daklein wrote:It can be corrected. And it's not really that hard. The tire look like either toe out or negative camber.
Here's what I did on a tandem axle trailer: https://intothetransporter.blogspot.com ... nment.html
After doing this we have put 20000 on it with no abnormal wear and tires still more than half tread.
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Nobody wrote:You may not have the same problem at all but a couple of years ago we drove the Natchez Trace Parkway & when we returned home I noticed excessive wear on the tires of the TD. We probably didn't drive more'n 1K miles, maybe not that much on the entire trip so I was quite surprised & dismayed by the evident wear. Upon close examination of the undercarriage of my TD I discovered this...
I built my TD in 2006, on the HF 1800# trailer, with the standard 12" HF tires. Ran those tires in excess of 12K miles & replaced them with the Wal Mart 'specials' that came already mounted on white spoke wheels. Only replaced them because as Roly said, tread ribs # 2 & 4 began to wear excessively (IMO). I blame that on inflation. With more'n 25K miles on the TD, I'm now on my second set of Wal Mart tires/wheels. 1st set of the Wal Mart tires were wearing well & giving good service (expected more'n 20K miles from them) 'til one of the spring/axle 'U' bolts slipped a little & caused mis-alignment of the wheels/tires/axle to the direction of tow, resulting in very excessive wear on outside tread ribs of one tire, & inside tread ribs of the other. I corrected the mis-alignment, put on the new tires/wheels, & after another 4K miles they show no discernible wear.
Nobody wrote:Thanks Tony. I've made quite a few posts in the past 10yrs & hope I've helped someone. I only ever post suggestions/observations when I think my experience(s) may help someone, or when specific questions are asked. I think some of my ideas/beliefs may 'turn off' some members but most of 'em come from a lifetime (77yrs) of camping & various RV use/observations...
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