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Re: [A/S] Trailer Tires



Sounds like a passenger car radial, to me. Trailer tires are usually in the
light-truck, load-range 'D'... unless you have an early Airstream under
3,500 lbs, i wouldn't recommend going that 'light' on the tires....

That said, i just ordered seven wide whitewall 4ply tires from Coker Tire...
rated at 1970 @ 32 psi. When i weighed the Trailwind (pipe-frame' with about
500 additional pounds , it weighed about 1700 lbs. With the new ladder frame
(aluminum) and the lightest-weight subfloor i can find, it should weigh a
little more... adding genset and a/c...shooting for under a ton, loaded,
anyhow...
The idea's to use the same wheels/tires all around, and carry the spare on
the Jeepster's 'Continental' spare-tire carrier...

Tuna
'48 Trailwind
'49 Jeepster