what 2 place trailer do you have? Pictures?

[68ragtop]

Well, I think I figured out why the later model Karavans are so darn long. It appears they use the same frame/platform for the smaller pontoon boats. makes sense from a mfg perspective I suppose.
Here I thought they were preparing for 5, or 6 seater PWC's.......

 

[Brian J]

Nice work, I bet you're right.

Lotta wasted garage space

 

[ricardo1]

I need one of those!

 

[68ragtop]

I finally settled down & bought a newer Karavan. Yep, its as long as a school bus.
Its in nice shape, but I am not liking the white wheels against the black frame.

Anybody know a good place to buy aluminum 12" trailer wheels at a decent price?
Saw a few on ebay fro $60-70 each. But still would need to find centercaps & lug nuts.
not much for selection in would appear at first glance.

 

[Spimothy Leary]

try e-trailer or something like that...I forget the website.

I'm lucky to have a trailer builder 5 miles from my office, so I can pick up tires locally and avoid shipping.
I've paid as much as $90 each for good radials tho.( really good ones)

so maybe check google for local listings of a trailer manufacturer/supply store locally and save $20+ on shipping fees

 

[kicker]

I bought a set of rims for my Triton from these guys last winter. They have good sales from time to time.

http://www.trailer-wheels.com/12-in-Trailer-Rims_c_269.html

 

[racerxxx]

I bought my Fatty tires and rims from here http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/page/479939588
I called and spoke with them, super nice people. I think they even hurried them out the door so they could hit the truck that day.

Free shipping and I had them in 2 or 3 days. When you choose what you wan you can add lugs and caps. Radial tires on aluminum wheels starting @$110 per wheel.

Be careful with the center caps, on my boat trailer they can spin a little and that must have dicked up the clear and they clear is peeling from the center out. So just remember they won't look mint forever.

 

[68ragtop]

did you guys mount an aluminum spare? or keep a steel spare hidden?

 

[racerxxx]

On my boat trailer I have one of my original rim and tires which is galvanized designated as a spare. I'm not popping for an aluminum rim for a spare. No need to church up the spare, imo.

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[kicker]

My spares are just steel white rims. I don't mount my spares either for the skis or boats. I usually just throw them in the back of whatever I am towing with.

Did you find anything you liked for a decent price?

 

[68ragtop]

My spares are just steel white rims. I don't mount my spares either for the skis or boats. I usually just throw them in the back of whatever I am towing with.

Did you find anything you liked for a decent price?

I had a very clean single place on CL for trade for about a month. I got an email from a guy with a 2005 Karavan 2 place. Very clean trailer. all the hardware still bright silver. no scratches or scrapes. He made me an offer to trade + cash. I bought it without negotiation. He just offered what I thought was a fair deal right off the bat. He wanted a nice single place as bad as I wanted a nice 2 place. Worked out well.
It's a smidge shorter than the latest versions at 16' 3" I think for the $160+/- with center caps & lugs I am going to put some wheels on it. I do have one of those spare tire brackets, but I also like how they can be tucked under & behind the tongue with a u-bolt bracket. Only thing it needs otherwise is a $4.00 clearance light lens that was missing.

 

[kicker]

Well done, that trailer looks minty. The new rims will definitely set it off nice, its actually gonna only cost about 100, cause you would have bought a spare anyways. LOL

 

[Spimothy Leary]

did you guys mount an aluminum spare? or keep a steel spare hidden?

I mount mine, and its aluminum, but honestly the price wasn't much different, maybe $20 + my trailer is parked outside about 2 months out of the year, i'd rather it not rust. A steel rim would be just fine IMO, but in my case it was just more convenient to get all 3 tires at the same location.

 

[68ragtop]

I ordered them today. I went with three of them. Not sure if I'll sling the spare underneath, or put it on a mount, I guess I'll decide later. I am also trying a tongue jack that has an 8" castor wheel. I have not been impressed with any jacks on the PWC trailers, or my snowmobile trailers. I'll see if the bigger wheel makes it any better to move around.