Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Where are you guys getting your trailer tires from. I have been researching on line for a couple days and this is the best deal I have come up with. Do you think I can do any better for a quality tire?

http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/si ... uct/BT1030

Our local Tractor Supply carries a bunch of sizes

I paid $50 for a 10 ply 10" 6 years ago

lakerunner wrote:Our local Tractor Supply carries a bunch of sizes

I paid $50 for a 10 ply 10" 6 years ago

So I guess 51.50 is a pretty good price then?

Where you get hosed is the mounting ( guess you could get by without balancing trailer tires). In '04 I bought a top of the line 14 ft cargo trailer for hauling tool boxes when I was a Matco DM. In the 3 years I barely used it I never put a scratch on it. The big issue of owing a trailer is EVERYONE wants to borrow it. When I look at the scratches and dents that some other "friend" put on it......but what really sets me off is not knowing who used it when they didn't know how to adjust their trailer brakes. I've got 4 tires with 4 flat spots on what is otherwise 70%+ tread. Pisses me off to go buy tires I didn't ruin, so I could do a "favor" for a "friend" (this trailer is even stored inside!)

chill'nthemost wrote:Where you get hosed is the mounting ( guess you could get by without balancing trailer tires). In '04 I bought a top of the line 14 ft cargo trailer for hauling tool boxes when I was a Matco DM. In the 3 years I barely used it I never put a scratch on it. The big issue of owing a trailer is EVERYONE wants to borrow it. When I look at the scratches and dents that some other "friend" put on it......but what really sets me off is not knowing who used it when they didn't know how to adjust their trailer brakes. I've got 4 tires with 4 flat spots on what is otherwise 70%+ tread. Pisses me off to go buy tires I didn't ruin, so I could do a "favor" for a "friend" (this trailer is even stored inside!)

I never gave mounting much thought. I assumed I would be able to break down and remount by hand the way I do my garden tractor? I had no intention of balancing a 10" tire though.

BiXLL wrote:

chill'nthemost wrote:Where you get hosed is the mounting ( guess you could get by without balancing trailer tires). In '04 I bought a top of the line 14 ft cargo trailer for hauling tool boxes when I was a Matco DM. In the 3 years I barely used it I never put a scratch on it. The big issue of owing a trailer is EVERYONE wants to borrow it. When I look at the scratches and dents that some other "friend" put on it......but what really sets me off is not knowing who used it when they didn't know how to adjust their trailer brakes. I've got 4 tires with 4 flat spots on what is otherwise 70%+ tread. Pisses me off to go buy tires I didn't ruin, so I could do a "favor" for a "friend" (this trailer is even stored inside!)

I never gave mounting much thought. I assumed I would be able to break down and remount by hand the way I do my garden tractor? I had no intention of balancing a 10" tire though.

10", maybe you can. I'm thinking 13 and 14's

I got mine from
http://www.trailerandtruckparts.com/10- ... c_167.html

they are local so I picked them up, but they ship free for orders over $100,

and even at the higher price, they where cheaper than everywhere else once I paid for shipping.

I had a local tire shop mount and balance mine, charged like $40 to do for all 3, including the spare.

-bb

BiXLL wrote:Where are you guys getting your trailer tires from. I have been researching on line for a couple days and this is the best deal I have come up with. Do you think I can do any better for a quality tire?

http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/si ... uct/BT1030

As you compare tires keep in mind that there are perhaps five different classes of tires from cheapest to most expensive: A through E. If you have a tandem trailer you might go less than E-class. If you have a single axle then think of the investment you've got riding on top of all that, you'd be best to go with the more expensive tire in this case.

Leisure Kraft wrote:

BiXLL wrote:Where are you guys getting your trailer tires from. I have been researching on line for a couple days and this is the best deal I have come up with. Do you think I can do any better for a quality tire?

http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/si ... uct/BT1030

As you compare tires keep in mind that there are perhaps five different classes of tires from cheapest to most expensive: A through E. If you have a tandem trailer you might go less than E-class. If you have a single axle then think of the investment you've got riding on top of all that, you'd be best to go with the more expensive tire in this case.

I was just gonna post asking about if I need E range tires. I have a tandem trailer using tire size 20.5 X 8.0-10. The boat is a 2002 Bennington 2275 RL. What do you guys think?

Buy the best tire you can afford. On my truck's I always bought what I thought was a good tire at a low price. This truck I decided to try a better tire. I bought 70,000 mile michliens, I have had them going the 3rd year and close to 50,000 miles and can see I still will not need tires till mid winter. The ride smoothness and lack of cupping from cheaper tires has me convinced.

BUY THE BEST YOU CAN AFFORD.

lakerunner wrote:Buy the best tire you can afford. On my truck's I always bought what I thought was a good tire at a low price. This truck I decided to try a better tire. I bought 70,000 mile michliens, I have had them going the 3rd year and close to 50,000 miles and can see I still will not need tires till mid winter. The ride smoothness and lack of cupping from cheaper tires has me convinced.

BUY THE BEST YOU CAN AFFORD.

I am not talking about buying a lesser quality tire, I am talking not overbuying on load rating

I understand that but higher load rating cost money

BiXLL wrote:I was just gonna post asking about if I need E range tires. I have a tandem trailer using tire size 20.5 X 8.0-10. The boat is a 2002 Bennington 2275 RL. What do you guys think?

Bennington charges about twice what we do for ours, for what it's worth. Based upon the price tag alone I'd suggest the best tires you can get. Even if someone gave you their boat then the weight alone would probably merit the safety margin. Trust me, there's not a lot of wiggle room on trailer capacity these days. It's difficult to convince, say, a 24' boat customer to buy a 26' trailer just for the extra weight capacity. By the time that they've paid for all the add-ons (like that third pontoon) then they really don't want to hear that they need to spend more for their trailer--they just want to get out the door as cheaply as they can.

Was just reading the information from Hustler Trailers' information sheets. http://www.hustlertrailers.com/pontoon/index.html

Notice the (E) or (D) designation in Tire/Rim Size. So in the case of their 24' trailers, there's a difference from 3,200 to 3,800 lbs. on comparable models from C- to E-rated tires. They've done other things in theory but don't discount the difference that the tire makes in the capacity calculations.

You might as well figure in a difference of 75 lbs per tire per grade difference:

C -> E = 75 * 2 grades = 150 lbs per tire * 4 tires = 600 more pounds of capacity

The same works in reverse. If you bought a tandem trailer and it was barely enough trailer for the combined weight of your boat/motor/fuel then if you drop from E down to C on the tire rating you may very well have lowered your trailer's capacity by another (critical) 600 pounds.

I just bought a set of those exact tires from them and so far thier is no problems and no shipping charges, and my thought on mounting and balancing costs, in my case i didnt have to pay the 5% state tax so it worked out nice. And I looked around for about 2 weeks