Video Transcript for Review of Kenda Trailer Tires and Wheels - Tire with Wheel - KE96EV

Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna take a look at this Kenda Karrier ST 145R12 S-Trail radial trailer tire in a load range D and it's mounted on this 12 inch black aluminum trailer wheel with the 5 on 4-1/2 inch bolt pattern. Now, this tire and wheel assembly is ideal for stock trailers, utility trailers, and campers. The wheel is an aluminum wheel. It's durable, lightweight, and rustproof. And the design is the Americana AM02 series, which you can see is a split five-spoke design.

It has a nice black finish to it. And then they do a machine finish on the face of the spokes and even on the lip which gives a nice shine to the wheel. They do use a clear coat finish on both the front and even on the back of the wheel. It protects it from scuffs and scratches. Now, one of the nice features I like on this wheel is the steel inserts.

These steel inserts are pressed into the lug nut wells. They're designed to help keep your wheel securely in place in your trailer hub. Basically when you put this up onto your hub, your studs will come through the holes, put your lugs on, torque your lugs down. Those inserts prevent those holes from elongating and wearing down over time. So it eliminates the need for constant re-tightening of your lug nuts.

A few dimensions on the wheel itself, the diameter is 12 inches. Width on just the wheel is four inches wide. Now, the wheel does have a 5 on 4-1/2 inch bolt pattern. And if you want to measure that bolt pattern on a wheel that's an odd number of lugs like this one, what you'll want to do is just pick any one of the holes, let's say this one, and then you're gonna measure across to either one of these holes. But the trick is you measure from the center of the starting hole to the furthest edge of whichever hole you measure to.

So on this one, if we measured it, it's 4-1/2 inches. So it's a five-lug, 4-1/2 inch bolt pattern. Does use a wheel lug size of 1/2 inch by 20 and the weight capacity on just the wheel is 1,520 pounds. Now, if you notice the center cap is not included. If you do want a center cap, we do sell those separately on our website. You do want to get a center cap that'll match the diameter of this pilot hole 'cause when you install your center cap, it'll go through this hole. The diameter of the hole here is 3.19 inches. Now, the tire on this is a Kenda Karrier S-Trail radial tire, offers double steel belts, full nylon ply, combine for a nice superior function and long life. And if you look at the tread design, it's a computer-generated tread design and also offers premium rubber compound materials to give you superior traction in wet or dry conditions. As we mentioned, the tire is an ST, which stands for Special Trailer Tire, has the sturdy sidewall so they can handle heavy loads and it is created specifically for trailers. It's not intended for use in any other vehicles. The tire size, which will be stamped on the sidewall, let's see if we can find it right here. Yeah, there it is right around the wheel, ST for Special Trailer 145R12. The R means it's a radial. The section width on the tire 5.8 inches. Overall height from the bottom to the top when it's inflated is 21.4. This tire is a load range D, which means it's a eight-ply rated tire. Has a maximum load of 1,220 pounds at 65 PSI. And it does come with a speed rating and that is also stamped on the sidewall and it's usually right after the tire size we went over. You'll see a number for the load index and then you'll see the letter M. Speed rating M will mean it's an 81 mile per hour speed rated tire. And this whole tire and wheel assembly does meet the DOT Department of Transportation specifications. But that should do it for a look at the Kenda Karrier ST 145R12 radial trailer tire in a load range D on this 12 inch black aluminum trailer wheel.