Boat Trailer Tyres. Would you use them

[Stork_III]

For road use no and over 10 years old not legal. Launch trailer in yard then yes.
They will have damage more than likely with being sat with all the load weight on them.

Tyres for trailers and private cars are not covered by the 10 year illegal rules.

Vehicle category definitions:

• HGV (N2 & N3) Vehicles for the carriage of goods and having a maximum mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes
• Buses: A vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver
• Coaches: A large bus with a maximum gross weight of more than 7500kg and a maximum speed exceeding 60mph
• Minibuses: A motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than 8, but not more than 16 seated passengers in addition to the driver.

I wouldn't use them on the road though.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

I would replace them. My own experience with my Wayfarer dinghy, is that tyres that have been supporting the dinghy while stationary over a year split. I now store the dinghy propped up to remove weight from the tyres. After 3 years being propped up, and used to transport the dinghy about 2 a year 40 miles each way, they have split. While my example is for a small dinghy, it does perhaps indicate that you can't rely on tyres that get old.

 

[Jim@sea]

Several engineers I spoke to said always take spare bearings on a long trip. (And presumably the tools to change them)

After I had my second trailer problem (and as an Ex Mot Tester I should have known better) Even though my trailer was French I took a set of bearings to Indespention and they immediately identified them as being a from a common hub used by many EU and UK manufactures. So I bought two bearing sets.
And I practiced swapping them. I found that if you took the grease cap off, pulled out the split pin, undid the castle nut, the wheel with the hub still connected would pull off and you could swap the bearings, although you had to leave the inner race still on the axle.
In the winter I would take a wheel with the hub connected home to stop the trailer being nicked.