I think I found the perfect trailer tire. I was checking out some commercial aircraft tires and started thinking (very dangerous for me). These things are built to with stand so much more speed and force than our trailers would ever subject them to. The weight rating on one was 22,675 lbs. With the right axle we would only need 1 axle and single tire set ups and still have more tire weight capacity than our trucks could handle.

Now I just need to find the right wheels and axles for the tires. Of course I hate to think what these things cost.

This post is strictly for amusement and not meant to be serious.

 

Pirate.....you could call some aircraft bone yards like in Az.Of course the fenders might look a little strange,kinda that bulbous look.But,on the other hand your trailor would have disk brakes.http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/

 

I think I read somewhere before about this. Something about them not being able to handle very many miles at all. Check into that issue.

 

It might be possible to find some 32 ply "summer" take offs when they put the winter tires on the airplanes.

 

I don't think the miles should be a problem look at how many miles they travel per year its got to be a few million.

 

Not touching the ground. I would imagine maybe a couple thousand actually on the ground for the 6 months, tops, that they are on. I'm talkiing commercial(people) planes. I could be COMPLETELY wrong, though.

 

I just knew somebody catch that "little" problem.

 

I know a guy thats been using those type of tires on his gravity wagons for a long time. He really likes them, said he never had one fail yet. Don't know how they would work for highway speed travel though.

 

I'll bet @ highway speed & longer distance they'll get hot,look how long an airplane runs them maybe a mile @ a time?All those plies can let the heat build up.

 

irocpractice, interesting boneyard website.
thanks
rich

 

My grandpa used to run these on his tractors when i was a kid. I dont know much about longevity or mileage.

 

When I was on the farm, our honey/slurry wagon (1500 gal capacity I think) had old airplane tires on it. They were showing plys back as far as I can remember and when one finally did blow out, we found another airplane tire to replace it. Don't remember where from. They lasted for years and sure held up to the weight but never went over 15mph and never any long distances.

 

A 747-400 grosses out at close to 1,000,000lb, it has 18 wheels with tires all the same size. Although the tires are not that big (compared to some) they still handle 55,555lb each. A little over kill for a trailer Even front tires off a DC9 would still be way to much, and as most you could get your hands on are recapped the treads would probably come off at sustained high speed on the hi-way, just my thoughts....