Trailer tire speed

[R J]

Thanks for that math, I was waiting for someone to do that.

Think of how many times those little ittsy bittsy tires have turned in 1 mile versus the rest. That's where it gets really noticable. Now most of us drive 500-1000 miles to the good stuff one way on many occasions. WOW!~!

 

[Mafesto]

Here's my rational,
The faster you drive, the quicker you will reach your destination, thus less time spent traveling, thus shorter period of use on tires/bearings=less wear.

 

[R J]

Here's my rational,
The faster you drive, the quicker you will reach your destination, thus less time spent traveling, thus shorter period of use on tires/bearings=less wear.

What about driving faster creates more heat in the bearings, more wear on the truck and trailer components, more fuel consumption no doubt which means you will stop more for longer periods of time and in the long run actually take longer to get to your destination. Average fuel stop is 15 minutes if you have more then just yourself in the vehicle. So just with that figure alone, 1 stop will take you 3 hours to recover if you were going 70 versus 75.

 

[Mafesto]

Don't muddle things up with your fancy shmancy "math"!

 

[Big Gun]

I have been thinking about this for a while and I am upgrading to 13". The 10" tires spin 30% more rpm than 13" tires Aand 300% more than your truck.
At 80 mph the tires spin the following rpm:
10" 2690 rpm
13" 2071 rpm
31" (approx 265-75R16) 867 rpm
So, at 80 mph, your 10" trailer tires are spinning over 3 times as many rpm = 240 mph.

Who has 10" diameter tires? My Triton trailer has 20.5 diameter tires on 10" diameter wheels.

 

[Gone Sleddin]

Who has 10" diameter tires? My Triton trailer has 20.5 diameter tires on 10" diameter wheels.

agreed. going to have to do some refining to the math there. as long as you keep the bearings in good shape and greased, and keep the tires properly inflated, problems will be minimal. only time i ever had a problem was pulling through yellowstone on the way into cooke with a 4 place with the 10" wheels. front tires would kick the little sharp rocks they put on the road into the back tires and they would be flat by the time we got to town, both times we took that route. the 2 place hardly ever sees under 75 and have never had a flat or bearing problem

 

[firecatguy]

No way! My cousins put 14" car tires under our Floe. It pulled so much nicer down the road you couldn't believe it....and the tires weren't spinning 8,000 rpm. Or enclosed has 15" trailer tires under it. Even better yet.

what floe do you have like to put bigger tires under my floe not sure if it ok to doso i have the 12ft vfront drive on\off w\ramp shields

 

[Redneck Farmer]

Had a 20' v front. One ramp for the whole unit and a salt shield but most times just rode off the front of it with no ramp. I've seen 12-14" trailers with the same tires we had.