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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
You might be correct on that, but if your trailer is correctly matched to your rig, you should have plenty of extra capacity on the trailer as compared to the boat fully loaded.
I know there are a ton of rigs out there that have been matched to a certain price point, and one area where the deals get to a nice price point is putting a trailer under the boat that is only enough for the boat when empty... But even with that, the weight capacity of the tire itself should be well over half the rated capacity of the trailer. For example....my trailer is a 2300 lb trailer. Each tire is rated to 1870 pound capacity, which gives it a total of 3740 pounds...well over the rated capacity of the trailer. I even installed brakes on the trailer, which through Shoreland'r, would make the trailer's capacity 3100 lbs (and yes...checked with shoreland'r on this...the only change in capacity on the size I have were brakes).
I'd be curious if that is the case or if you might be like me once in a while, going faster than the rated speed on the trailer? I'd also be interested to see what the tires looked like if the tread remained after the blow out... the wear pattern can tell you a bunch about what is going on. Blowing out 5....I don't think I'd be looking at the tires as the problem... I think I'd be wanting to check the trailer for potential alignment issues.
I also had a former buddy of mine who went through tires left and right...could tell the axle was bent, and he ended up replacing the entire axle to fix the issue... He'd go through a set every year... His axle was not square to the frame, thus his trailer was bouncing a bit as it went down the road as the trailer fought the path of the truck. His tires became out of round...quickly...
Towmaster does make Load range D and up, but they are 15" rim and larger, which are made for 5th wheel/travel trailer types.
Steve |
