Reply With Quotenormally trailer tires have stiffer sidewalls than truck tires
Has anyone tried running light truck tires on a trailer? I love my Michelin LTX M/S tires on my dually. Great mileage and quiet. They make them in the same size for my trailer. Why not? Will the scuffing of a triple cause problems for the sidewalls. I'm trying to find quality tires for my trailer. Just a thought.
normally trailer tires have stiffer sidewalls than truck tires
I see them from time to time on trailers. always wondered how they'd do.
Tire place told me they don't have as much "spring" in them.
Hell, who knows?
Gotta be better than whats available.
Good luck.
We trailered down & back for Desert Storm last April from Seattle (1300 miles each way) and had 2 blow outs - 1 each way. Both blow outs were not trailer tires. The trailer tires did great.
Has anyone tried running light truck tires on a trailer? I love my Michelin LTX M/S tires on my dually. Great mileage and quiet. They make them in the same size for my trailer. Why not? Will the scuffing of a triple cause problems for the sidewalls. I'm trying to find quality tires for my trailer. Just a thought.
I'm not an expert but the difference is that trailer tires are designed to take the abuse of sitting for long periods of time and being weathered because a lot of trailers are stored outdoors. Also they are designed to take the weight and heat of the load on the trailer. Basically car tires are designed for moving all the time and being stored for short periods and trailer tires are designed for storage with short periods of movement.
Now with that being said if you search these forums somebody has some horror stories about every trailer tire out there and says they suck. Of course, the same goes with the different brands of tow vehicles. Sometimes things get a bad rap for other reasons. I had a blowout on my Trail America's (different name of a Carlisle) but that was because of a bad batch of valve stems. Had all valve stems replaced and my tires look just fine and I haven't had any issues since.(Of course I only tow down the street to Windsor most of the time.
The truck tires are rated for the same load as the trailer ones. I pull the shit out of my trailer. I would guess I put around 8k a yera on my trailer. It does sit in the winter inside though. Just like my pickup. I have had problems with the damn belts breaking on the tires. 4 of the 6 tires on the ground in 1 year. And yes I keep the pressure up on them.
Beer-30 seems to have a lot of details on tires. He helped me a lot more than Discount tire could when it came time to buying the Greenball Towmaster V. Try Pm-ing him.
I had used light truck tires on my trailer for years now. I just recently had to replace one tire after 6 years of use. I like the way my trailer tows with them. I believe I have the coopers on them right now. I will have to go check.
Has anyone tried running light truck tires on a trailer? I love my Michelin LTX M/S tires on my dually. Great mileage and quiet. They make them in the same size for my trailer. Why not?
Don't do it. Radial tires made for cars / trucks are not built to withstand the use and abuse trailer tires (Bias-ply) handle with ease. I learned the hard way when pulling the boat from Havasu to Powell.
Have car/LT tires from time to time. They will wear faster and sidewall looks like it flexes more, but that's related to different psi's at the load rating. Nothing scientific but the radial seems to be hotter when stopping after a freeway run.
I personally would do it again as long as the weight is well below the rating and the max psi on the tire is 50 psi or better ... and I'm not towing in a real hot climate. If I'm towing on 130+ degree pavement I want the best.
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