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just checked with SW wheel ----lowest price the guy gave me was $125 PER WHEEL---- thats $500 for 4 steel rims then you need tires at about another $125-150 each so now you are up to about A THOUSAND dollars for the changeover---who did u talk to at SW ??--the guy I spoke to thought I was nuts when I told him 4/$180!!!! ----Comp 387

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Re: Trailer Tires
 

I took Jeff's advice last year after a blow out. Already has 6 lug wheels, so I bought wheels and ten ply radials with a 110+ MPH speed rating. Uses 80 psi air pressure, and it tows better than ever. Big trucks no longer upset it. I used to really pucker up when passing or getting passed by 18 wheelers. Not anymore.

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Right here......http://www.southwestwheel.com/store/...w128700ms.aspx

I bought mine from here, and they had very good run out. We mounted them up, and rotated 2 so it didnt have 2 lb's of weight on a wheel.... Switched tire on one, now they have minimal weights on ea. Like I said the difference was huge. 10 ply 215/16 on those wheels, and , I dont sweat the fast *** rigs coming by anymore. Usually I run about 65-70, and shoot the tires and hubs with a temp gun at every fuel stop, to keep an eye on them. They keep good air pressure, and stay at 80 almost all the time.

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Ken---OK I got it now next ?----- what kind/size tires did u go with??? Did u get them thru them or another dealer???--I remember u from Indy about 3-4 years ago with S Williams hanging out at S Ambrose trailer---talk to Russ about your engine all the time----Nice looking car too----Thanx Comp 387

Re: Trailer Tires
 

I bought a new Featherlite 24' aerodine, all aluminimum trailer in 2004 and it came with 235 X 85 X 16 Uniroyal MS load rated E tires. I have those tires still on the trailer with probably 20,000 miles on them with not one problem. They look like new still! I run them at the max recommended pressure, keep them covered and Armoral them several times a year. That makes them 6 years old now. Am I pushing my luck? Jim

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I have 6 lug hubs. I converted over from 15 inch to 16's. I got steel wheels with 14 ply Foongyangs (sometthing like that) for 158.00 each shipped. They have made it through some long trips so far this year. Chicago to Belle Rose, Indy, St. Louis a few times and more with no issues. I found them on ebay. A place down south called Patriot tire.

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We use a bunch of tires each year on our lease fleet. The company that services our vehicles is very knowledgeable. Last year I had a very small bump on one of my 22.5's on my motor home. They all looked new, but were manufactured in 2003, which would be right for my 2005 chassis produced in 2004. I found out commercial tires cannot be capped after 3 years, so write off the 80 to 100 bucks for the carcus each. I put ten new tires on the thing. I sold the new looking old tires to Hebert Bros Farms (Tim Hebert SS/AH) for sugar cane trailers. They usually get knocked off before they ever wear out. In the first season, 8 of the 9 usuable blew. Age is the factor more than anything else according to my servicing company. On another note, the Goodyear 235/16 G rated always have trouble especially on the triple axle. We changed to 17.5 and went to heaven. Alcoa makes a direct replacement wheel for the 8 hole 16 in wheel. No lug change or anything. On all my two axle stuff, I have 225/16 E tires with no trouble. The 17.5's on the 3 axle. Trailer Special stuff is bad. Chinese tires were good value, but the last 2 or 3 years they have faded badly. The good quality Chinese cost as much as American tires. On the larger stuff, the Bridgestone wears better, the Michelin rides better. We normally run all the fleet 10 lbs below max cold. Seems to give the wall a little better flex. I think there are about 1400 trucks in service now. We use a lotta tires.