Trailer tire info

Jeff Teuton · 04-16-2009, 09:55 AM

Nice information. More from the School of Hard Knocks and Blowouts on the Side of the Road. There is no such thing as a good 15" trailer tire. ST tires are junk no matter the brand. 16" rims & 10 ply commercial tires work fine on a 2 axle trailer. There are 6 hole 16" rims available reasonable. 3 Axle trailers (Stackers) blow 16" tires. (Alcoa now makes a direct replacement 17.5 rim for the 7000 lb axle, and Continental makes a 17.5 tires that is rated @ 3600 lbs per tire) Commercial tires are made for about 3 years service. A big truck tire ( motor home or conversion) cannot be recapped no matter how new looking after 3 years. ( I just changed 10 @ $375 each that looked brand new) We do have just a little experience with tires as we have 1600 leased trucks that we provide tires for. We blew so many 16 in tires on my stacker, we could change one on the side of the road faster than Nascar, and we carried 3 spares and sometime that wasn't enough. These were all Goodyears 16 plys. They work great on 2 axles, too much wiggle on 3 axles. This information is from the people who service our fleet.

04-16-2009, 09:55 AM	#2
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 325 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Trailer tire info Nice information. More from the School of Hard Knocks and Blowouts on the Side of the Road. There is no such thing as a good 15" trailer tire. ST tires are junk no matter the brand. 16" rims & 10 ply commercial tires work fine on a 2 axle trailer. There are 6 hole 16" rims available reasonable. 3 Axle trailers (Stackers) blow 16" tires. (Alcoa now makes a direct replacement 17.5 rim for the 7000 lb axle, and Continental makes a 17.5 tires that is rated @ 3600 lbs per tire) Commercial tires are made for about 3 years service. A big truck tire ( motor home or conversion) cannot be recapped no matter how new looking after 3 years. ( I just changed 10 @ $375 each that looked brand new) We do have just a little experience with tires as we have 1600 leased trucks that we provide tires for. We blew so many 16 in tires on my stacker, we could change one on the side of the road faster than Nascar, and we carried 3 spares and sometime that wasn't enough. These were all Goodyears 16 plys. They work great on 2 axles, too much wiggle on 3 axles. This information is from the people who service our fleet. __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK