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Thread: Learned a valuable lesson on tires :(

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    TahitiTiger
    NOT wise to gamble with your trailer tires LOL. I know it was my own fault for ignoring my 10+ year old car tires on a trailer that had cracked sidewalls.
    http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...r/NIKON013.jpg
    This pretty much killed the weekend for us :cry:. No spare tire, no lug wrench (to fit the trailer). So It got towed home on a flat bed. On a good note the rim suffered no damage. Bad side is I now need three tires, and some way to mount a spare. My trailer has no provision nor room for a spare.
    To bad 30" Bronco spare wouldn't fit in the fender LOL

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    vee-driven
    Hasseling with a spare is better then being fuked on rice road, throw it in the boat or back of the truck, unless you have a dual axl or tripple your gonna need a spare. Or make a mount like i did on my old boat.
    http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/100_0051.jpg

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    TahitiTiger
    Hasseling with a spare is better then being fuked on rice road, throw it in the boat or back of the truck, unless you have a dual axl or tripple your gonna need a spare. Or make a mount like i did on my old boat.
    I am thinking of going by our body shop, and grabbing a safety spare for a mustang out of one of the wrecks. It might be thin enough I can mount it to the under side of the trailer.

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    Devilman
    That sucks for sure, but better get that spare! Even if you gotta have it in the truck.... You sure you don't have room on the trailer? We used a piece of channel iron, welded under the frame of the trailer. Made a damn good tire mount if I do say so myself. It would have looked factory if I hadn't just rattle-canned it black, lol. Here's a pic of it....
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...railershot.jpg

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    Brian I recently switched after a little research on trailer vs passenger tires Tom
    http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/DSC05795.jpg
    http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/DSC05798.jpg

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    Sleeper CP
    I am thinking of going by our body shop, and grabbing a safety spare for a mustang out of one of the wrecks. It might be thin enough I can mount it to the under side of the trailer.
    I think that rim will have a different bolt pattern. Won't fit. No spare, no lug wrench ( guess you didn't need a lug wrench w/o a spare). Yeah, you were asking for it, that is for sure.
    I purchased a spare rim and new tire for $ 40 bucks at one of those used tire stores, you might want to give them a try if you want to save a few bucks.
    Sleeper CP

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    suckin&pumpin
    [QUOTE=jetboatperformance;2780904]Brian I recently switched after a little research on trailer vs passenger tires Tom
    can you enlighten us less informed??? I did not realize there was much difference

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    El Prosecutor
    I would like to hear what Tom has to say about the tires, but here is a good inexpensive bracket. I have one and mounted it vertically on the frame right next to where D-man has his.
    http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/pho...3399/93341.gif
    Harbor Freight - $10 (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93341)

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    I am thinking of going by our body shop, and grabbing a safety spare for a mustang out of one of the wrecks. It might be thin enough I can mount it to the under side of the trailer.
    I use a stock aluminum Mustang rim for a spare, but it's not a safety spare. I don't think I would try a safety spare on a single axle trailer. Each corner of a Mustang weigh's and half your boat and trailer weighs

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