Matching Trailer Wheels to Tow Vehicle

Mental Note : Do not travel with Roachie until the Great Puncture God has shown him the error of his ways :)))))

Wot's up Gramps???? Do you reckon I'm due for a serious bout of "flat-fever"? hahaha

Ssssshhhh Roachie. He might hear you.

I've had sfa punctures off/on road so the chances are that if we travelled together all Hell would break loose :))))))) Even the spares would get punctures before touching the ground LOLOL

Beatit,

You have highlighted a very important situation.

What the salesman says and what you end up getting is not necessarily the same.

It pays to try the swap over while at home, in your own driveway, where misfitment will not bring about a fit of rage, or distress.

Too right Sand Man, it is pretty annoying to find that you have a problem whilst trekking. There is no chance to fix the problem in some of these remote locations. The biggest concern for me was that the wheel was not perfectly round and this was only an issue with the calipers on the truck and not the drum brakes on the trailer.

Salesmen will tell you anything and it well worth checking when you take delivery. The point is also valid in the context of making sure the gear works as intended before you leave home.

Kind regards

Yes Baz you know me from AULRO ;-))

I thought I'd post this here as I would get a more varied response due to wide range of vehicle types.

My Disco is a Series 1 so Commadore hubs wont suit, different stud pattern I believe it is larger than the D2s etc

My other concern is the current price and lack of S1 Disco steel wheels around and I was a bit dubious how alloys would cop the extra abuse on the trailer as it isn't as easy to place the wheels where less damage is likely unlike the car.

Glen.

PS, Love your rig, its been an inspiration

If yours is a Series 1 then it's no prob to get hubs to suit, most trailer places will have them, "www.allstatetrailerspares.com.au" in the central coast have series 1 Disco hubs in disc or drum.

Baz.

Hi Duncs ,
Were the punctures in the sidewall or the tread . What sort of tyres were they ?
Thanks ,
Willie .

Hi Duncs,

10 in 8 weeks seems an exception to the rules, what were the failures attributed too?

Where they car only or both car and trailer, and were you doing some off track exploring?

Glen.

I half expected these questions.

The punctures were all through the tread or on the shoulder and all were on the car.

The first one was on the black top just near Molong in NSW. I just cought the edge of a piece of 4x2 that was on the road and yeah it had a nail in it. I got another nail on the road into Undara Lava Tubes. I think a bolt on the Annan River Bridge near Cooktown got me, it was a big hole and the timing suggested that, also the bridge had just had some repairs done and there were quite a few bolts sticking well up. I picked up a horseshoe nail and a piece of bone (one in each rear tyre) at the Archer River. Probalby as I did a three point turn on the southern side of the causeway.

It was a few years ago now and I am struggling to remember all of them but the last one was the one that relly suprised me. I had the rubber valve stem cut on the expressway as we drove into Brisbane. I had not been in an off road situation since leaving Laura about 5 days earlier. After that I figured it was just my turn. Hadn't had a puncture in 18 years before that.

The tyres were about 2/3 worn Cooper STT's. One of these was the tyre that the Annan River bridge got and it had to be replaced.

My travelling companion did all the same things I did with similar tyre pressures and did not have a single puncture. It was early in the season, we were the third an fourth cars to the tip that year so anything that the rain and receding flood waters had left on the road was still on top and ready for me. None of the punctures were picked up while I was in the tougher parts of the trip. Which we did a fair bit of.

Duncs