nickihoyboy
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I recently purchased a new-to-me boat, motor and trailer package with an Aquasport 225 Explorer boat. The trailer is an aluminum Magic Tilt tandem axle with brakes on one axle. I plan on towing from my home in NJ to Lake Ontario in NY, a distance of about 350 miles. The trailer currently has ST205/75-14 tires, load range C. I would like to upgrade the tires to ST205/75R tires, load range D, but am having difficulty locating them in 14". The ST205/75R-15 tires,load range D, appear to be readily available from a number of locations. With a little further research I find that the overall diameter of the 14" tire is 26.3" and the 15" tire is 27.3", and it doesn't look like clearances between tire and fender or tire and tire will be any problem. Bolt pattern for both the 14" and 15" wheels is 5-on-4.5", so no issue there. Does anybody see any issues that I might be missing before I go ahead and make the switch?