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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell (TRAILER TIRES)
R A Bennell wrote:
There are flanges for the brake backing plates.
I was almost right. 7 drums are for 2,000lb axles. You'll
yea, I will. I think some place called Dobbs might have been open, but
by that time I had already dropped the wheel off at walmart.
Tom Savage wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
only place that was open sunday morning was walmart. They were my
last choice, trust me.
No they weren't. Call
Anyone had experience with Hercules automobile tires? Their
prices at tire warehouses seem to be okay.
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl#station_search
Thanks,
Gerry
From: Loren Faeth
The worst tires are generally the mobile home tires. They
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:33:03 -0600 Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com
wrote:
Most car hauling trailers I have seen have 15 wheels. If you put
15 truck tires on, you get capacity and longevity. There were
pickups in the 50s that had 16 rims. Put 185 or 195 width truck
tires on them and
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:35:18 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure. Its
a heavy car I know that. Trailer is a regular old steel flat bed 18'
trailer. dont know how much that weights.
Our car hauler weighs around
The worst tires are generally the mobile home tires. They are made
to go up to 2000 miles when new. Period. trailers made from mobile
home axles generally have tire troubles.
Most car hauling trailers I have seen have 15 wheels. If you put
15 truck tires on, you get capacity and longevity.
Tom Hargrave wrote:
It turns out that the tires he was running weren't up to the load even
though the tong weight + 1/4 of the Suburban weight were well under what was
marked on the tire sidewalls. He went up one load rating and the problems
went away.
If he ran the pressure where the tire
I have thought about doing that at the truck stops that have scales. Do
you have to pay for that? Do you just drive up on the scale or what?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:35:18 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight?
yea
Tom Hargrave wrote:
WalMart is slow on purpose. The longer they take the more likely you
will buy something in the store.
You did buy something, right?
Thanks, Tom
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:19:00 -0500 Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
wrote:
Anyone had experience with Hercules automobile tires? Their
prices at tire warehouses seem to be okay.
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl#station_search
That URL takes me to http://www.reifendirekt.de/, Tires Direct
: Re: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell (TRAILER TIRES)
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:19:00 -0500 Archer arche...@embarqmail.com
wrote:
Anyone had experience with Hercules automobile tires? Their
prices at tire warehouses seem to be okay.
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl#station_search
It seems than at Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:25:42 -0700, Craig wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:33:03 -0600 Loren Faeth
lfa...@leadingchange.com wrote:
Most car hauling trailers I have seen have 15 wheels. If
you put 15 truck tires on, you get capacity and longevity.
There were pickups in the
It seems than at Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:42:07 -0600, Kaleb wrote:
I have thought about doing that at the truck stops that have
scales. Do you have to pay for that? Do you just drive up on
the scale or what?
Truckstop scales are typically $5-$10 with re-weighs either free
or $1. Re-weigh is if
Long story made short, you want to use trailer tires on a trailer and
not passenger car tires. The reason for this is that passenger car (and light
truck for that matter) have more flexible sidewalls to allow them to maintain
traction during all sorts of maneuvers - pulling, stopping, turning,
: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell (TRAILER TIRES)
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:35:18 -0800 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure. Its
a heavy car I know
Speaking of towing max weight. This is the first real heavy load I have
pulled with the dmax since I installed the diablo tuner on it and
installed the 65hp economy tune. Before when going down the
interstate at 70-75, if I started up a decent grade, it would downshift
(with cruise on).
PS, all good but the damn things do not last very long.
Kevin wrote:
Long story made short, you want to use trailer tires on a trailer and
not passenger car tires. The reason for this is that passenger car (and light
truck for that matter) have more flexible sidewalls to allow them to maintain
Make sure to keep an eye on your pyrometer when you're doing that so that
your PISTONS don't MELT. Some of those chips can get things pretty hot without
a load.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 03:26:13PM -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Speaking of towing max weight. This is the first real heavy load I
It is absolutely imperative that you keep them inflated properly. I've also
noticed that balancing the tires makes them last a LOT longer - when I bought
my trailer, the original tires weren't balanced and wore wonky.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 03:27:05PM -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
PS, all
I dont have any of that stuff installed. Im just running the basic
economy tune. I would need that if I ran the performance or extreme
tunes, but the low settings does not matter too much.
Kevin wrote:
Make sure to keep an eye on your pyrometer when you're doing that so that
your PISTONS
I never have balanced trailer tires, guess it wouldnt hurt though.
Kevin wrote:
It is absolutely imperative that you keep them inflated properly. I've also
noticed that balancing the tires makes them last a LOT longer - when I bought
my trailer, the original tires weren't balanced and wore
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It is absolutely imperative that you keep them
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure. Its a
heavy car I know that. Trailer is a regular old steel flat bed 18'
trailer. dont know how much that weights. Tires I have on now are 1499
per tire, so 5996 total capacity.
That's not much for
When I had the Loadstar tires on there I ran it at max 55psi. These
auto tires are max 35psi, which is where I am running them. It does
have 205/75R15 on it right now. I notice by going with a larger size
(215, 225, 235 etc) the load rating goes up. So, if I ran larger size
in lt truck type
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell (TRAILER TIRES)
I'd say keep the lug nuts tight too. I acquired a boat trailer in the fall
with dual axles. Has small wheels and
tires - 12 inch by 4.80 if my memory is reasonably accurate. I suppose the
idea is to keep the boat low to the
ground
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
When I had the Loadstar tires on there I ran it at max 55psi. These
auto tires are max 35psi, which is where I am running them. It does
have 205/75R15 on it right now. I notice by going with a larger size
(215, 225, 235 etc) the load rating goes up. So, if I ran
with drums.
