ST Tires are available in a bias tire. They are hard to find. I lookedat
several tire dealers until I found mine. I don't like radial tireson single
axle trailers. The trailer seems to roll and bounce a lot.

Herb Spivey #6074

-----Original Message-----
From: Agrijeep@aol.com<Agrijeep@aol.com>
To: vintage@airstream.net<vintage@airstream.net>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [VAC] Tire Preference on '53 A/S.
 

>In a message dated 3/3/99 9:51:17 AM Mountain Standard Time,
>donhorn@mindspring.comwrites:
>
><<
> Although there's lots of tread left on my current tires, they arelight
> truck, not trailer tires, and I've heard that these can be a lotmore
> susceptible to UV deterioration of the side walls. What I have nowis a
> pair of Super Miller Belted G78-15 LTs. Since the Caravel supposedlycame
> with 14" wheels, I can only assume the wheels have been replaced.
> >>
>
>Don:
>
> Based on tire discussions by owners of mostly newer trailers on theother
>A/S list, last Fall I bought and installed two Goodyear Marathon ST
205/75R15
>tires to use the 15" wheels proper for my 1953 18' Clipper. I could
quickly
>tell at the tire store the 215's would not fit, so dropped them from
>consideration. The 205's are the tires shown in the doorside pictureI
posted
>last week.
>
> The new radials are about 1-1/2 inch shorter (measuring radius) anda bit
>plumper than the old 700-15 LT tires previously on the trailer. Theywere
a
>squeeze to get on, but once into the wheelwell they went on easy andworked
>fine for the 50 mile trip home. But they look somewhat undersizedfor the
>trailer and leave too much annoying space visible in the front andback of
the
>wheelwell. Since I plan to go boondocking and explore the West's
backroads
>with the trailer, maximizing ground clearance is very important tome. But
I
>lost 1-1/2 inches with the Marathons.
>
> Anyway, based on Rick Davis' sage, experience-based advice a fewmonths
ago,
>I'm going to replace the Marathons with 700-15 LT tires on the Clipper.
They
>will raise the trailer by 1-1/2 inches, look better, and should workvery
well
>on back roads for the relatively light-weight trailer I'm towing.Besides,
>I'm vintage guy who likes big meats on his vehicles, as you will seein
>Wichita Falls. If the 700-15 LT's were good enough for Wally, thenby
golly
>they are good enough for me. I can buy 700-15 LT's for about $75 in
Denver,
>and may stay with radials in that size.
>
>Fred Coldwell