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Old 01-29-2017, 08:50 PM   #1
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Rockwood Signature Ultra Lite 8299BS tires.

New trailer should be coming in 6 wks. I'm wanting to change out the China Bombs and upgrade to 16" rims / tires..... I can't find out the axle rating for this trailer (lbs.). I'm hoping there is enough clearance room for 16" rims / Tires. Hopefully someone has already upgrade and help me out here.....Going to go with LT tires......Thanks..Dave....Please no Fire storm here..
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Old 01-29-2017, 09:02 PM   #2
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2010 8280, in my signature, has 16" tires and rims with about 2" of clearance between them, and they're E rated......these axles are 4000lb.
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Old 01-29-2017, 09:23 PM   #3
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Thanks Bob.....Did you upgrade to 16" rims/tires, or were they already on there?... My 04 Cougar has 5 lug 15" rims... I take it these are 6 lug rims....I've worked on and ran heavy equipment all my life, and have had good luck with LT tires on trailers pulling equipment.....Thanks Dave....
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Old 01-29-2017, 09:58 PM   #4
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These came on here and are 5 lug...my bad! these are 15"...sorry
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Old 01-30-2017, 05:53 PM   #5
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In my opinion you are making the right move, i.e., upgrading tires/rims. We blew two passenger side China bombs on our new Heritage Glen fiver in our first season (2013), less than 1K miles on them. I didn't have a clue they were gone and dragged it for miles, until a good samaritan flagged me down. Tore up the curb side trailer slide. FR warrantied the repair. Very nice. I could not figure out 16" upgrades (clearance/wheels) for my HG, for lack of information, so I settled for a tire upgrade from D to E tires that added a few hundred pounds capacity to each tire location. Tire pressure went to 85 from 65 psi which makes me a little uneasy with the aluminum rims, so I run around 75 psi and keep it at 65mph. I too, like you, am interested to hear what has worked for other folks. This year we will add a TPMS.
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Old 01-30-2017, 07:54 PM   #6
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We have the Flagstaff sister 8529IKBS.
Ours has 5000# Dexter torsion axles.
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5picker With 5,000lbs axles, are your rims 6 lug?....Thanks Dave
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Old 01-30-2017, 09:32 PM   #8
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5picker With 5,000lbs axles, are your rims 6 lug?....Thanks Dave
Yep.
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Old 02-02-2017, 01:40 AM   #9
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I have a 2016 8299BS blowout with abt 2k mi upgraded to E rated 15 inch axles rated @5k lbs
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