Hi all, I need to buy new tires for my tandem axle trailer. This is the first time I am buying new tires for a boat trailer. Do you all normally put the boat and trailer on jack stands and bring in the tires to a shop or do you bring the whole rig to the shop and they work with the trailer with the boat still on. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Tom
if your competent in jack stands, do that or bring it in and let some kid do it in the parking lot it doesnt matter. to me i have done it both ways, just what works best for me/them because im not leaving my boat with them for the day but i will leave wheels
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089
If doing all four I go by the shop and make sure they have what I want. then set up a time to get it done while I wait and watch.
Just had mine done end of the season last year brought the boat to the shop they swapped out all 4 in a little over an hour while I waited . Just like fishing it's best to be the first guy there when they open schedule for first apt those places get crazy the longer the day goes. Good luck BYW goodyear endurance tires are fantastic pricey but you get what you pay for
I always put the trailer on blocks and take wheels and tires to shop. Figure I will want to check all lugs anyway if they mount them. Don't want to find a jammed up lug nut on the side of the road.
Thanks for the replies. I will call around a few places to see if they would rather have just the wheels or the whole trailer. Good point on the lugs.
I always put the rig on jack stands and carry the wheels to the tire store. If you let the tire store do all of the work, be sure to supervise on how they jack up the trailer and do not let them install the lug nuts so tight that you can't get them off with our lug wrench.
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As Jeff does......
On complete sets, I usually just wait while they install (typically doesn't take long at all). Once I had the trailer hubs getting re-packed and brake pads replaced at the same time down the street, so I just ran the wheels/tires to that shop for them to install new tires and balance, and then had the trailer shop install when their work was done.
X2 on what Randy shared above. Goodyear Endurance trailer tires have the highest speed rating (N), and this is GREAT quality if you drive a lot of highway miles when the tires/wheels can really heat up. They are the only tires I will use moving forward, no doubt!
Previously, I had a blowout on my old tires (not Goodyears - and 1 speed rating lower) coming home from the Sac Delta on the freeway. Luckily the tandem axle Ranger trailer held up fine and I was able to just swap out for the spare and finish the drive home. I quickly became "schooled up" on trailer tires, and nothing beats the Goodyears.
Jan-Erik
2000 Ranger 520DVS, Mercury Optimax 225HP
I pulled mine to Discount Tire and they installed new rubber in no time.
There was a Hank Parker episode a few years back and he mentioned having your trailer tires toed in. Should this be done every once in awhile?
YepOriginally Posted by Jeff Hahn
2003 Stratos 185, Yamaha V150LTRB, Tempest Plus 25P
I'm following this thread as I'm going to be putting new tires on my trailer this week. My tires are 5 years old and most of my trailering is highway miles. I have a single axle trailer with a Triton 18 Explorer on it. I'm estimating the total weight to be around 3,000 lbs. Currently it has Karrier Loadstar tires on it and the max pressure is 50 psi. I see the next jump up are tires with a max pressure of 65 psi - they are better tires though. My question is: If I opt for the better tires and run them at 65 psi is the trailer going to seem like its riding on concrete wheels or should I just stick to the 50 psi tires?
+1. Very pleased with the service I got there. I just made sure I was there when the tech jacked up the trailer to make sure he placed the floor jacks in the right place. I was in and out of there in an hour.
"There was a time I didn't fish, but I cannot remember it".
Have The GY Endurance on the single axle trailer and have 6 GY Endurance paid for and waiting for install on the tandem trailer.
I normally pull the wheels and bring them to Discount and remount the wheels myself, with a torque wrench.
I consider the GY Endurance D rated tire a necessity on a single axle and an "extra piece of mind" on the tandem since a C rated tire would suffice for the load.
That said, I weigh my trailers/boats to know exactly what I am pulling, no estimates, so no mistakes.
Simple for just $13.00 a rig and some time.
Oh, and I follow those dumb GY engineers tire inflation recommendations since I know the exact loads and can divide by 2 or 4, the old school way.
Really not the "rocket science" some make it out to be.
Just my2 cents and more than the OP asked for, given in the traditional BBC way, for free.
Good Luck and safe travels.
I'd go a D load tire, if towing 3,000 lbs.....Better too much, than not enough! I tow around 3,000 lbs also, and just bought a set of GY Endurance ST215-75R-14 D load. I was either going to go with the Endurance or the Carlisle Trail HD, but "made in USA" was the deciding factor!
I pull boat to tire shop and dont even unhook trailer . They get paid to do the work.
Thanks for that! After GY pulled that little stunt last year, I won't use them again (and I put new tires on 3 vehicles last year) I've got other choices though.
I pull my wheels off, and carry them in. I torque them when I get home, as opposed to someone using a air wrench. I know they are at the proper spec, and I can get them off if necessary.
I agree, with the attitude about the stunt they pulled, BUT! I'd still rather buy "made in USA"with a company that screwed up with a stupid decision they made, than a company with tires made in China!
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