Utility Trailer Help

Submitted by Syberthug t3_10q8xv0 in DIY

I have a 16ft trailer that was given to me by a friend when her husband passed away.

It's a 16ft trailer with dual 3500 axles. The tires don't match and of course, rotting. I discovered after ordering new tires and rims that the bolt pattern is a 5x5, not a 5x4.5 Because I can't find any 5x5 rims and tires without spending 300 a tire. I thought about replacing the hub with 5x4.5. The trailer was made in the 90s and I have no idea when the bearings were greased or changed. As I was looking online for hubs I noticed some hubs have different-sized bearings to fit on the spindles.

I don't have another way to take it all apart without taking it to the shop and leaving it at the shop and then getting charged storage fees while I wait and figure this out.

Is there a way can measure it in my driveway? Is there a special trick that I find out my measurements? What I want to do is order the hubs tires etc and take the trailer to the shop. All at once.

Any help would be appreciated

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noncongruent t1_j6orncy wrote

Also, unless the rims themselves are junk/damaged/corroded, it's usually easiest to just take them to a tire store and get new tires put on them. I would not assume there's enough standardization between different manufacturer hub designs to want to even mess with trying to install new hubs on the existing spindles, at that point might as well replace the axles and then buy spare hubs for the new axles from the same axle manufacturer.

If the rims are corroded but otherwise serviceable, I would just take them to a tire store and have the tires removed, take them home and refurbish them, then take them back to get new tires installed, overall that's probably going to be the cheapest way to four new tires.

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davethompson413 t1_j6pdn2r wrote

Dual 3500# axles...means the total weight of the loaded trailer can be 7000#.

Don't go cheap on tires, you won't get the load rating you might neeed.

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Syberthug OP t1_j6pe10t wrote

Correct I was also told to stay with R tires not D. Is that also correct?

205/75R15 and NOT 205/75D15

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nomonopolyonpie t1_j6oo7wr wrote

5 on 5" is a common size trailer rim.

https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Tires-and-Wheels/Taskmaster/MX44FR.html?feed=npn&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20%7C%20Shop%20-%20Trailer%20Tires%20and%20Wheels&adgroupid=91321604132&campaignid=975590398&creative=404001549044&device=m&devicemodel=&feeditemid=&keyword=&loc_interest_ms=&loc_physical_ms=9026845&matchtype=&network=g&placement=&position=&gclid=CjwKCAiAleOeBhBdEiwAfgmXfyH5bqZkuMJ3Hs0tsmFDqGJS8tep4AmdQgv9m-wogC7ViO4ox9TjBRoCvq8QAvD_BwE

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