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    Prepping a Gen trailer for the road home.

    The 12 bolt and 24 evenly spaced bolt rims are rated for 50psi. The 24 bolt rim with the tandem bolts is rated for 65psi. There is also apparently a 20 bolt rim rated to 65psi as well. The old 8 bolt rims are rated for much lower at only 30 psi...
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    Prepping a Gen trailer for the road home.

    Not sure where you were told they are only good for 55mph? If you look on the tire sidewall, the Wrangler MT shows the tire size, and right beneath size it shows the load and speed rating, which reads 123M and 123N with a circle around the 123N The 123 stands for 3417 lbs The "M" and "N" stand...
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    Prepping a Gen trailer for the road home.

    "WORKING BRAKES" being the important part of this. If you lock them out for the drive home, you will still very likely get there without any type of difficulty. The problem is, if anything DOES happen, even if it is not your fault, and the police see that you have the trailer brakes disabled...
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    Prepping a Gen trailer for the road home.

    If your ford is old enough then it might also have the 8x6.5 bolt pattern. also, everything that Daybreak said I thoroughly agree with, except needing the IR thermometer. If everything is good it shouldn't get so hot that you can't touch it with your hands. If it's too hot to touch, you have...
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    Prepping a Gen trailer for the road home.

    Actually, it should be steel, not aluminum, as it appears to be the M116 series trailer which used a steel deck, not the M1101/1102 series with aluminum. But a 2x4, zip ties, and some bungie cords still aren't a bad idea.
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    Prepping a Gen trailer for the road home.

    For the 5kw it's usually designed for HMMWV tow, in this case it's an M116A3 trailer from the look of it. Surge brakes, not air over hydraulic. Most of us would recommend having a trailer to put it on for the tow home, just in case something happens, but if you are going to tow it then I'd...
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