Recommended 4.80/4.00-8 Size Special Trailer Tire for Use on Highway

Updated 07/29/2016 | Published 07/28/2016

Products Featured in This Question

Kenda 4.80/4.00-8 Bias Trailer Tire with 8" Galvanized Wheel - 4 on 4 - Load Range C

(579)

$79.29

Kenda Loadstar K371 Bias Trailer Tire - 4.80/4.00-8 - Load Range B

(3802)

$25.70

Kenda K371 Bias Trailer Tire - 4.80/4.00-8 - Load Range C

(3802)

$30.75

Question:

The options of the B load range or the C load range, putting new tires on my cycle mate cm2000 trailer to pull behind my Harley Davidson, camping and long hauls at sometimes 70 + mph which would You recommend - thanks.

asked by: Paul H

Helpful Expert Reply:

The two special trailer tires we offer in your 4.80/4.00-8 size are both bias ply types, Load Range B tire # AM10002 and Load Range C tire # AM10004. The tire/wheel item you referenced, part # AM30050, includes this C-rated tire on a galvanized 4-on-4 wheel. All of these trailer tires carry a speed rating of 65-mph. Unless we indicate a different speed rating on the page, all trailer tires we sell are rated for 65-mph.

In your tire size we do not offer a higher-speed-rated tire; larger radial trailer tires we offer can carry speed ratings up to 81-mph (a speed rating of "M") but not your size in a bias ply type.

Since driving over a tire's rated speed will increase heat - a tire's worst enemy - for highway travel you will be better off using the higher capacity C-rated tires. These will not only offer a higher weight capacity but will also be better able to cope with the heat generated while driving.

Trailer tires should always be fully inflated to the maximum psi pressure that is noted on the tire sidewall. It is never appropriate to under- or over-inflate a special trailer tire.

expert reply by: Adam R