What does your boat weigh?

[SeaRay]

Until now I have never worn out a boat trailer tire. Two years ago I pulled my boat to Lake Okeechobee which was about a 1000 mike round trip. When I bought my current boat (99 Duracraft, 40 Yammy, etc) I put two new tires on it. They were the run of the mill Carlisle 4ply 5:60X12.
When I got back from my trip I noticed they were worn to the point I wouldn't trust them to make another trip. I found some 6 ply ones on e-trailer.com and ordered two of them. I made the trip to Florida this year and they still look new.
The first set had a max load rating of 850#/tire or 1700 tax for the pair. This new set has a 1100#/tire rating or 2200 for the set.
One of my buds told me you can go to Lowe's Truck Stop and weigh your boat, so I did that today. My 16.5 ft aluminum boat with 40 motor and all the other crap we haul around topped out at 1900 pounds. No wonder the tires were worn out. It's a miracle I didn't have a blowout. I never would have guessed the rig was that heavy.
By the way, if the weight is under some set amount the don't charge you to weigh it. Don't know what the amount is but it is more than 2000 pounds. They used to weighing those big rigs, not a scrawny fishing boat.

[Inkdabber]

Not sure of my boats weight, but know its very heavy. I learned a long time ago to not buy replacement trailer tires. I buy radial car tires to use on my boat trailer. This is only feasible if your trailer tires are 12" or bigger. Think about the weight of a car/truck. In most cases a boat is no comparison. They last much longer, (40,000 miles plus). In most cases they are cheaper. They trailer better. Whats not to like about that? Just my two cents.

[BigDawgg]

Hey Ray! If you didn't catch so many Oscar's it wouldn't weigh so much! I know my boats are heavy but I don't travel that far. Ten minutes to and from Lake Wylie hopefully I'll get by for a while.

[MThook]

Mine is just over 5k, tires are always a concern. Tire pressure is checked about every trip. No fun swapping tires on the side of the road

[micorps]

I learned also the tires you get from the manufacturer barely make it the 1400 miles to sc. half the tread on the tires were gone when I arrived

[gcromer]

Ray, I've been down that road a few years back. My tires are a 175/80D13. My trailer came with load b tire that carries that same number and they didn't last very long at all. I then put on a load c and that was much better. But this last time I decided to put on a load D. The funny part is I couldn't find anyone around here that had a load D. I went to my normal tire place and I think you know where that is and he said sure, I can get you a load D. When they came in and they put them on, I walked out and looked and they were load C. He wanted to argue a little and I asked him to go outside and read what was on the tire. He thought that because the tire number had a D in it that it was a load D. But I had done my home work and knew that that P/N that you could get a load B, C and a D in that P/N. He said that he didn't know anyone that made a D so he put my ole ones back on and I ordered these. They are a load D, 8 ply bias and has a rating of 1610 pounds at 65 pounds. I don't know what my boat weighs but I think that my tires will carry 3200 pounds weight. I'm like most, I add a lot of addition weight to the boat and a lot may be junk too, but I'm pretty sure it's not 3200 pounds. Another thing that a lot of people forget is that the tires have their rating is at the rated air pressure. Any less pressure and the weigh carrying is reduced. And a tire under underinflated runs hotter because of the more flexing of the sidewalls.

https://www.etrailer.com/Tires-and-W...a/AM1ST77.html

So far I've been real pleased with the tires. I bought 3 so that if I had to use the spare I wanted it to be able to carry the load also.

[SeaRay]

I got mine from etrailer also. They were on there when you went to Florida with me. I've been in your boat and you got more "stuff' in yours than I do. I'll bet your total rig weighs around 2500#. With the tires you got that should be just fine.

[gcromer]

I need the D rating because of all of the fish that I catch. C rating was just enough until I started to catch fish and had the return trip back home.

[Countryboy N.C.]

That 'D" in the number means its a bias tire, if it were a "R" , it would be a radial tire, the load range would be B, C, or D, D is the best load range. A radial tire is your best tire, Last the longest. I got 2 boat trailers on the road and a 16 foot landscape trailer and a 14 foot enclosed trailer loaded with tools I pull everyday, I been through this tire thing many times, radials is all I buy, load range "D". etrailer has some good deals on radial trailer tires, I just bought 8 in the last month!

[gcromer]

Yea, been down that road. In my case, it seems that I knew more about the tire, tire number and load ratings than the guy that I've been buying from for more than 20 years. :-(