Can't find any on Google search and no mention of brands on forum. I have a 19ft enclosed that weights 3100 lbs and I put another say 1200 lbs in it. Do you guys running studs have to resort to auto tires? I have four 205/75/15 C rated tires on the trailer now.
Who makes studded trailer tires?
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you will have to find a local tire shop that studs tires and have them stud a set....they will know what tires have enough tread depth and lugs to hold studs..no one offers stock studded trailer tires that i know of(we stud our own...)
What are the negatives to towing a trailer with studs??
you will burn up the brakes on it using it to stop your truck....have never seen any drawbacks to it..stops better, turns better, a lot less chance of it going in the ditch on a slick corner and dragging your truck in with it................
On thursday, come back from Island Park, there was a truck and trailer coming at us in the opposite lane.
Hit a patch of SLICK ICE on the road.
Trailer got sideways.
Truck did a 180 and smashed into the snow berm on our side of the road.
Trailer came around after the truck and jumped the berm, ejecting both sleds from the trailer over the berm and onto the snow.
We stopped to render aid.
Stepped out onto the road and nearly went down on all fours because it was SO SLICK.
Was thinking then it might be a good time to get a set of studded tires for BOTH the F-250 and the Trailer!
Hit a patch of SLICK ICE on the road.
Trailer got sideways.
Truck did a 180 and smashed into the snow berm on our side of the road.
Trailer came around after the truck and jumped the berm, ejecting both sleds from the trailer over the berm and onto the snow.
We stopped to render aid.
Stepped out onto the road and nearly went down on all fours because it was SO SLICK.
Was thinking then it might be a good time to get a set of studded tires for BOTH the F-250 and the Trailer!
these are the tires I did up for my new gmc..not a super amount of studs at 680 per tire but they work pretty good....we do the same with trailers but normally only put in around 3-400 on the trailer tires...
generally..a set of tires studded like this will set you back about 4 bills...it is serious work....they will last you at least 5 yrs if you take care of them(dont spin or skid)the peice of mind to have complete control on hotmopped icy roads is priceless........
That is an impressive set of studs. While I agree that on solid warm/wet ice nothing compares to a set of good studs, I must say that the performance I've seen with the newer studless tires like Blizzaks or X-ice is truly impressive. For a commuter type vehicle that never leaves the pavement (like the wife's minivan) I will never go back to studs, the new studless tires are so much quieter and better than studs on wet or slightly iced hwys. Too bad they don't make them in a load rating that works for towing or bigger vehicles.
they do work good for sure..and if I could only own one set of tires..thatswhat mine would wear...but i normally find myself on the road system when its at its worse..for some reason and over the years this is what has worked the best for me..just flat out hooks a vehicle to the road..I have done as many as 1250 studs per tire..that is a bit overkill(this was a set for a buggy I used to run around up on knik glacier with in the winter time years ago...)somewhere between 5-750 per tire depending on tires and load seems to work best...
J
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been thinking about siping and studding a set of iroc's for next winter, lots of meal to stud, plus reletavly cheap, plus enough lug to get you back out of the ditch,
http://www.intercotire.com/tires.php?id=6&g=1 even without studs they are surprisingly decent on the ice
http://www.intercotire.com/tires.php?id=6&g=1 even without studs they are surprisingly decent on the ice
My wife drive a suburban, one set of studded for the winter, and one set of regular for the summer.
The difference is stunning once the snow starts to fly in the late fall.
you need a stud gun(some tool rental places rent them),you can buy one, right now here, a gun that will shoot #17 studs(about as long as you will see in any tire other then maybe a set of 35+ mud tires), they are 750.00. you will also need a high speed drill(mine turns 25000 rpm) the idea is the bit burns a hole into the tire vrs a slow speed drill which rips a jagged hole...basically you need a tire made for winter use, with out much for sipes, then you drill holes for the studs, over 300 is pretty good, over 500 is really good, over 600 will make hotmopped ice rink driving easy...it is hard work...I can normally stud a 650 stud per tire set up in about 8 hrs.... a box of studs(1000 per box) runs from 55a box for #12's to about 85 a box for #16's(studs are measured in 32nds of an inch so a # 12 is 12/32nds of an inch, 16's are 16/32nds.....longer studs stay in better, on most pickup tires I will shoot 16's on the first 2 inches on each side with 15's thru the centers(the studs have to be at least 1/32nd off the cords , and since the cords are rounded you have shorter studs thru the middle)although alot of tires will take same studs all across..if you hunt around you can find shops that will custom stud your tires, normal price for a set with 500+ should run about 100 per tire..its a big investment, but if it saves you from 1 accident..its priceless..especially when you have total vehicle control on the nastiest roads....
