Tyres for my trailer

[JamesB71]

Gday all,

Ive got a camping trailer that I am refurbishing. As part of the process I am ditching the toyota wheels that I have had on it and am replacing the hubs and wheels with Landy ones. Ive got the rims now, and am looking for advice on tyres to suit.

Whats the concensus on trailer tyres? I spend a fair bit of time on the dirt, more in a touring capacity than a bush bashing one.

Looking forward to your opinions.

JB

Oh, and if anyone has tyres in good nick to suit please let me know. :D

[Redback]

Gday all,

Ive got a camping trailer that I am refurbishing. As part of the process I am ditching the toyota wheels that I have had on it and am replacing the hubs and wheels with Landy ones. Ive got the rims now, and am looking for advice on tyres to suit.

Whats the concensus on trailer tyres? I spend a fair bit of time on the dirt, more in a touring capacity than a bush bashing one.

Looking forward to your opinions.

JB

Oh, and if anyone has tyres in good nick to suit please let me know. :D

ATs would be a minimum I reckon, I have muds(BFG KM2s) on my camper, mainly because I already had them.

There are a fair few for sale in the markets, in all sizes and types.

Baz.

[Homestar]

Just down this on my trailer. Gone for a set of A/T's on mine. It had some 750 16's on it which are getting hard to get, so I got an equivalent sized A/T - can't remember what size that worked out to and I'm away at the moment, so I can't go and have a look, but they were only about 3mm difference in diameter. I still have a very good 750 16 I have kept for a spare.

[JamesB71]

Browsed the marketplace, no luck there.

ATs would be perfect. If worst comes to worst Ill buy em new. I need 4. (2 on the trailer and two spares).

Anyone have a good resource for trailer land rover hubs in sydney? Or do I weld and redrill the ones already on there as my father suggests?

[Kevin B]

whatever your choice of tires, i would recomend they be the same as the tow Vehicle for obvous reasons, BTW where did you get the Landy hubs from?

Ta

Kevin

[Redback]

Browsed the marketplace, no luck there.

ATs would be perfect. If worst comes to worst Ill buy em new. I need 4. (2 on the trailer and two spares).

Anyone have a good resource for trailer land rover hubs in sydney? Or do I weld and redrill the ones already on there as my father suggests?

I thought the Defender/D1 pattern was off the shelf ALKO item and available almost everywhere.

Baz.

[87County]

Browsed the marketplace, no luck there.

ATs would be perfect. If worst comes to worst Ill buy em new. I need 4. (2 on the trailer and two spares).

Anyone have a good resource for trailer land rover hubs in sydney? Or do I weld and redrill the ones already on there as my father suggests?

If you have the necessary skills, by all means redrill & tap if your hubs have sufficient diameter & meat to accomodate the LR pitch circle.

... and yes- use the same tyres as your car (as Kevin B suggests).

[JamesB71]

I got my rims from a bloke called mick at the expo yesterday. He had them for sale in the back of an 88 I think it was.

[Homestar]

whatever your choice of tires, i would recomend they be the same as the tow Vehicle for obvous reasons, BTW where did you get the Landy hubs from?

Ta

Kevin

Yep, I agree - in a perfect world. Doesn't quite work with mine as I tow it with the 101...

[Kevin B]

Yep, I agree - in a perfect world. Doesn't quite work with mine as I tow it with the 101...

Would it be possible to match trailer hubs for a 101, never seen it but it would look awesome..

[Homestar]

Would it be possible to match trailer hubs for a 101, never seen it but it would look awesome..

That would look great, and probably doable, but 101 rims are worth a lot - if you can find them, and so are the XZL's glued to 'em...:D

Not even sure the 36's would fit under the guards on the trailer, but I would to give it a try...

When I get home, I'll prop the 101 spare up against the trailer and take a pic...:)

[Kevin B]

That would look great, and probably doable, but 101 rims are worth a lot - if you can find them, and so are the XZL's glued to 'em...:D

Not even sure the 36's would fit under the guards on the trailer, but I would to give it a try...

When I get home, I'll prop the 101 spare up against the trailer and take a pic...:)

Oh yeah do it.... then hook it up to the 101 and jack it up to proportion then take a pic and post it here...:D:D:D

[Homestar]

Oh yeah do it.... then hook it up to the 101 and jack it up to proportion then take a pic and post it here...:D:D:D

I see what I can organise...;)

[Homestar]

Hmmm, I don't think it will work... I've got the new rubber on and they are the equivalent size to the old 750/16's - about 31" give or take a few mm. Well, I put the 101 spare next to the trailer... It is HUGE compared to the 31 and there is no way it will fit inside the wheel arches...

So, nice thought, but it ain't going to work. Also, the trailer sits level to the 101 now, so even if I could squeeze the big buggers in there, it would lift the axle height by 2 1/2" so it would look odd as well.

Worth the look though...