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Originally Posted by JRTJH
You are absolutely 110% correct in your statement.....
HOWEVER: if he puts tires rated at 2830 each (5660 pounds) on the "standard Dexter 15"/5 lug wheel, then the wheel will be the "weak link" of the wheel/tire assembly and the axle (probably rated at 3,000/3,200 or 3,500 pounds will become the weak link on the suspension, assuming the springs are rated higher than the axle.
The point I was making was that he needs to be careful about buying 15" wheels that might be rated at 2150 lbs and putting tires rated at 2830 lbs on them thinking that he would be significantly improving his "total capacity" over what he currently has: Tires rated at 2040 on wheels rated at 2150. And these wheels have a 2540 lbs capacity (the ones I installed on min)
The OP, from his comments, "gets it", whether you don't completely understand what I was trying to say, well, hopefully now you will.....  |
Thanks, I get what you are saying. I understand he wouldn't be able to put 2500 lbs on each wheel thinking they could handle it because the tires are rated for 2830 lbs when the wheel is only rated for 2150. I meant to say the tires will still have 2830 lbs capacity, so as long as he stays under the 2150 lbs on each wheel (easily doable because his GVWR is only 4400 lbs), his tires (let's face it, the most common item to fail, by FAR) will have HUGE extra reserve capacity. These wheels have 2540 lb rating (the ones I installed on mine):
https://recstuff.com/trailer-wheels/...r-wheel-black/