That sucks, E's should handle the weight fine if they're aired up correctly.
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91 K5 -Procrastination Build - bikini top!
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Yeah, they’re mark 85 psi max. The day we left they all had 82-ish so I didn’t mess with them.
They are manufactured in CHINA as are a lot of trailer tires.
It’s hard to get decent trailer tires anymore.
So much cheap crap out there.
On our semis the tire salesman always has some new tire with deep tread and supposed to run “more miles”. 25,000 miles in the are slinging chunks out. We buy almost exclusively Michelin on our semi trucks and trailers. Lots of other brands are cheaper but they are crap.
Goodyear are actually priced between the foreign crap and Michelin but they are crap too.
So much cheap crap out there.
On our semis the tire salesman always has some new tire with deep tread and supposed to run “more miles”. 25,000 miles in the are slinging chunks out. We buy almost exclusively Michelin on our semi trucks and trailers. Lots of other brands are cheaper but they are crap.
Goodyear are actually priced between the foreign crap and Michelin but they are crap too.
Dollar per mile winner is the Yokohama geolander ht. I've recommend them a few times here. I'd run them bald before a failure. Probably always at max or overloaded. We would break spindles off and the tires would be ok running three for a couple hundred miles back home.
What size wheel?
How many plies is that?
235/85r16 load range e. It's an lt tire, not st. It handles the scrubbing much better than a trailer tire because its engineered to be a steer tire and load bearing tire simultaneously.
I’m going to follow your lead on that if the 85 will fit under my fenders.
So what’s on the to do list next? Don’t start slacking now! 
So what’s on the to do list next? Don’t start slacking now!
Well, i finally got all my regulator parts this week so I’ll be putting that and a new ring on the steering box this Saturday. Hopefully, that’ll fix things and I can pull it out and wash it.
The next big thing for the blazer will be to start adding tube to the cage. I’ve got to wrap my head around notching, so I’ll need to buy some aspirin.
I gotta start saving my pennies for damn trailer tires too.
I forgot.... sanding, lots and lots of sanding. All that bare tube is orange now. 
I forgot.... sanding, lots and lots of sanding. All that bare tube is orange now.
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world
Hey, I could drop it off and you could knock it out and paint it while you’re doing yours.
I forgot.... sanding, lots and lots of sanding. All that bare tube is orange now.
Get some Lime-Away (toilet cleaner with the bent neck) from the dollar tree and mix it with water. Paint it on with a brush, wait 10 minutes, then wipe it off with an old rag. (Mix ratio depends on rust thickness.)
I’ve been using this stuff for weeks. I’ve soaked old parts off my 1975 that had the thick, decades old rust on them and these parts now look like they just came from Chevy. Barely any scrubbing, the garden hose blasted off most of the rust! Amazing stuff for only a buck.
I always spray a ton of wd40 all over the tube when I get it. It also helps getting it off the floor. I only had one tube that had just a tiny amount of rust on it.
Yeah the sticks in my shop are good. My problem is in the thrash fest to get it running I never painted the cage or tube doors so they were bare when it got rained on overnight at the park.
