On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:24:05 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Oct 4, 4:29Â*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:00:33 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03





wrote:
On Oct 4, 2:22Â*pm, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
Smitty Two wrote:

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Any job worth doing is worth doing well. If doing it well isn't in the
budget, don't do it.

Only DD can answer for his job- but for me the only reason I'd paint
the rims on my trailer is to preserve their life. Â* Â*Don't need powder
coat for that. Â* [Nor would I spend $30 a wheel to have it done when I
could buy a new wheel & tire for $40]

OTOH- I might get some steel rims for my Impala- and powder coating
them might interest me. Â* Â*

Jim

"Only DD can answer for his job..."

...and I will!

I can get some mid-range tires, same size as the originals (which have
been on the trailer for 15 years) - $69 each, mounted and balanced. I
only need 2, as the spare is fine.

The trailer is 15 YO, not spanking new, but certainly presentable.

Whatever I'm able to do in my backyard as far as cleaning up the
wheels and painting them for the cost of the paint will be
sufficient.

I'd sure like to know where I could get a new wheel and tire for $40.
ST205/75R15 Load Range C

$69 was cheapest I found from a local trailer dealer. Online and in a
local tire store, I've been quoted $85 to $100.

Â*And do NOT cheap out and put car tires on. LTs perhaps, but not car.- Hide quoted text -

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While I do not plan on using passenger tires, it was suggested (by a
tire store) that as long as the load rating for the tries is
equivalent to the trailer tires (like a 7000 pound load rating vs. a
Load Rating C) it wouldn't be a problem. When I ran that by a trailer
shop, the guy sort of agreed but said that the price difference was so
trivial, why not just buy a trailer tire.

That's the plan!
The sidewalls on trailer tires are stiffer and stronger - a trailer
that wags like a puppy's tail on passenger tires often trails along
like it's not there on trailer tires.
Many tire shops will not install passenger tires on a trailer.