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Pete J., Vermont
07-26-2003 20:45:38
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Re: Mobile home tires vs trailer tires in reply to KB , 07-25-2003 19:05:59
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Perhaps somebody can move 350 bales of hay a couple of miles once a week for years and I don't question that. I have LOTS of experience trailering 6,000 lbs on an 18-ft flatbed for distances between 200 and 550 miles. Although I was careful to check tire pressure all the time, I found out mobile home tires lasted for about 2,000 miles at best. But worse than that, they were subject to flats and not just "blowouts" but what I would call an "explosion." And, on a two-axle trailer, I've had the second tire fail before I was able to stop because the first one went. I had a rack built to carry TWO spare tires. After 2 years of buying 4 "almost new" mobile home tires each year for $15 a piece, I gave up and went to regular, top $$$ highway tires. Even if you don't have a blowout or separation, these tires will ONLY last 2,000 miles AT THE MOST at Interstate speeds under load. Remember, they already most likely did 1,000 to 2,000 miles getting to wherever you bought them. If you have (or cause) an accident because you used an illegal tire. it will cost more in $$$ and frustration--and in some states a ticket--than a good set of tires in the first place. And it could even cost you life or limb--or somebody else's life/limb which could end up costing you your house, car, truck, trailer, tractors, etc. Think about it a bit. (I was once following my trailer in another truck when one of these tires "blew up" and the second one went before the driver could stop. It wasn't a pretty sight and delayed us more than 4-hours.
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