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  1. Thought i would put in my 2 pence worth here as im having the same dilema. I have towed my 2.5 ton off roaders about for 20 plus years so feel a reasonable amout of experience. I pull my off road jeep from the uk down to south of France 2 or 3 times a year so milage is about 800 miles each way and usually done non stop. I also do a few shortr trips , say 20 or 30 miles round trip a few times a year., In 2008 i bought a brand new IWT LM126 that has a 3500kg capacity with twin axles so thought my towing days would be stress free but how wrong i was. I am careful to load the trailer level with about 50 -70 kg nose weight and the drop hitch was moved to suit. the trailer tows very stable except for when in tramlines when it can be un nerving but im suffering with loss pf confidence in this trailer as the tyres are failing and i dont know why. the tyres are 185/60/12, im told IWT now use 195/60/12 to get arround the problem of tyres almost de-laminating but not all the way round. the damaged tyres seem to have bulged tread one side and inverted tread the other suggesting tyre failure to me? My tyres are always run at 90psi, later advise was to run the old 185 at 95 psi regardless of load. My trailer has to make a sharpe turn off the driveway which stresses the tyres, now we all know what happens to a steel winch cable once it has kinked, its only a matter of time before it fails so is this why the tyre fails if the steel bands are damaged during sharp turns? it doesnt fail there and then but half way through france where spares are at best " difficult" to get. The trailer is a non tilting and in typical Ifor style has leaf springs which have to be quite far apart therfor scrubbing harder than a rubber sprung version with shorter wheel base. Im considering a Brian James triple axle tilt bed for the following reasons.. Even if i lose a tyre, the trailer can still cope with the weight The weight on each tyre would be a third less so scub damage while turning should be less. The BJ tilt bed when pumped up lifts the front axles up, so while coming on and off my drive i could pump it a couple of times to take the pressure off of the front axles so manouvering should be with minimum scrub and damage. your thought on this would be appreciated as i need to get a new trailer very soon
  2. I think them who make the rules could "get you" on anything if they wanted. My car has been driven around for 12 years with 4 different bodies, insurance knows everything so i hope they don't cop out if i ever need them
  3. I've been running 36.12.50 16 on std disco alloys( 8" I think) for a couple of years now with no probs, infact the overhanging side wall prevents a lot of stones and junk going in the bead. works for me.
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