Randy
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'Better hope
R A Bennell wrote:
I think it should
have some brakes. If I do that, it will have to have new hubs with drums.
Do the axles already have brake mounting flanges on the spindles, or will you
need to have the axles modified or replaced too?
Mitch.
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[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Mitch Haley
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell (TRAILER TIRES)
R A Bennell wrote:
I think it should
have some brakes. If I do
R A Bennell wrote:
There are flanges for the brake backing plates. My only concern is the size as
it has 12 inch wheels. I may be able
to go up a size but would need to do some measuring first. Either that or I
need to check and make sure the drums
will fit inside the wheels.
Sounds like 7
My C140 weighs just over 5500 lbs.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell (TRAILER
R A Bennell wrote:
There are flanges for the brake backing plates.
I was almost right. 7 drums are for 2,000lb axles. You'll never get 10
inside a 12 wheel.
Do you know what brand of axles you have? Sometimes it's fun to find brakes
which match the bolt pattern on the axle flanges.
A
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:09:12 -0600 Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
The '64 Chevy pickup we had in Colorado in the '80s ran
7.50-16 (on split rims). That was apparently a standard size.
When I got my 3/4 ton '67, it had 15 inch split-rim wheels.
Old split rims scare me
Me, too.
Yes, but the 7.50 - 16 was on the 3/4 ton trucks with 8 bolt
wheels. I am guessing Kaleb's trailer has 5 or 6 hole rims. (ford or
chevy) The late 40s and early 50s pickups came out on 6.00 - 16s
and had 5 or 6 hole rims that would likely fit on his trailer. I
bought the remains of an old
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Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure
I'm in Charlotte, NC, not sure if you were nearby.
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On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:23 PM
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Missed you this weekend. I had a hell of a time with this tire deal, it
really screwed up my plans. I cant remember where you live but we were
staying at the druiry inn in fenton right across from the DC plant
It seems than at Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:23:24 -0600, Kaleb wrote:
Missed you this weekend. I had a hell of a time with this
tire deal, it really screwed up my plans. I cant remember
where you live but we were staying at the druiry inn in fenton
right across from the DC plant.
I know the spot.
Where do you live? yes I know the spot well too, Im up that way all the
time.
Fmiser wrote:
It seems than at Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:23:24 -0600, Kaleb wrote:
Missed you this weekend. I had a hell of a time with this
tire deal, it really screwed up my plans. I cant remember
where you live but
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
only place that was open sunday morning was walmart. They were my last
choice, trust me.
No they weren't. Call next time...
Tom
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Well as we left off I was going to go back to walmart first thing this
morning to get that tire mounted for the trailer. So I show up first
thing. Wait for 20 minutes for somebody to show up to help everyone in
line. They say sure they will take care of it, will be 2 hours though.
Crap.
I predict that K'leb will have two MOUNTED spares in the truck the next time he
does an interstate car haul.
Mitch.
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Naw, he will just sell the trailer now that the buying freeze is on.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I predict that K'leb will have two MOUNTED spares in the truck the next
time he does an interstate car haul.
Mitch.
Most tire shops will mount a tire like that for free or real cheap,a nd
pretty quick. Discount tire does that.
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well as we left off I was going to go back to walmart first thing this
morning to get that tire mounted for the trailer. So I show up first
thing.
Well here is the deal, since I have had my trailer, I have been all over
the country with it with no spare at all. Well, the original tires
started getting worn so i started throwing a wheel in the back for a
spare. Well, one time I had a tire go flat and I needed the spare.
Would not fit.
only place that was open sunday morning was walmart. They were my last
choice, trust me.
Rich Thomas wrote:
Most tire shops will mount a tire like that for free or real cheap,a nd
pretty quick. Discount tire does that.
--R
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well as we left off I was going to go
: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell
Naw, he will just sell the trailer now that the buying freeze is on.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
I predict that K'leb will have two MOUNTED spares in the truck the next
time he does an interstate car haul.
Mitch
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:21:46 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Seems car tires might last a little longer that trailer rated tires, and
trailer tires I think you are only supposed to go up to 65mph with
them.
Well, you do want to go faster than 65mph.
Also car tires are
Kaleb wrote:
Anyway, have been thinking now, is it OK to run car tires on
a trailer?
Yes. Or no.
I have done a little short bit of research and some say yes,
some say no. Seems car tires might last a little longer
that trailer rated tires, and trailer tires I think you are
only
Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure. Its a
heavy car I know that. Trailer is a regular old steel flat bed 18'
trailer. dont know how much that weights. Tires I have on now are 1499
per tire, so 5996 total capacity. Thats probably plenty for many small
to
PM
Subject: [MBZ] I make it back, Walmart hell
Well as we left off I was going to go back to walmart first thing this
morning to get that tire mounted for the trailer. So I show up first
thing. Wait for 20 minutes for somebody to show up to help everyone in
line. They say sure they will take
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Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure. Its a
heavy car I know that. Trailer is a regular old steel flat bed 18'
trailer. dont know how much that weights. Tires I have on now are 1499
Well take for instance, how much does a 140 weight? Im not sure. Its
a heavy car I know that. Trailer is a regular old steel flat bed 18'
trailer. dont know how much that weights.
Our car hauler weighs around 1800#. The typical MB I'd put on
it is something like 3400-3800#, IIRC. My
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