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Originally Posted by Padgett
At 65 mine have a load rating well over 4,000 lbs.
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That's for both tires together, not the one, isn't it Padgett? 4000 pounds isn't a tremendous load margin for a Trailmanor. There are a lot of references that say under-inflation is a major cause of tire failure. This is a concern to me, having spent about $1500 on tires over my last two trips: three tires on the trailer, and 4 on the Grand Cherokee after I got a rock through one of the factory tires at less than 19,000 miles on a paved but seldom-cleaned road, and it's 4-wheel-drive. The Grand Cherokee now has nice Continental on/off road tires.
I also am curious about how much tire vibration is transmitted through the rubber axle.
We should be scientific about this and put an acelerometer in the Trailmanor, rather than rely on received wisdom. There's a tutorial on setting up an Arduino with one
here.