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[quote=carolinacatamarans]I would not be concerned at all with the tire rating, I would be very concerned though with the 1" axle. I have had a couple sets of wheels that had slightly bent axles from the weight of a 400lb boat. Mostly happened when pushing boats up, over, and off of obstacles. Even a nice beach often have some humps and bumps in the dunes. That was with a 2" .120" wall axle. A 1" (solid?) axle would be hard pressed to survive in such conditions.

The weight of the wheels themselves is only a concern for the person that has to carry them around. Sometimes you have to haul them a long ways, you really start to feel those pounds when you have to carry them back up a boat ramp to lock to your trailer.

As I said before, my wheels are currently about 50lbs or 10lbs more than the factory trax. You really feel that difference when you have to carry them. Luckily I am a bigger and younger guy and can deal with it enough to not bother changing the tires out yet. If they weighed another 10lbs, I think that would really bother me.[/quote]

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