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Had a great time at the OI and really enjoyed meeting some really nice guys during our stay at Rayburn. Looking forward to next year already! Driving home in the right lane at my normal speed of 60 mph and feel a funny thump, thump, thump and look out the side mirror and see sparks flying! I thought I had either locked up a bearing or had a brake issue, only to find the left rear tire shredded.Recently bought the rubber ramp that you drive on, and that is the real deal for changing a flat. For those who have not tried it, getting the spare off the trailer in the dark was a bit of an adventure. I would suggest that everyone scope out the tools required to do it and have them with you every time you head out. I had wrenches and sockets in the truck so after breaking the nuts loose the rest was easy.After I got home I Googled the tires I have on the trailer to buy a replacement to find that they are not trailer rated tires. The previous owner replaced them with truck tires. You guys might want to check your tires just to be sure you are driving on tires made for trailering. Next week I will be buying 5 new tires, better safe than sorry.Hope to see you next year at Bull Shoals!
FYI…None of the tires coming out of the factory are Trailer tires. Lot of heated discussion on that topic, but feel free to do a search on here to see BC reasoning. Glad to hear the new ramp works as advertised.
Actually trailers come from factory come with passenger vehicle tires and not trailing tires. In the past the Cooper Cobras and now Master craft advantage. Previous owner was on the right track. Sorry to hear about your trouble. Youre right about a dry run. Getting spare off is a chore. Boat US trailering sent a guy but it took a combination of our tools to get it changed. I had sockets in boat too.
The tires from the factory are passenger car in the upgrades, the industry standard is to deduct 10% of capacity for use of passenger car Or other tires. BCB
OK – so if I am towing a fully loaded Jaguar, am I right in thinking that I need a tire rated at around 3300-3500 lbs? Better yet, what tires would a new one leave the factory riding on?
Personally, I stick with trailer tires….. I have used Kuhmo and Maxxis tires. They seem to be up to the job. There are about a zillion posts about this on the Internet.
I would go with BCB recommendations. Im in need of tires as well. Good luck.
A fully loaded rig will weigh between 4,000 and 4,500 for most. Thus the tires total need to have capacity of about 1500 per tire max. The more the better.
The wife and I experienced 2 blow outs on the trailer about 90 minutes apart on the way down both in Texas. After changing the first one we continued on only to have the second one blow just before Teneha with no spare left on Sun. afternoon. As luck would have it a very young local guy by the name of Dean Mize stopped to help and after having no luck with triple A Dean helper me take the flat off the back and I followed him on 3 tires about a mile to his Grandfathers house in Tenaha where I could leave the boat and trailer at their house and continue on to our motel at Rayburn Country as nothing was open to get another tire until Mon. morning. The first thing Mon. we drove back and after stopping in Center Tx. to buy 2 new tires we drove back to Teneha to the home of James and Retha Mize where they had watched over my boat with Retha insisting to park her car in front of my rig making it next to impossible for anyone to mess with it. The wonderful Mize family were as hospitable as could and absolutely refused any kind of payment for there help.
Is it ok to run a tandem axle with just three tires like that? Or should you take off another tire so you only have two?
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