Thread: trailer tire wear

Okay, I'll say it again. Most boat trailer manufacturers put too light of an axle on their trailers to save a little money. They are rated just to carry the boat. The problem is when you add a motor, gear and everything else, the axle is overloaded. Combine that with the boat bouncing while going down the road and you are putting a bunch of down pressure on the axle. I had a Bear trailer under my G3 boat and was replacing tires every 6 months for wearing the same as yours are. A trailer manufacturer explained to me what was going on. I replaced my 1/2 ton axle with a 3/4 ton from Southwest Wheel. Problem solved!! I had the same set of tires for 2 years after that and they were still in great shape when I sold the boat.

Originally Posted by Speck

Okay, I'll say it again. Most boat trailer manufacturers put too light of an axle on their trailers to save a little money. They are rated just to carry the boat. The problem is when you add a motor, gear and everything else, the axle is overloaded. Combine that with the boat bouncing while going down the road and you are putting a bunch of down pressure on the axle. I had a Bear trailer under my G3 boat and was replacing tires every 6 months for wearing the same as yours are. A trailer manufacturer explained to me what was going on. I replaced my 1/2 ton axle with a 3/4 ton from Southwest Wheel. Problem solved!! I had the same set of tires for 2 years after that and they were still in great shape when I sold the boat.

I ve got a Bear Trailer with a G3 on it and I put new tires on it last spring and its been to sippi 3 times and to my trailer almost every weekend all summer and that would be around 5000 miles total and I cant even tell that they are worn. I think the key to it is keeping the max air pressure in them and also getting them balanced when you get them put on.

and those tires are past rotating

Originally Posted by Speck

Okay, I'll say it again. Most boat trailer manufacturers put too light of an axle on their trailers to save a little money. They are rated just to carry the boat. The problem is when you add a motor, gear and everything else, the axle is overloaded. Combine that with the boat bouncing while going down the road and you are putting a bunch of down pressure on the axle. I had a Bear trailer under my G3 boat and was replacing tires every 6 months for wearing the same as yours are. A trailer manufacturer explained to me what was going on. I replaced my 1/2 ton axle with a 3/4 ton from Southwest Wheel. Problem solved!! I had the same set of tires for 2 years after that and they were still in great shape when I sold the boat.

Ditto on this. My buddy just did the exact same thing.