Reply With QuoteThose wheels should be good to go. I've hauled a motorcycle and gear on a trailer with wheels that big cross country and it held up fine.
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Is this the trailer of choice? ($143.99 with 20% off coupon)
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=42708
8" wheels OK, or should they be upgraded?
Those wheels should be good to go. I've hauled a motorcycle and gear on a trailer with wheels that big cross country and it held up fine.
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I put over 6000 miles on my trailer with 8" wheels. AFAIK it's still going strong with the second owner down in Houston nine years later.
Iain
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I was looking at some the other day, all were rated at 45mph. Based on some of the comments here I'm assuming thats probably just a CYA for the manufacturer, correct?
BTW, there is one at Northern tool and equipment with 12 inch wheels that can handle just over 1000 pounds.
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Looks like the same trailer with 12" wheels. The weight limit on the HF trailer isn't an issue for AX use.Originally Posted by Rebel
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...duct_7769_7769
What about the speed limit, just a CYA thing?
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Probably so...I've seen several AX trailers being pulled faster than 45mph on the way to Mineral Wells.
My HF trailer with the 8" wheels has gone over 100mph in the darkness of a downward slopping Arkansas Freeway. But kids please don't try this at home!
I got my trailer back in August of 2002 and it has been to Houston, Collage Station, Oklahoma City, Baton Rouge, Pennington Field, Mineral Wells, and Walnut Ridge & I'm sure I'm forgetting some other trips. I'm on my second set of tires and put bearings on as a maintenance item.
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I dropped the extrafor the larger diameter wheels. At a given speed, they turn fewer rpms, and while the Eights work, I figured it was worth it.
I'm wondering if 4 of this item would be needed to do proper maintenance on my 8 y/o trailer . . .
Good to know for when I do buy one.
Although I may get the larger capcity so I can use it for other things also.
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Don't try THIS at home!
The trailer actually has a self monitoring bearing system. When a bearing fails the trailer will automatically lock the offending wheel to let you know maintenance may be required! Slick stuff!
ahhhh...the flyin' coffin. Memories.Don't try THIS at home!
Sucks if that happens on the freeway.
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Actually, that only blows... what *sucks* is when the metal in the tongue where it meets the front edge of the box fatigues and breaks while driving down the highway... I think the traffic helicopter described it as "tires everywhere and some poor guy in a Dodge Neon scrambling trying to get stuff out of the roadway."
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
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So, how come they make car bearings that last for over 100K miles, but it's impossible to buy trailer bearings like this?
It may relate in part that ONE front wheel bearing from my RAM weighs about the same as a harbor freight trailer...
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
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and the RPM's being turned by an 8" wheel are exponentially higher than a normal car sized wheel.
Bu even trailers with normal-sized wheels always seem to have bearing issues.
Don't try THIS at home!ROFL... that was quite the experiment. Hard to believe it was almost six years ago. Never did work out quite as I had intended though. If I were to do it all over again today I would weld up a steel frame and skin it in aluminum, but I prefer having a car that can carry everything without a trailer.ahhhh...the flyin' coffin. Memories.
Iain
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