Incidentally, no adapters. my trailer is homebuilt frame with a 3500# trailer axle (built to the length I wanted it to fit the wheels correctly) with 6-lug trailer hubs that fit the wheels.
You, and I think one other person mentioned adapters..
If your running truck or jeep rims with more than 1/2" of positive offset, I hope your running adapters or spacers to achieve 0 or no more than 1/2" of positive offset because trailer hub bearings, at least dexter, are not designed for more..
In fact, Ive read numerous reports of people who ran rims with more than 1/2" positive who smoked their bearings..
Great thread btw..
You, and I think one other person mentioned adapters..
If your running truck or jeep rims with more than 1/2" of positive offset, I hope your running adapters or spacers to achieve 0 or no more than 1/2" of positive offset because trailer hub bearings, at least dexter, are not designed for more..
In fact, Ive read numerous reports of people who ran rims with more than 1/2" positive who smoked their bearings..
Great thread btw..
Most of your counter points are value judgments and my intention was not to imply there is something wrong with how you decide to equip your vehicle.
The paragraph I quoted is a misinterpretation of what I posted. I absolutely think trailer brakes are practical. My point was that trailer brakes are smaller than most truck brakes and don't need the same wheel clearance. A taller tire sidewall rather than larger diameter wheel will be lighter and have more give before denting the wheel. Trailer wheels also don't really benefit from the stiffness of lower profile tires because they aren't used to steer the vehicle into corners.
Again, we are kind of splitting hairs here and it's not like one choice will be vastly superior to another.
I buy tires for the truck when they are about 80% ?? worn. They get moved to the trailers, I have 2 trailers so the 4 of 20% tires go to the trailers, and those get rotated according to use, mileage. The spare is an after thought. At some point I buy 5 tires for the truck and those get a 5 tire rotation.Curious . . .
What would be a proper "7" or "9" tire rotation pattern, so you get the most out of ALL your matching tires?
Huge circle? (so you don't lose track)
Figure 8? (spare being the intersection)
Double Triple Rearward Cross? (no idea what that looks like haha)
I rotate tyres in pairs either forwards or backwards and never cross from side to side unless they are flipped on the rim first.Curious . . .
What would be a proper "7" or "9" tire rotation pattern, so you get the most out of ALL your matching tires?
So, that's a little confusing to me. Positive offset means that the wheel/tire is moved further in so more weight is carried by the inner/larger bearing. How does that become a problem? Any spacer moves the wheel/tire further out so more weight is carried by the smaller/outer bearing at the small end of the axle, educate me please.
What stories of ruin did you read?
I've been running tacoma rims on 6 hole hubs on dexter 3500# axles for 15,000 miles + without any spacers or issues
From my research a few years ago I gathered that toyota truck rims are both lug centric and hub centric. I just rotate the worn tires/wheels from the truck to the trailer when I buy new ones for the truck.
Yes, trailer axles are designed to run 0 offset, as every trailer rim does. Without over thinking it if you are running 100% load every day, changing the offset will result in overloading/overheating something. I'm not concerned for what I run. I tow with a TJ and it has a 2K# trailer limit and I always spec a 3500# axle. My "Expo" Square Drop weighs 1500#.You, and I think one other person mentioned adapters..
If your running truck or jeep rims with more than 1/2" of positive offset, I hope your running adapters or spacers to achieve 0 or no more than 1/2" of positive offset because trailer hub bearings, at least dexter, are not designed for more..
In fact, Ive read numerous reports of people who ran rims with more than 1/2" positive who smoked their bearings..
Great thread btw..