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Christ · 07-25-2009, 03:27 AM

Just before I get ready to go to bed and sleep a couple hours before having to drive 2 hours away and tow my wife's car home AGAIN, I thought about something.

The 2 bolt patterns for hi-load hi-speed trailer tires are 5x4.5" and 4x4", which also happen to be two very common vehicle bolt patterns.

The tires on my trailer are 4.80x12 hi-speed, load C. They can handle a passenger car or very light truck at highway speed, in other words. I wonder how unsafe it would be to use these at 60 PSI (the sidewall rating) for a city vehicle? (Never exceeding 45MPH).

Thoughts?

07-25-2009, 03:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,236 Herbie - '86 Golf Diesel 90 day: 51.89 mpg (US) Thanks: 868 Thanked 294 Times in 248 Posts	Tire choices Just before I get ready to go to bed and sleep a couple hours before having to drive 2 hours away and tow my wife's car home AGAIN, I thought about something. The 2 bolt patterns for hi-load hi-speed trailer tires are 5x4.5" and 4x4", which also happen to be two very common vehicle bolt patterns. The tires on my trailer are 4.80x12 hi-speed, load C. They can handle a passenger car or very light truck at highway speed, in other words. I wonder how unsafe it would be to use these at 60 PSI (the sidewall rating) for a city vehicle? (Never exceeding 45MPH). Thoughts? (Support Ecomodder.com & get rid of these annoying ads!) __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı" I'd like to think that people might open their eyes at some point... instead, I find it more and more likely that I'll just close mine. -- Author kept secret. Je ne veux pas d'une meilleure vie. Je veux être heureux avec celle que j'ai maintenant. (I do not want a better life. I want to be happy with the one I have now.)