caeryon
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My husband has gotten his hands on the frame & axles from an old camper trailer, and he wants to make a utility trailer/car hauler out of it. It's twenty-feet long, has electric brakes on double axles, and is built like the proverbial brick house. He's an old welder, both as a hobby and a job, so he's familiar with metalwork and thinks that it's more than sturdy enough to haul our '66 Suburban from WA to AZ. He's curious about what tires he should get, though. One of our local tire shops can get 8-ply trailer tires. The tire guy says those would be fine, but he wants to sell tires, after all. Will those be stout enough, or should we go up to 10-ply, if we can find them? It'll be a l-o-n-g haul with a bigass car (about 5300#) on it, so we want to be sure the trailer's up to it.