Trailer Tyre Pressures

[Howitzer]

This may be a naive question but I shall ask anyway.

I have a Fireball dinghy on a trailer with 4X8 wheels.

They are 6 ply tyres, brand new and I was wondering what pressures to run them at? I'd guess at the boat and trailer weight to be around 400 kilos.

The missus will be towing it and as you seem to see a fair share of trailer tyre incidents during the summer I was hoping there is a reccomended pressure to run them at?

I know it's being anal, but with the other half towing it I get all worried

Dave!

[Munter]

I don't actually know. But I'd suggest more people blow out from under pressure old tyres than over pressure new ones. Stick within the pressure on the side of the tyre and go higher rather than lower.

p.s. Bent a few fireballs as a Scout...good times.

[Howitzer]

I hope they are not too easy to bend, this is her first boat

The tyres says inflate to 62psi, which seems utterly crazy to me.

Dave!

[Munter]

Howitzer said:

I hope they are not too easy to bend, this is her first boat

The tyres says inflate to 62psi, which seems utterly crazy to me.

Dave!

I wouldn't suggest going to the top of the tyre rating! But I wouldn't stick 15 PSI in and go well it's only a light boat. I'd be more tempted to run them the same as the car tyres at ~30psi. But I don't actually know.

Re:easy to bend. The plywood one took abuse better than the fiberglass one.... But we were using it at bala with gert big rocks on the "beach"...so if you drop it... Other than that it was bent masts, ripped sails etc from being thrown around. Only damage on the water I think was when the tiller/rudder fell off.... that was an interesting 20 minutes.

[Howitzer]

I'm a bit happier now, fingers crossed the rudder stays tightly tied to the boat.

Dave!

[paintman]

Either contact the manufacturer of your trailer or for more general applications, have a look here: http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/Documen...

Edited by paintman on Friday 23 October 00:47