You want trailer tires, not truck tires. Trailer tires have stronger side walls.
The tires your mechanic is recommending are light truck tires. No way would I put truck tires on a trailer. I know a lot of people do. Buy the best trailer tire you can afford.
I drive and haul a lot, and in 10 years of pulling a trailer across the west ov ed had exactly one flat tire.
Carla Richardson
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Here's just one brand, Cooper tires are excellent. These are trailer tires, not truck tires. Trailer tires have the designation "ST" in their name, you can look for that.
http://roadmastertires.com/by-position/trailer.aspx
Carla Richardson
This is what is on my trailer, I have a 2 horse bumper pull, so much lighter than your trailer, keep that in mind.
The load range is very important. My tires are Load range D. Here's a link to the tires I have, mine as re the ones with 65 psi, about 4th down on the chart. You may need load range E, I don't know.
http://www.herculestire.com/tire-gallery/commercial/specialty/power-str/#loaded
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I am a safety net. I have a very lightweight small stock trailer to Horse and I use E Class tires
Here's a link to the tires I have, mine as re the ones with 65 psi, about 4th down on the chart. You may need load range E, I don't know.
I always keep my tires inflated to maximum pressure, truck and trailer. You are correct, Ed.
One problem I have found is that most tire service and auto service places will deliberately under inflate tires. They say it gives a softer ride. I do not want a softer ride, I want maximum inflation for better gas mileage, tire life, and better handling. Under inflation feels soggy.
Check your tires cold, btw.
Carla Richardson
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On a big trailer I would definitely go with a Load G but on mine the D level works very well.
Carla Richardson
For what it’s worth I agree with Carla! I live near an interstate and have a friend in town with a tow truck says he makes his living off of people that put truck tires on their trailers and pull their trailers with ½ trucks.
Roger,
I am definitely thinking of safety for myself and my horse. Gas mileage is not why I inflate my tires, lol, although it certainly is a nice byproduct. I do not over inflate; I inflate cold tires to the recommended maximum pressure. My tires on both truck and trailer wear well, and my truck and trailer roll easily and handle well, no sway. Under inflated tires overheat, can blow out, cause trailer sway, and reduce your ability to maneuver in an emergency. It also causes your truck to work harder to pull the load.
I probably drive more than most endurance riders, perhaps barring the professional riders/trainers who relocate back and forth across the country routinely. My truck has almost 300,000 miles since 2008, and the majority all of those miles are towing miles. My tires wear evenly. The tires on my truck have exceeded their warranty of 55,000 miles. I'm going to replace them in a few weeks, but they're still good for another long trip; my tire shop mechanic just checked them last week. Cooper tires, really good truck tires.
As far as hurting a horse with bounce and shock, my horse Khid has over 11,000 endurance miles, and I can't even imagine how many highway trailering miles. His legs are great. And he was in a little, old, 2h bp trailer. I would have loved to put him in a big LQ trailer, but I didn't have the truck to pull one, couldn't afford a giant rig. But what I did do was stop and let him out to walk around, pee, relax every time I'd stop to get gas. I definitely took care of my horse.
Carla
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ou might also want to think about the high pressure comments. They are putting short term gas mileage over the well being of their horses and over the long term wear of the tires. Over inflating tires above what is needed to support the load weight results in premature wear of the center tread and results it a harsh ride for your horses.
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I noticed the side wall says max weight 2,120 pounds
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Goodyear G614 RST LT2/ 85R16 load range G on my 29 foot 3/horse with full living quarters. They have served us very well.
THank you for all this good information. It made me go out and check my tires. I noticed the side wall says max weight 2,120 pounds. What does this mean? Surely it doesn't mean I can only carry that much weight? If it does, I need to get tires rated for more weight!
 Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:42:36 AM UTC-4, tailtothewind wrote:
I know this is a well discussed topic to search the archive for, but I'm on this &?'%*| iPad that thinks for me and takes forever to do basics, grrrrrr
Ok, my question: Trailer tires for a 2002, three horse gooseneck with a six ft short wall. I'm about to take a cross country trip and need new tires. Present tires are Goodyear Wrangler HT LT215/85R16 M+S Â E.
My mechanic recommends Firestone Transforce HT.
Any thoughts from tire aficionados? The Goodyears have been awesome tires, actually original rubber!
Thanks!
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I would not assume that 50% of the weight is on the truck.