[Spridgets] Car Hauler Trailer Tires

[rrengineer @dslextreme.com]

Mark, I can speak to this. I have a small trailer that was originally used
for a Formula V race car.  Similar weight to my Bugeye.  When I got it, it
had passenger tires (single axle) and the tongue weight was a little heavy
due to the bugeye being somewhat forward of the axle.  I guess this was to
help tracking.  This caused the back of my truck to constantly bounce up and
down going down the road.  The faster I went, the more it bounced.  Before I
went to LOTO I replaced the old passenger tires with trailer tires.  It was
a long distance form SoCal to Missouri.  The tire store I bought them at
said legally, that's all they could put on a trailer.  If I just brought the
tires by themselves in, I could have got replacement passenger tires.  I am
very glad I did not.  Yes, they were more expensive than passenger tires
because they had many more radial layers and were a much sturdier
construction.  They were filled to 50 psi per the tire place.  Wow!  What a
difference.  The trailer tracked straighter and the bounce disappeared!  I
learned my lesson and I feel safer with only one axle using these tires.
Mike MacLean

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Mark Endicott <mark at nashvilletn.org>wrote:

> I need new tires for my aluminum car hauler, it weighs 900 lbs and a Bugeye
> maybe another 1500 lbs tops,  I looked at trailer tires and they are
> expensive, is there any reason not to just buy car tires which would be
> half
> price?  Does anybody know what the difference is or is it just marketing
> hype?
>
> Mark
> Nashville
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