snow tires on trailer?

hansenmac · Jul 15, 2018

anyone ever put any type of snow tire or all terrain on there trailer to help keep them from sliding around on ice. I have towed on icy roads and had the trailer slide and pull the truck to the rumble strips or grass. trailer tires are cheaper but if theres something better i would be interested.

summ8rmk · Jul 15, 2018

U can put passenger car studded snow tires on the trailer. The sidewalls aren't designed for the load trailer tires see so, u will have premature failure, but they should make it quite a few thousand miles.
Studded trailer tires are nice on icy roads.

Pro-8250 · Jul 16, 2018

Studded tires are illegal in Minnesota so you may want to research that a little. $.02

christopher · Jul 16, 2018

Pro-8250 said:
Studded tires are illegal in Minnesota so you may want to research that a little. $.02

Perfectly Legal out here in the West!

hansenmac · Jul 18, 2018

we head from ND to butte or west yellowstone so we put a few miles on i was thinking something like a snowtire for a 3/4 ton pickup with 10 plies. ive never run studded tires how long would they last on non icy roads?

summ8rmk · Jul 18, 2018

What size tire is on ur trailer?

Wheel House Motorsports · Jul 19, 2018

even just a well siped winter tire would do so much better then a basic trailer tire. They are the cheapest patterns I have ever seen on most of them and they perform accordingly.

What size trailer/axles/wheel size are you running?

I know we ran some blizzaks on a little toyota truck and I was BLOWN away with how good you can stick a non studded tire to ice. Absolutely blown away compared to how it performed vs a decent AT on ice.

whitefish · Jul 19, 2018

Been running BFG AT on my trailer for years. No more flats and nice on ice.

hansenmac · Jul 22, 2018

i would have to look at tire size but i would assume something like a 225 65 15
sounds like a decent set of truck snow tires would be a pretty nice upgrade.

94fordguy · Jul 27, 2018

I've been running studded tires on my enclosed trailer for years and I wouldn't want to pull the trailer in winter without them, they've saved my rig multiple times, no lie. :face-icon-small-hap The old set was worn out when I bought the trailer and I still got 5 winters out of them. I've got 3 winters on my new set of studs and they're still like new. Mine are only 14" so they're car tires, but they work just fine. Just be sure to keep them fully inflated since they're not designed for the sideways scrubbing that trailer tires endure while turning, other than that, it'll never slide around on you again!

richracer1 · Aug 31, 2018

I jumped into the deep end today. I have a set of studded snow tires and rims on the way for my trailer. Hopefully the wider contact patch will also help prevent sliding sideways a little. I have over 4 years on the original 175/80R13 tires. I bought 195/65R15 95T General Altimax Arctic 12 tires and 15" AWC 870 wheels.

Figured I'd be alright as the new tires have load rating close to what's currently on the trailer. All four new tires combined have a load capacity over 1000lbs more than what I will ever have the trailer loaded at.

AndrettiDog · Sep 1, 2018

christopher said:
Perfectly Legal out here in the West!

But not in the summer here in Colorado. So if you want to use the trailer in the summer, it's something to think about.

richracer1 · Sep 2, 2018

christopher said:
Perfectly Legal out here in the West!

Not all year long, in Idaho studs can be used 1 October to 30 April. They don't really enforce the restriction though.

AndrettiDog said:
But not in the summer here in Colorado. So if you want to use the trailer in the summer, it's something to think about.

Here's for the states that neighbor Idaho:

Studded tire laws vary in neighboring states:

Montana: Oct. 1 – May 31
Nevada: Oct. 1 – April 30
Utah: Oct. 15 – April 15
Oregon: Nov. 1 – March 31
Washington: Nov. 1 – March 31
Wyoming: Legal all year

I don't use my trailer in the summer.

christopher · Sep 2, 2018

AndrettiDog said:
But not in the summer here in Colorado. So if you want to use the trailer in the summer, it's something to think about.

2 sets of tires?

94fordguy · Sep 3, 2018

christopher said:
2 sets of tires?

I have 2 sets for mine, get twice the life out of the tires. They're also less of a hassle to change than a truck tire since they're smaller and lighter weight, but you do have to change them out for the summer months.

richracer1 · Sep 3, 2018

To save my new set of tires, I'm going to switch mine out when I park it for the summer. Let the old tires suffer the sun and not the new ones.

800poodragon · Sep 3, 2018

I run 1 set of studded tires on the rear axel of my trailer. Have been running for three years. I noticed a big difference on the icy roads. Much better.

AZ800 · Sep 5, 2018

Pro-8250 said:
Studded tires are illegal in Minnesota so you may want to research that a little. $.02

But nobody drives TO Minnesota to go snowmobiling, so....

Jean-Luc Picard · Sep 5, 2018

Pro-8250 said:
Studded tires are illegal in Minnesota so you may want to research that a little. $.02

Why on earth are Studded tires illegal in MN? Do body shops lobby the Minnesota state senate or something complaining how much business they would lose?

richracer1 · Sep 11, 2018

richracer1 said:
I jumped into the deep end today. I have a set of studded snow tires and rims on the way for my trailer. Hopefully the wider contact patch will also help prevent sliding sideways a little. I have over 4 years on the original 175/80R13 tires. I bought 195/65R15 95T General Altimax Arctic 12 tires and 15" AWC 870 wheels.

Figured I'd be alright as the new tires have load rating close to what's currently on the trailer. All four new tires combined have a load capacity over 1000lbs more than what I will ever have the trailer loaded at.

I looked up the specs of each tire size, the 195/65R15 tire's tread width is roughly 2" wider than the 175/80R13 tires.

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