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09-30-2020, 12:42 PM | #26 | |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
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09-30-2020, 08:22 PM | #27 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
I left something out, I see now that I read the quote. My friend's '40 is a Harley WLD and the tires are Firestone "Gum Dipped". Virgin rubber, no fillers, latex, or additives. They will outlast us all. 80 years old and ready for a road trip
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09-30-2020, 08:49 PM | #28 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
I'd hate for my life to depend on those 80 yr old tires though.
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09-30-2020, 11:38 PM | #29 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
Agreed..... no matter if they look good and can hold air.
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10-01-2020, 11:30 AM | #30 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
I pull my 18' trailer all the time with golf carts back and forth to the beach. 10hr round trips. I don't keep tires on it long enough to dry rot! I use it regularly and wear them out. Between the miles & brakes they last about 2 years at the most. In the first picture you can see I carry plenty of spares!
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10-02-2020, 07:31 AM | #31 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
He doesn't seem to ride it. It just sits in his foyer and he rides a '76 Harley. But I'm not sure their age are of any concern. The fact is the tires have not even the beginning of deterioration. They are more stable than a 4 year old tire. They are virgin rubber. That does not rot. They are no more deteriorated than the 80 year old steel frame or aluminum heads. He has been offered thousands for those tires.
When I sold my '85 Jimmy Diesel to a friend of a friend in NH his plan was to come down and drive it from here. That was in '14. We made the deal at Spring Carlisle, but he hadn't paid for it yet. I had swapped the axles, suspension, wheels, & tires from the '91 Suburban Diesel I had. Bought the tires in '03, so they were seven years old when they went under the Jimmy. I drove it the whole time on those tires. I noticed they were cracking just outside the rim/bead area, not good. I told the guy I would never consider driving on those tires all that distance, that he should have new tires shipped to me to put on for him before picking it up. Nope, the hardhead (knucklehead) stuck with running it back on those rotted old tires. Amazingly, he made it back without one blowing up. I never would have done that. Other than safety, that thing had a great body in original paint. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was thinking another thing with trailers everyone should be thinking about, have some sort of regiment on. Time doesn't matter like with tires, but miles certainly do. I'm talking about lubing wheel bearings! You see the trailers on the side of the road down due to a roached bearing, it's a common problem. You'd wish it was a bad tire if this happened to you. I would always start off keeping track of the miles used in my head, even go generous with the miles. But I always lose track. It is absolutely necessary to keep a log on the trailer use. Write that mileage down every time that trailer hits the road. 10,000 miles can add up faster than it ever seems. And it's pull them off, removes bearings, clean, pack, install. Those zerks in the spindle cover do not get the job done right. Definitely not for the inner bearing. I still pump grease in those from time to time, too. I guess if the inner gets dry and starts making heat, that might help allow the outer grease to thin enough to seep over and keep from trashing the spindle. But how would you know anything was up without periodically checking?
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10-02-2020, 10:44 AM | #32 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
Tim I repack the bearing every year on it. As many miles as I put on it I have to. I've never had any problems with it yet. Hope that is why.
I like you start out with keeping a record but after awhile I just go and forget so at the end of the year it just gets done.
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10-02-2020, 10:51 AM | #33 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
I've had trailer wheel bearings go dry just from sitting around out in the weather, even with practically no miles.
I've got one (at least!) that needs to be repacked right now. I'm not sure that it's even been moved since I packed all four wheel bearings in preparation for loaning it out to someone for a long trip, that they got another trailer instead. I put some new tires on it (year old take-offs from the Jeep) a few months ago and one wheel was grinding just turning it by hand. Yet one more thing to do ... my list gets longer instead of shorter
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10-02-2020, 11:28 AM | #34 |
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Boat trailers are especially bad for that,all the water gets in there and poof,my friend was towing his boat trailer down the interstate at about 70 mph blows a tire, jacks it up to put the spare on and lo and behold the hub is welded to the axle,hub seized up dragged the tire till it blew
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10-02-2020, 11:38 AM | #35 | |
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10-02-2020, 06:17 PM | #36 | |
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I've never had that happen. This little utility trailer is all I have now. I bought it new in '97 and have packed the bearings four or five times. I do at 5-6k, always looks the same which is good to go many more miles.
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10-03-2020, 10:32 AM | #37 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
I brought the red coupe home yesterday to finish putting it back together and to take it to our annual truck picnic next Saturday. I had to stop at Grahams golf carts in Myrtle beach before heading up the road. Some body took these pictures of it and posted them on face book.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Golf...65055273767510 I plan to carry it on the ramp truck to the picnic next week. I hope by the end of today I have the new axle here.
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10-03-2020, 05:11 PM | #38 |
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Re: Psa: Look at those trailer tires
Original tire for my 64 studebaker hawk. No cracks checks or splits but I dont think I would trust it . BF Goodrich silvertown
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