c) cheap. By "effective" I mean 100% so for any puncture that any reputable shop would patch from the inside. I once plugged a Honda tire, by the side of the highway, in less than 15 minutes from pulling over to getting back underway, using the factory-supplied jack. The Maverick (no cigar lighter) required an air-tank or hand pump; I've a lighter-powered weenie pump for the Honda. I haven't bothered to keep track, but I've probably put 20 to 40 plugs in the aforementioned vehicles' tires. One Honda tire had 8 separate plugs before replacement for tread wear. (Living/driving on dirt roads in farming country leads to LOTS of "stuff" puncturing tires.) Having been unable to force the rasp through an 8-ply, 5th-wheel-pulled, flatbed trailer tire the one time I tried, I reckon there's an upper tire size limit to what any individual can plug with a Whale Mart plugger. YMMV, Bob W. |
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Bob,
Thanks for the detailed reply...it makes sense. Reason I asked the question is I have two long hauls with the trailer scheduled this year...Texas to Ohio and then in July up to DHT from Austin to fly with you guys. PLUS, all the retrieve miles you'll put on it coming to get me while we're up there... Wondered if it might be wise to spread the abuse amongst the 3... I guess too (being El Cheapo Grande) the thought in 7 or 8 years of throwing away a never used tire...galls me! At least put that baby on and get some mileage outta it was my thinking. Probably...I'm over-thinking it (not a first for me). Snagging a plug kit from Wally World sounds like a good plan as well. Rob |
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