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Old 09-10-2013, 10:13 PM   #1

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Default Need help with trailer tires

I have a 2001 Z302 on a Prestige tripple axle trailer, and pretty much every other time i take it out i blow a tire.

Now bearings are good, PSI are all at around 45, and im traveling at around 70mph average,

If anyone has any input on these it would b greatly appreciated.

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Oh yeah and they are 215/75/14
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    What kind of tires are they?
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    Old 09-10-2013, 11:34 PM   #3
     
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    You must be in one big hurry to get to the lake luke!
    If they are ST trailer tires , your running way to fast with them. They are only rated for 60 mph max.
    Running that kind of speed , you need a LT rated tire , which is very hard if not impossible to find these days in that size.
    Tire pressures should be at max , which is 50 PSI , if indeed you have ST tires.
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    Heck yeah we're all in a hurry to get there! Might be on the losing end of fuel mileage there though. I would be scared to haul a 302 at 70mph.
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    I get 13.0 at 75 roughly 14.2 at 65 to 70 at between 60 to 65 i get around 15.4 so it being almost 9k lbs i dont think 13 miles per gallos is too bad.

    Got to love them diesels.

    Oh and the tires St

    So i guess i know why i keep blowing tires
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    The speed limits here in Texas outside every city is 75 and lowest is 65 on highways
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    I think I'd be going to a 15" tire/wheel combo with the tires being LT Series if you got room to do it.

    ST trailer tires need a drastic revamp in order to stay up with the times.
    They have been a issue for quite sometime now.

    As for the minimum speed limit..........I would hope that doesn't include trailer hauling vehicles.
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    no i doubt it but i hate going under the speed limit even when im doing hotshot work im never under the speed limit unloaded trailer or towing 20k lbs i dont like it
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    but thanks ill look into the changing wheels and tires then
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    Default Re: Need help with trailer tires

    Where you at luke?
    I got relatives in Breckenridge area.
    We Hit Possum Kingdom Lake when down that way.
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