trailer tires
My little 18 ft ChrisCraft has a single axle shoreline trailer, which
was evidently standard with this model of boat. it has 14" tires. the
previous owner installed new Radials on it. and it tows nicely at any
reasonable speed.I'm about to go get a 22 ft. Marquis cuddy. kind of on the heavy side.
dual axle with 15 inch'rs. the tires are 4 ply Bias-ply tires, which supossedly arnt rotted, and I
think will make the 300 mi trip ok. But then again, I'm not sure. If I thinkt he tires are questionable in any way, I'll reshoe it before
I bring it home. Out of curiosity, this is a heavy boat. should I go back to the bias
ply's? or go radial? I've heard some people say not to use radials on a dual axle trailer. pro's? con's? Thanks! |
tschnautz
Nov 10
2006
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| Is there really such a thing as "humble" opinion? |
Short
Nov 12
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| following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: |
Gene
Nov 12
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| On 11 Nov 2006 20:51:37 -0800, tschnautz@gmail.com penned the |
Gene
Nov 12
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| That's a logical assumption - adding hardware always increases |
Short
Nov 12
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| I understand differently. Example: My truck has a GVW of 8,400 lbs. To meet federal stopping distance
requirements, the brakes must be capable of stopping that weight in a
certain distance from a certain speed. It does not include added weight of
a trailer. Adding a trailer requires the trailer brakes to be capable of stopping the
*trailer* GVW within the required distance. Most trailers with electric brakes can be *locked* if the gain for the
controller is set too high.
The fifth wheel I had was a triple axle and it had brakes on all 6 wheels. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Nov 12
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| Correction .... the truck's GVW is 11,400 lbs. |
Eisboch
Nov 12
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| Agreed. |
Short
Nov 12
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| following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: |
Gene
Nov 12
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| I had radials (daal axle) on the trailer that I used for a 21 ft
Crownline cuddy (210ccr) 3900lbs dry. Originally It had bias plys, they
were looking poorly so I replaced them with radials. The whole rig just
towed nicer with the radials. But in the end if you are not going to tow
it a lot after you get the boat home I think I would just stick with the
less expensive tires. Capt Jack R.. |
Jack
Nov 12
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| On 10 Nov 2006 18:35:01 -0800, tschnautz@gmail.com penned the |
Gene
Nov 12
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| Thanks for all comments. Gene thank you. The term I used "heavy boat" is rathervague. I supose I was talking in
comparison to my small ChrisCraft. compared to it, it is a lot
heavier. The trailer was sold with the boat new in 1977 and came factory as OE.
The tires on it are "ok" and did make the trip fine, but are one is a
matched brand and tire profile.Two have mis mached treads. even though
all four have the same load ratings. I really didn't know there was a difference in "trailer" and
"automotive" tires. I've seen people use both. because the Goodyear Marathons have been highly spoken of, , I'm
thinking of persuing them when I put the boat up and do maintenence on
the trailer.
Gene Kearns wrote: |
tschnautz
Nov 11
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| BTW, the trailer does have hydrolic brakes on all four weels. and works
well. |
tschnautz
Nov 11
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| I've had excellent performance using Goodyear Marathon
radials on a double axle trailer weighing about 4500lbs.
They handle well and have good traction in wet weather. I'm
about to replace them with the same model after 7 years and
~25,000 miles even though I could probably squeeze another
year out of them. -rick- http://www.goodyear.com/rv/products/marathon.html |
-rick-
Nov 10
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| I have had both on my 4400# rig. Both tow well. Just make sure they are ST
rated (trailer tires) and do not say Carlisle on the sidewall. Goodyear
Marathons seem to be the best from hearsay, but my Towmaster from Les Schwab
have done well. The Carlise had 4 failures in 15 months. |
Calif
Nov 11
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| OK, so radials are ok to run. Carliles. I rememeber a thread about them. not good. |
tschnautz
Nov 10
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| I'll second that. |
Short
Nov 11
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| Interesting coments on the Carlisle tires.
Although I have had many boats and trailers over the years, I have only
noticed Carlisle to be the same as the other better makes. I had a 22 Trophy
on a single axle that just ate up any tires because of max load for the
tires. My local tire dealer and front end shop, very reputable in the area, states
they are very good tires, although he sells other brands of ST tires as
well. The absolute worst I have ever had were Green Ball brand sold by Discount
Tire (had to buy there in a pinch), these pieces of %&&* blew out the side
walls both within 500 miles and were horribly out of round. Anyway, I run ST 8 ply on my 25 ft Thompson hardtop, tandem, not sure of
brand on there now, but when I bought it there were radials and they were
fine, just got old and dry-rotted. |
MikeT
Nov 11
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