230 Mike wrote:
DanW wrote:
I can only find Goodyear and Carlisle...
Good Year. But you'll get more opinions on this than you're probably expecting. There are LOTS (and I mean
LOTS) of horror stories with Carlisle. But there are people out there who've had no trouble with them. At the same time, Good Year Marathon production (of certain sizes) was moved to China a couple years ago and their record isn't as good as it used to be. Check
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... hon+Radial and click on Specs to see current country of origin for each size.
With any trailer tire, the most important things are:
1) check them before every tow and keep them at the stated max cold pressure. If max cold is 65, I won't leave on a long tow if even one of them is down to 64. The weight capacity of a tire drops off dramatically as the pressure drops.
2) if possible, protect them from the sun during storage.
I happened to come across this, and am posting it only for FYI... it's got the usual ABC dose of alarmism and hyperbole, yet like most things there's probably a grain of truth somewhere.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerindex?id=4826897DanW wrote:
Where is a good place to buy replacement rims?
http://www.easternmarine.com. I'm sure they can help you with measurements, etc.
Great info! I am 99% sure I've got a 4.5 inch bolt pattern, if I measure the diameter of a circle that goes through the middle of each bolt hole. I'm assuming that is how it is measured.
I still need to know if anyone knows if a 6 inch wide rim will replace the 5.5 inch wide rim without any trouble. From looking at it, I don't see how it could make a difference, as both rims will fit the same tire. It looks like the fender wells will have no clearance problems, either. I just want to make sure.
Tire rack looks like a great price on the tires. Trailer-tires.com has chrome-plated steel rims on sale for $44 bucks each, with free shipping. That works out to about 131 per tire, not counting mounting and balancing. I don't think that's too bad.