TIres

[JP Heintzman]

Nitro 170TF and the tires on the trailer are 185/80 D13. I am having a terrible time locating just the tire. BPS sells the rim and tire for about $90.00. Just trying to find a tire to replace my blown one is running $90.000 after mounting/balancing, so I might as well get the whole deal from BPS. I don't know why, but this size is difficult to find. Is it possible to buy a different size rim that holds a tire that is more readily available, one that will fit within the wheel well? I sure don't need a crapload of rims lying around. Thanks.



JP

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

"I don't know why, but this size is difficult to find."



I was told last weekend that most of the tire makers are no longer making the smaller tires, even the smallest cars have the larger tires on them now. I will check, but I am pretty sure mine are 14, if not I would just ship you my old ones. Good luck.

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

JP, you are going to Clark's Hill this weekend, do you want me to look around here for the tires, I'm less than an hour from Augusta.

 

[JP Heintzman]

Hey Jimmy,



Yes, I'm headed to Clark's Hill on Thursday and will be there thru Sunday. I'm too paranoid to travel without a spare so I"ll probably end up buying the whole rim and tire at BPS tomorrow, I sure do appreciate the offer though. We have four or five boats fishing a bragging rights tourney, you are more than welcome to fish along if you want.



JP

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

Thanks, JP. My son is coming in from Pa Sat night and we are planning to fish Sun. If my Z7 comes in before then I may do that, if not we will fish our local lake. I've already pulled all the electronics off the Z6 so I would be flying blind and I don't know Clark's Hill well enough to do that. Good luck with the braggin rights.

About the tires, I changed mine out to radials and it really made a difference in the way it pulls. You don't have a buddy with a small two wheel trailer like a lawn mower trailer that you could borrow a spare until you could find the tires? Anyway, good luck.

 

[JP Heintzman]

Jimmy, what size tire did you go with?



JP

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

Well, that is a whole different story. Short version: those nice shiney trim rings and center caps are plastic held on by rustable little clips. Lost a trim ring one day and it took 1.5 hours to find it on the side of the road. A tackle shop in Columbia, SC was going out of business and I found two aluminum wheels with radial tires for $300, they were marked $299 each. I sold the old wheel and tires for $35. Mine are 14".

 

[Tim Koepp]

not a great price IMO
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?width=185/&ratio=80&diameter=13&x=32&y=16

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

Not two tires, two tires and wheels mounted and balanced and ready to go for $300.

PT205/75R14

 

[JP Heintzman]

They look good bro'. Was on the way home and decided to stop by an old fellas place that sells small trailers. Checked the tires and they were what I needed so I asked and he had three, only charged me $80.00 for a mounted ST 175/80 D13. I had about 20 min before Walmart Auto Center closed, got there and the guy balanced it for free! Had the good Lord not watched out for me, I would have had to make the three hour trip in the morning with no spare tire, which I already know would be pretty darn stupid, but we're prone to those types of decisions when fishing is on the brain, eh:lol::lol::lol: Anyway, got two new tires on the road with a good spare in the truck bed and I'm rollin out at 0400, WOO-HOO! Clark's Hill fishin' report to follow on Tuesday



JP

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

Good luck. Hope the weather is good.