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The VW Beetle used bolts, as did many earlier vehicles both domestic and foreign. The problem with them is locating the wheel to start the first bolt; if you don’t have a close fitting hub you chase the bolt hole until you finally catch it right. That, and if the hub threads strip, you can’t just replace the stud. Even so, it all works, and there’s no compelling reason not to leave your trailer as is.
I have been using 30 weight motor oil on car, truck, and trailer wheel studs or bolts for 40+ years and have never had one loosen (nor seize). Have never had alloy wheels, which perhaps should be torqued, so I just tighten them tight with a small 4-way lug wrench.