Trailer tires, Trailer configuration

July 19, 2019, 09:15 AM

1gkek

quote:
Originally posted by Jelly:

Many truck tires have two ratings one for single one for dual tires. I have never seen anything that said the 2nd rating was for tandem axle. Got a link to this?

It's been a few years and a quick google search last night turned up nothing. I'll go looking again and see if I can find it.

July 19, 2019, 09:19 AM

Perception

quote:
Originally posted by armored:
Any opinions on the configuration of the trailer itself.
What would be a more all round configuration?

My opinion is to get a flat trailer with no rail on the sides and drive over fenders wide enough to haul any vehicle you see yourself towing. I don't see the benefit of the rails on a trailer that will be used primarily to haul a vehicle or tractor. For about $2000 you can get a pretty nice trailer that sounds like it would be much better for your purposes.

If you do find yourself needing rails at some point, you can always add some stake pockets.

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July 19, 2019, 10:14 AM

trapper189

quote:
Originally posted by Jelly:
quote:
Goodyear’s site that said on tandem axle trailers the tires load rating must be reduce 15%

Many truck tires have two ratings one for single one for dual tires. I have never seen anything that said the 2nd rating was for tandem axle. Got a link to this?

From the Boat US website ( Link) :

"For single-axle trailers, tires can handle 100% of their load rating. For dual-axle trailers, loads must be reduced by 12%. — Goodyear Tire Company"

I haven't seen this information anywhere else and I think this is a misunderstanding of terminology. In a dual tire configuration, such as a dually pickup truck, the inside tire carries more weight than the outside tire due to the crown of the road it also doesn't get as much air flow to keep it cool. If loaded to the maximum rating of both tires, the inside tire would be overloaded thus the lower load index in a dual configuration to compensate. At some point in time, some one read dual, confused this with tandem axle trailers, and thus a myth was born. There are trailers with dual tires as well. I could be completely wrong, so maybe someone should call Goodyear to verify.