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I am running 225/70R16 tires on my truck on aftermarket rims.
I dropped my spare today just to check it and it was low on air. I checked the date code which is "319" which means 31st week of 1999. so the spare is 20 years old.
After looking around, the comparable 15" rim tire size is 225/75R15 which is a really common trailer tire size, but not too common of a passenger car tire size.
I know they say to never run regular tires on a trailer, but can a trailer tire be used as a spare that is going to spend 99% of its life hanging up under the bed?
Or is the easiest route to just get a 16" steel spare rim and an exact size spare as what is on the rest of the truck?
I dropped my spare today just to check it and it was low on air. I checked the date code which is "319" which means 31st week of 1999. so the spare is 20 years old.
After looking around, the comparable 15" rim tire size is 225/75R15 which is a really common trailer tire size, but not too common of a passenger car tire size.
I know they say to never run regular tires on a trailer, but can a trailer tire be used as a spare that is going to spend 99% of its life hanging up under the bed?
Or is the easiest route to just get a 16" steel spare rim and an exact size spare as what is on the rest of the truck?