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oilspot
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| i just got a allstate trailer but i need a new tire. did you have to get one for yours. and if so where is a good place. |
480/8 tires
$13.98 at walmart. Common size for boat trailers. |
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coad 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| nick1 wrote: |
| i just got a allstate trailer but i need a new tire. did you have to get one for yours. and if so where is a good place. |
480/8 tires
$13.98 at walmart. Common size for boat trailers. |
Make sure it is a trailer tire and not a tire for a motor scooter. Scooter tires are very rounded at the tread and they nake a trailer handle very poorly.
The cute little whitewall 4.80 X 8 tires are all scooter tires-- resist the temptation. |
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EvilBus
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I agree that the symptoms you describe aren't the brackets, but when you slam on the brakes or put too much load on them, they'll taco shell.
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LHG
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Location: LostHillsGuy, CA
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Here is the new and improved version.
Changes...
Added gussets,
doubled tounge thickness,
lowered the hitch pin plates (holes yet to be drilled).
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EvilBus
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Here is the new and improved version.
Changes...
Added gussets,
doubled tounge thickness,
lowered the hitch pin plates (holes yet to be drilled).
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Better, but'd I'd still go U channel like an OG Bumper Bracket. what are you fastening them with, the holes look awfully small? Nice job though.
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LHG
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Location: LostHillsGuy, CA
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The channel on the brackets is quite thin. These are 3/8" and very stout. When they are attached you can jump on one and there is no play or give. I used the existing two bumper bolt holes and added a third. So each side is attached with 3 - 3/8" bolts.
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lonotch
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I put a 25pound weight right above the wheel in the trailer and it stopped any wheel bounce or vibration. lonotch
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JoelH
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MonkeySee
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Location: Big D
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| LHG wrote: |
Here is the new and improved version.
Changes...
Added gussets,
doubled tounge thickness,
lowered the hitch pin plates (holes yet to be drilled).
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Interested in making another set? |
I second that question as my bus is too tall for any kind of bumper mount.
And I plan on going a little higher.
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easy e
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Does anyone have the trailer's forward-arm pin hole height... to ground... dimension that works?
In other words... what is a good center of pin to ground distance?
(not using a scooter tire... but a normal trailer tire on the stock rim)
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copellos
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The dreaded all state hop happened to everyone Sam has had several on several vw car bus bug I've had it on a ghia and now my baywindow... and no there is no cure..it happens when it wants too.
Some help ..add some weight in the trailer always even if it a bag of sand and tire pressure can help.. |
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AngieB
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northern tool has log splitter tires.. you can get the exact set up.. just the bearings are different.. so you must use a spacer.  hope this helps.. I just did this to my trailer a few days ago.. you can also join the facebook page singlewheel trailers.. we are on there helping eachother
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crofty
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Allstate Trailers and Wheel Wobble |
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The dreaded all state hop happened to everyone Sam has had several on several vw car bus bug I've had it on a ghia and now my baywindow... and no there is no cure..it happens when it wants too.
Some help ..add some weight in the trailer always even if it a bag of sand and tire pressure can help.. |
I had a clamshell allstate that got the hop pretty bad. I actually solved the problem.
after the last time it did that, I sold it. Problem solved.
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Allstate Trailers and Wheel Wobble |
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The dreaded all state hop happened to everyone Sam has had several on several vw car bus bug I've had it on a ghia and now my baywindow... and no there is no cure..it happens when it wants too.
Some help ..add some weight in the trailer always even if it a bag of sand and tire pressure can help.. |
I had a clamshell allstate that got the hop pretty bad. I actually solved the problem.
after the last time it did that, I sold it. Problem solved. |
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grandpa red
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| i just got a allstate trailer but i need a new tire. did you have to get one for yours. and if so where is a good place. |
Check out motor scooter parts sellers.
I have a Motorvation motorcycle trailer that needed tires.They are a non standard size but found some at a motor scooter parts place online.
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CanStan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Allstate Trailers and Wheel Wobble |
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I had a clamshell allstate that got the hop pretty bad. I actually solved the problem.
after the last time it did that, I sold it. Problem solved. |
I got a clamshell last year. After I spent a couple days of trial and error with adjusting the wheel bearings, angle of the trailer, and testing different amounts of weight in the back, I cured the hop. In fact, I drove well over 3000 miles with the trailer and never had it hop even once after the initial dial-in. Too bad so many others have had so many issues with it. Maybe I got lucky? |
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AngieB
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:01 pm Post subject: Tire |
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Northern tool has log splitter tires that work. Just need a spacer for the bearing gap
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crofty
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Allstate Trailers and Wheel Wobble |
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I had a clamshell allstate that got the hop pretty bad. I actually solved the problem.
after the last time it did that, I sold it. Problem solved. |
I got a clamshell last year. After I spent a couple days of trial and error with adjusting the wheel bearings, angle of the trailer, and testing different amounts of weight in the back, I cured the hop. In fact, I drove well over 3000 miles with the trailer and never had it hop even once after the initial dial-in. Too bad so many others have had so many issues with it. Maybe I got lucky? |
Maybe! I opted for something more stable...
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MonkeySee
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:47 am Post subject: Re: Allstate Trailers and Wheel Wobble |
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| I’d trade my Allstate and my Besco folding trailer for one of those. |
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JLT
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:15 am Post subject: Re: Allstate Trailers and Wheel Wobble |
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In the mid-sixties, Sears finally got smart and put in an adjustment for their latest model of SWTs, so that the angle of the trailer could be modified. The trick is to run them slightly nose-down, as previous posters have noted. I don't have an exact angle, and suspect that it's different for the various makes and models. I arrived at my estimate through trial and error.
I've also found that the trailer is much happier if I'm putting at least fifty pounds of cargo in it.
I didn't see the URL for my write-up on Allstate single-wheel trailers anywhere else on the thread, but here it is:
http://www.dragonwing.biz/sears%20swt.htm
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