Tires and Wheels

[goldgeezer]

I have 12" with 5 lug wheels and want to change to atleast 15" what wheels are interchangable with my trailer wheels, Please help Goldgeezer

[RandyG]

If you measure the pattern of the lugs you can find some 15's that will work. http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=92&index.jsp=&s_kwcid=TC|21263|_cat:tirerack.com||S|b|6698650813& First thing that popped up on goggle.

[les45]

There are a lot of posts on the forum on this subject. You might want to (re)search them before you do anything drastic. Most trailer wheels like yours will have zero offset which means that the center of the tire is directly over the center of the hub with the weight/load equally distributed to both bearings. When you start using car or truck wheels, you run into positive offset which moves the center of weight out and will cause unbalanced loading on your bearings if you keep the same hub. Also, the larger size tires may rub your fenders or frame. I have 5.30X12's with 5 lug wheels on my NT trailer and was looking at moving up to 13's but I would have to raise my fender. That would have been too much work so I decided to live with the 12 inchers. The larger tires definitely look better and handle better if properly fitted. Just make sure you do your homework.

[suckerpunched]

I still have the 12 inch 5 lug wheels and tires on my HF trailer. I like the look of the classic teardrops with the 14 or 15 inch tiires and cool fenders, but....mine is home built,,not a classic and at the moment works just fine. I may go to some rounded fenders as they are fairly cheap. I think the HF and NT wheels are 5 lug on 4.5....so many wheels may fit. Keep in mind that this will raise the trailer, so flipping the axle may be needed to keep the cool profile....the less I have to work on it,,,the more time I can go camping....TC