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 any real difference in mower - gold cart wheels vs. trailer rims ?

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PostSubject: any real difference in mower - gold cart wheels vs. trailer rims ?   any real difference in mower - gold cart  wheels vs. trailer rims ? Icon_minitimeMarch 1st 2024, 11:57 pm

In  my quest to turn all my LT GT and trailers to either 4x4 or 5x4.5, from those with 3/4" to 1" axles, so I can easily change tires and only keep a few spares.  

I bought two of  these and mounted new tires on them, with new metal valve stems, it was a bit of a challenge, but, they held air at 10 psi for months and have been performing well so far.

8" White Steel Trailer Wheel 4 Bolt/Lug Fits 18.5x8.50-8 18.5x9.50-8 Tires

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U2PONBA/

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Besides being 3x more costlier then these golf cart rims:

GTW White Steel Golf Cart Wheel | 8x7 | Centered | 4x101.6mm Bolt Pattern

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B8NC1FG/?

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Is there any real advantage between the two except one being DOT approved? When I mounted them I did not think to compare them directly to a stock slide on 8" wheel.

The reason for asking is I am about to buy at least 6 rims and the difference between $396 and $120 is significant at $276 and is enough to buy 7 18" tires.

My other option is to invest in 12" rims and 20-23" AG type tires now, but, I am pretty sure 23" tires would destroy a 3/4" axle MST205 or MST206.

Any opinions on if the regular gold cart rims are dependable enough, as in not leaking and holding a bead at 7-10 psi?

If it matters, I might buy the 8x7" gold cart rims from BMI.

Thanks.
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PostSubject: Re: any real difference in mower - gold cart wheels vs. trailer rims ?   any real difference in mower - gold cart  wheels vs. trailer rims ? Icon_minitimeMarch 2nd 2024, 12:05 am

The biggest difference I've seen in trailer rims vs most mower rims is that trailer rims almost never have the safety bead ridge for low PSI use, while mower rims usually have it as they're used at low psi. Besides that, the only differences I can think of are that trailer rims usually don't have an offset and also have to have the centers bored out to fit over 5 lug mower hubs


Also for the MSTs you can get 8" 5 lug trailer rims. I had some for a while there.

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If the choice is between those two, save the $$$.


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Thank you for the replies, I will stick to the cheaper golf cart rims instead of wasting my money on the trailer rims.
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I went with pretty narrow trailer rims on red stag, I found a cheap set of 2 on eBay
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