Wheeling Around

  

Today we replaced the wheels on the trailer.  These are the original tires that were one the PUP and were a contributing factor to the initial safety inspection failure, so replacing them was a must.  They had seen better days and were completely bald in some areas.  They look different because one had a plastic hubcap and the other didn't.

It took me about 2 hours to get the old wheels off, considering the lug nuts had rusted to the bolts.  WD-40 helped immensely, along with some leg power on the tire iron.  Probably not the safest way to remove lug nuts, but effective nonetheless.  The original wheels were 13" Load Range C, which are rated for 1,450 lbs per tire, giving us 2,900 safe load capacity.  Considering the dry weight of the camper is 2,800, we felt an upgrade was in order.

These guys have seen better days.

We bought some 13" Load Range D wheels, which are rated for 1,750 per tire.  Not only are we well over our dry weight capacity, but over the max weight capacity of the trailer.  Glad we got these replaced, considering all the stories we hear about tire blowouts.  Time for our safety inspection!  With the new battery (thanks to Jeff) and wheels from eTrailer we should be good to pass this time!