I have a very tight turn to get into my driveway.  You have to use the full turning ability of the goose to make the turn.  I had a friend come over pulling her trailer & she was having a fit saying that if you turn too sharp that you'll pop the tire off the rim.  Is that true? 

Thanks,

Brenda

First off.  I expect that you have been making this turn for some time.  Have you ever pop'd a tire off the rim? Use you own personal experience here and don't worry so much about the advice from others.

What's the damage if you do pop a tire off the rim?  OK yes you might have to remove the tire and take it to a tire store and have them remount it on the rim. It's an inconvienence, but not a big cost. If you have a compressor you might fix the problem at home. We frequently knock tires off the rim on our skid loaders. A can of starter fluid, squirted inside the tire ( just a couple of squirts, Not the whole can), throw a match in and Pooof. The tire is remounted on the rim. Use the compressor to bring it to proper inflation.

I'd worry about damaging the tire if I knocked it off the rim more than a couple of times.  As long as it has not happened yet, you are probably ok.

I'll second Painted horse's thought:

"... First off.  I expect that you have been making this turn for some time.  Have you ever pop'd a tire off the rim? Use you own personal experience here and don't worry so much about the advice from others..."

I don't like his ether method of tire mounting though.  It's too easy to catch a chunk of rubber or worse in the face.  It will ruin the first day of the rest of your life

Now.. If you could do anything reasonable to you, to avoid such a sharp turn, do it.  I'm thinking a section of culvert to widen the drive... Tires, bearings, axles, etc. are being stressed and rubbed the "wrong way".

Unloading the horses before turning will help too.  Decide based on your circumstances.

Hosspuller, thanks for pointing out a ligitimate hazard. I didn't mean to represent that ether is the easy fix for remounting a tire. Ether should be a last ditch effort. Sometime on a job site, you just don't have the option of pulling a tire off and driving to a tire store.

The explosion of the ether reseats the bead of the tire.

I have never seen a tire pop off the bead on a turn, all my goosenecks have been turned around in tight circles and no tire loss.Most tire problems are with low or no pressure.

I have also changed a lot of trailer tires on the tire machine and most tires are pretty well grown to the rim and are a bugger sometimes to get off.

I found if I can turn my truck around without or very little back up the trailer will follow.

Thats the beauty of goosenecks.

Don't worry be happy !

Thanks.  I figured it was pretty unlikely. I just converted to a goose in May, so have only made the turn a dozen times or so.  I got many warnings from friends when I got my trailer, but had not heard that one.  My friend & I both drive short bed extended cabs, so our turning ability is not what a long bed would have either.

Don't worry... I won't be resetting any of my own tires! 

Thanks,
Brenda

I've seen 3 axle trailers pop tire off a rim. But you really have to jack knife them bad or be on soft ground to catch the tire edge. Have never seen a 2 axle pop tires off rim.

I have pulled lots of goose necks with all kinds of loads heavy light etc.

I have jacked knifed a lot of them makeing tight turns going into and gates barns etc.

I have yet to knock one off the rim. I have done it by jumping a curb at too much angle.

I know I should resist typing this, but I just can't!

You are much more likely to break out  the rear window of your truck than you are to break the tire loose.

Roll on

Oh I completely agree with you!  Having a shortbed, I have to keep a close eye on the corner of my cab.  It sneaks up real quick! 

I had a friend who laughed when I bought it & said he guaranteed within 6 months I would either have a dent in my cab/front of my trailer or lose a tailgate.  He almost put the dent in my cab the other day because he's used to a longbed truck!  

Brenda