mobile home tires

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37 chief

Well-known Member

• May 25, 2023

• #1

What is the difference between mobile home tires, or non mobile home tires. Seams they all carry weight. My trailer uses 14.5 rim size. Lots of tires on the net. Will a mobile home tire work on my tractor haler trailer? What's the diference? Stan

 

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ramblineagle

Member

• May 25, 2023

• #2

A true mobile home tire will say on the side wall Mobile Home use Only. they are meet to be used to only deliver the mobile home to the customer.

 

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Texasmark

Well-known Member

• May 25, 2023

• #3

I would think they would be short lived...like lacking in plasicizers that keep the rubber from cracking. However over I have seen numeous such equipped trailers with the spoke wheels.

 

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Dave in NY

Member

• May 25, 2023

• #4

Mobile home tires are typically 4 ply at best. They are intended to move a mobile home or two and then are usually taken out of service. I tried them on my tandem axle car / small tractor hauler trailer. They were worn out in a very short period of time and not that many miles on them ether. I replaced them with 12 ply tires and never went back to the cheapies. The mobile home tires usually are lettered for mobile home use only or something to that effect. Supposedly a State Trooper in a bad mood can and will ticket you for having them on your personal trailer. Supposedly. I went through a couple of Trooper road blocks with the mobile home tires and they either didn't spot it or just ignored it. My experience anyway.

 

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Dave in NY

Member

• May 25, 2023

• #5

You can gently buff off the lettering that says for mobile home use with a flap disc on a grinder. I've seen it done. But- they still aren't a very good tire IMHO

 

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Richard G.

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• May 25, 2023

• #6

I will never trust hem myself.
Short time use only.

 

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hd6gtom

Well-known Member

• May 25, 2023

• #7

Chief,. I owned a very busy tire shop for 22 years. Mobile home tires are usually 12 ply, but they are made to be used 1 or 2 times. They are not made for continual use. I've been out along the road with the service truck many times replacing mobile home tires with trailer tires. Guys got the mobile home tires cheap and it usually cost them in the long run

 

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T.R.K.

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• May 25, 2023

• #8

I live about five miles from a Mobile home factory. I have seen the delivery trucks stop in front of the house to change tires. If you look on the back, there is usually a rack with ten or a dozen spare tires on it.

 

UncleTom

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• May 25, 2023

• #9

I use to help a guy race and we would haul the car on a trailer with mobile home tires. They are junk.

 

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caterpillar guy

Well-known Member

• May 25, 2023

• #10

The whole 14.5 size is junk. Tires might carry the load but those cheap junk lugs they attempt to bolt on to hold the rims are useless. I've had the rim come off over them. Just go to some 16inch wheels and tires and don't look back.

 

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dhermesc

Well-known Member

• May 25, 2023

• #11

There are 14.5 mobile home tires and there are 14.5 trailer tires. The mobile home tires are usually marked mobile home and have a top speed of 45 or 50 MPH. 14.5 trailer tires are just that trailer tires and usually cost about 2X as much as the mobile tires.

Trailer tires 14 ply G rated:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/193249971059?campid=5338967980&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&toolid=10050&customid=&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1NfiXJSY9QY6ayjtM5qTFCg79&campid=5338967980&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&toolid=10050&customid=b96b4baf79ae1ac803252fdf6bfdb7dd&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0



Mobile home tires:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304587707281?hash=item46ead79391:g:FlMAAOSwYTJj~gcU&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0HShhNfM4vFXLjd5C6VKTaiPS3t%2F%2FBqnMQpoY74gmptm%2F8Tu%2FtRJUVM0fMOfxXUSEAPIY0BX6QgwR5ER04DqnRTbUFvZ2bmfTIhZsAEVgzIjR50qbgGnOMawI6j1GljGtwSp%2BeBWRj5Ioe4Y765%2BMQZTPA9I2cs184w7vLX1B7bgAUour5F8xfRgMJ1buCLaJhm%2BgrFz4p5JvGmBeujYztyYsX021wIX37359NAaCVedxqwemiV90fDrZgHA989yXxciemJzCUudeY10eHH7CC8%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9qA69yKYg



All thpugh I remember my tight as bark on a tree FIL using a trailer for years with the cheapest mobile home tires mnoney could buy - as in used old and cracked and he would haul tractors, hay and skid steers

 

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504

Well-known Member

• May 25, 2023

• #12

My advice is use the Low Boy 14.5,. If I remember correctly they are sized as 8 or 9, 14.5. They will out last the trailer. Check Amazon for prices

 

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tomNE

Member

• May 25, 2023

• #13

with all do respect; 14.5 tires are all junk. the make an adapter to put regular wheels on the mobile home axles. Nothing is cheap. If nothing else take multiple spare tires along with a good floor jack. I promise in 1yr; you will have a college education on on 14.5's!

 

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NDIHC

Member

• May 25, 2023

• #14

I have a trailer with trailer house axles and tires. My dad built it in the 80s. We did install a couple of lowboy tires on it about 30 years ago but otherwise has always had the trailer house tires. We've never had a tire fail. The trailer has been from NoDak to New Jersey, Colorado, Kansas City, Soiux City, Sioux Falls and all over ND. Might have made a trip to Florida too, just don't remember if they took this one that time or not. I guess we've been lucky over the past 40 or so years. But I think it will be getting the replacement hubs for 6 bolt standard Chevy type wheels when we run out of trailer house tires.

 

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Muir hill 101

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• May 26, 2023

• #15

Have had several trailers with 14.5 tires on they arent not bad at all. keep the wheels tight and 90 psi in the tires never had all these problems hauled plenty of weight to . Find 14.5 trailer tires not mobile home tires but Ive ram used mobile home tires as well .

 

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caterpillar guy

Well-known Member

• May 26, 2023

• #16

The difference is getting there or not. Like Tom said all 14.5 tires are junk. Yup they are low and easy to use and spin like the devil to roll along. I've had them come off the hub over the junk half wit lugs they use and pass me on the interstate going up hill before. Best thing to happen to them is they burn the tires and scrap the axles with rims.

 

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Fred Werring

Well-known Member

• May 26, 2023

• #17

That's what I wound up doing.

The 14.5's just didn't last for me

Etrailer.com had the parts to convert to a 6 lug hub.

 

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Jim.ME

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Location

central ME

• May 26, 2023

• #18

Yes, hub or stud piloted wheels are easier to use. I run the 8-14.5 lowbed tires on open rims, on several trailers, with no problems. In talking with the guys at the shop I buy tires from, they say some people have problems with those tires. However, the common factor they see in the failures are those people running about 60 to 70 psi in the tires, not the 100-110 psi recommended (because they ride hard, and the empty trailer bounces a lot). I keep mine at the recommended pressures shown on the tires. I have not had rim or lug failures. Make sure the threads are clean and turn properly on the mounting hardware, and rim mounting surfaces, wedges, and lugs are free of rust or other build up. Align the tire to turn true on the hub when installing, torque them up, and check the lug nuts/bolts again after a short run-in time.

Just my experience, not saying other's experiences aren't different or true. Each to his own, our experiences vary.

 

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Muir hill 101

Member

• May 27, 2023

• #19

Just brought another trailer with the trailer house axles
iWhen people cant figure things out then automatically
it must be junk. To actually the question. I have never
bought new 8.14.5 tires that were marked mobile home
use only . So buy what you need Walmart has them
Amazon has them ebay has them with free shipping :
my local dealer gets them about as cheap as anyone .

 

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Muir hill 101

Member

• May 27, 2023

• #20