Trailer removal? Small score

My brother got someone who had an old snowmobile trailer with a smoker mounted on it.

Went to take a look, 10 feet long, 6 feet wide. It has a 2 inch ball. 1 tire was holding air and the other was flat.

Bought a tire off cl the next day for 50, went hooked up the trailer with a new tire and pulled it home.

I am planning to keep it, it is low down and will be awesome for moving things around like mowers and motorcycles. Could even hold a couple furnace, but will be much easier to load.
Research shows it is at least a 2k lb axle, i put load range c tire on and will get another. it will be a tough little flatbed.
Really happy with it so far, and the smoker on it is a heating oil tank, but had a lot of time put in. Might hold onto it too, but definitely coming off the trailer.

Towing it is a joke, it tracks perfectly behind the truck(was using a ram 1500).
:D

Sweet find, any pics ? 15" tires on it ?

No pictures,
It take a weird tire size, 20.5x 8x10.
I will watch cl for another, but the old tire on it is till holding air, and barely dry rotted.

And i scored a set of trailer lights off cl for 20 bucks yesterday.

Now to get a bill of sale and register it
Trailer Registrations for Individuals and Fleets Countrywide - MaineTrailerRegistrations.com

you might find a more common tire size by using the bolt pattern size instead. Call a local trailer sales or manufacturer and talk to them

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Originally Posted by Bear

you might find a more common tire size by using the bolt pattern size instead. Call a local trailer sales or manufacturer and talk to them

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yes there is a newer one that converts a 205/60 10 i think.

Problem is, i am CHEAP. I hate buying things for full price, so i will just watch CL for deals:D

i'm talking about your hub bolt pattern, it'll be something like 4 1/2 x 4 1/2, or some such numbers as that. I can't remember exactly how they size the bolt pattern. From there you could probably find car rims to fit

Oh, all i got from all the local store was " 4 lug or 5 lug"

The only good thing about the current tires, is that they sit below the bed,
any taller and i'll start taking up deck space.

I'll measure the flat tire/wheel that i have and see what the bolt pattern is

that's why i reccomended calling your trailer sales or manufacturer/repair/supply, whatever, and ask about some wheels for it. The first thing they'll probably ask is your hub bolt size/pattern (or whatever it is they call it)

well hek, maybe i lied. I went out and looked at both of these here and can't find anything like that. I thought it was stamped on the rim but only found a 14 x 4.5 on one of em, nothing on the other. When I was working with getting tires for mine several years ago, I'm sure they asked me about the bolt centers in some way there, now I don't know what it was all about, but thinking it was necessary for them to get me some rims

Here's one of several sites that have some info.

Determining the Bolt Pattern of Your Wheel | etrailer.com

I have already become proficient at measuring bolt patterns, sold several sets of wheels and tires for $$

Honestly once i put lights on it, it is going on the road

You will find that that "Fatter" sled trailer tire has a higher load rating in the neighbourhood of 1100 lbs compared to around 585 lbs for the skinnier 4.8-8 rim size.

20.5 x 8.00-10 Trailer Tire Assembly | Princess Auto
4.80-8 Trailer Tire Assembly | Princess Auto

Sent out registration today. 5 years for 99.00

Started to mount the lights yesterday, but as i was wiring it up it started snowing, so i had to clean up lots of crap that was out. (i work outside)
i did use my aluminum bodied sears drill though. Cant beat that old drill.