[tabtrailers] Re: Low profile tires necessary?

short answer - NO
your spare is most likely a 13" steel wheel with a more standard trailer tire on it. some T@B's came with 13" wheels. . .

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--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Arnold" <paul.f.arnold@...> wrote:
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> Our new T@B has low profile tires that need to be replaced due to age. They are Merit Mystics, 205/55R16 (90T) and are mounted on very fancy looking wheels.
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> I don't much like the idea of low profile tires on a trailer that will likely be used on rough roads and I wonder if I can replace the wheels and tires with normal (not low profile) trailer tires and steel wheels.
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> My concern is that the T@B is engineered for the wheels/tires that came with it and that if I change those, then I might cause problems in how the trailer tows, etc.
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> If I can replace the low profiles, I wonder what size regular-profile tires would work best.
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