This really sucks... going bigger means i have to buy 5 tires. I was hopeing to find a D rated tire in the same size and just buy two for that axel right now and maybe get a few more miles outa the other two. 186 bucks instead of 500

 

why 5? in a pinch you couldn't run a smaller one if you had too? it's not like you have spiders gears, locker, limited slip etc to worry about. i don't know. i'm just asking.

 

well theres just something telling me its a bad idea to run one 225 with 65 psi and 3 205s with 50 psi ... I don't know.

 

You could run them with no real problems, the trailer will just dogtrack a little goin down the road and you will wear the tires a little faster. But with only an inch diefference you won't notice either of these things happening unless you get right down and look for it. The other option is to run the larger tires on the rear axle. This means the weight will be more on the truck and the rear axle, the front axle will just pick up the slack weight.

 

well i was thinking you'd buy 4 of the new ones in the bigger size and keep your spare the same size if you had to. that's where i got 5 tires from. 4 new tires at 225 size and 1 spare at the 205 size. that's 5 tires.

 

Hey i didn't even think about this....hmmm. Think that would over load the rear axel any? I might just do that. then i could get 2 more 225s next spring or when ever the ol pocket book was a little thicker. and like Johnny said below, i could use a smaller one as a spare hu?
Gotcha!

 

If your loadin heavy enough to overload that axle, then at the same time your droppin your bed height and that is gonna put more weight on the front axle. This isn't an ideal situation mind you. If you were a full time RV'er haulin cross country this would not be an alternative. But for the realtively short distances that you would be traveling and it's a smaller size trailer, it's a short term crutch.

 

you should have a equalizer bar between the leaf springs of the trailer axles. So it shouldn't matter if you have a bigger size tire on the back axle. both axles in theroy should have the same weight distributed between the two axles. I would keep the same size tire per axle, not 225's on the left side and 205's on the right. I hope this makes sense.

 

Well this is what i did, found two load range E 225s, cost: mounted for 89 bucks each... got em and put em on the back axel. Looks fine but make them chinchy 205s look even more out of place. I will get two more of these 225s prolly in the spring. Only got one more trip planned this year before winter and its about 500 mile round trip so i hope this configuration will work good.