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#1 ·
I am currently in the market for a new 2 place trailer and have been leaning towards the Triton XT11. This comes from the factory with 8 inch wheels which I dislike, so I would like to change them out but when I was online I could only find aluminum wheels in 12 inch. Will 12 inch tires fit under the bed of this trailer?
 
#5 · (Edited by Moderator)
The XT11 is a standard flat bed side-by-side 2 place trailer. No fenders, etc. So spacers won't do anything. Diameter is the problem, not backspacing or width.

Standard 18.5x8 tires that come on that trailer are about 18.3" diameter. The next natural upsize to these standard tires are 20.5x8-10's, which are 20.4" diameter. I can confirm firsthand these will fit fine as that's what I ran under my Triton 2 place..I ran a pair of them for about 25,000 miles, they still looked new when I sold the trailer. Up from that you could consider a 5.30x12" radial. Great tire, but 21.9" diameter. I'm not sure it would clear the underside without rubbing in bumps under load. It might. Never tried it.

Anywho, I agree the standard 8" load C tires should not come with that trailer from the factory...they're undersized and will wear uneven if you load it with 2 sleds usually. For one sled they're fine. So I'd suggest going with 20.5x8-10D tires for that trailer. At load range D, they will have more carrying capacity than the trailer could ever handle. Run them at max sidewall pressure, which is 70 psi. And if you really feel you want aluminum 10 inch wheels, they do exist. Random google search:

http://recstuff.com/10-inch-aluminum.aspx

That said, I'd just go with bare galvanized steel wheels. IMO they're too small and hidden/buried under there to really care about looking good...but many seems to care more about trailer bling than I do. So if you're into looks, the alums can certainly be found.

Whatever you do, make sure you put the tires on before you select a hitch rise. Larger tires raise the bed a little bit, and you might need more rise or less drop on your hitch shank to level the trailer.
 
#7 · (Edited by Moderator)
Oh I see. Like an axle spacer to make room. Yeah that would definitely work. If you put a block under there and raise the bed like that, just about any tire you want could be made to fit.

Thanks for the clarification.

I know for a fact the 20.5 x 8 - 10 requires no axle relocation....in fact it's an optional tire size, specifically offered by Triton for that trailer.
 
#10 · (Edited by Moderator)
Just to stem confusion, 20.5 x 8-10 I suggested is essentially a dimensional equivalent to the metric 205/65 - 10. It lists both tire sizes on that link to aluminum wheels I provided above (in fact ALTSWEET's wheels appear to be the EXACT wheels in the random link I found above). Still I just recommend verifying you purchase 70psi load range D tires, instead of the more typical 50psi C, for this application. You will get much longer and more even tread life in the end.

Those are good pics there of 10" aluminums also, so that's a great post...in fact the photo shows exactly the trailer, with Triton's recommended upgrade tire size, along with an upgraded aluminum wheel, that the OP was asking about.
 
#11 ·
I'm pretty sure he meant that he used a spacer between the trailer frame and the axle to fit the larger diameter tires. Like the blue spacer here. I thought one of the trailer manufacturers sold an aluminum spacer block?

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That is what I meant. I weeded tubing on the frame and welded new hangers onto the spacers to gain clearance between the top of the tire and the bottom of the deck. I thought that would have been obvious. Sorry.