On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:20:52 GMT, Karen Kent
wrote:

Thanks. What should the load range of the tires be? The boat's about 3800
pounds and I'm guessing the trailer is less than 700-800. So, should each
tire have a load range of 1/4 that total weight?

1/4 to 1/2 - all you are really checking for is that the trailer plus
the boat is well within the load carrying range at the recommended
pressure for that particular tire.

There is something else I just thought of - your axles might be out of
alignment - might want to measure from the back of the trailer to the
axels on each side and make sure they are square to the frame of the
trailer. I actually had that happen once on a bass boat I owned.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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