Well........it happened.
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I'm cheap and lazy.
My turn - have you ever seen a trailer tire do this....
I noticed this yesterday on the outside edge of one of the fiver tires. There are two 4-5" wide diagonal cupped areas that start where the tread is warn through and taper off at the other side and there is a lot of shoulder wear on one side. My guess on the shoulder wear is poor weight distribution, so I'm going to have to move some gear from starboard to port to even out the weight. The diagonal cupping on one side is what has me scratching my head because the rest of the tread is fine except for the shoulder wear. Maybe it lost a wheel weight? The other three tires are in great shape, they are Denman's not Carlisle's and they were balanced.
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I saw that happen on a bent axle on a snowmobile trailer, not a fiver. That is unusual wear. No chance a spring is loose or the axle on that side is moving around causing the wheel to toe in?
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Yes, looks like toe in to me too....
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Savage & Darren,
You nailed it. I just put a straight edge (tape measure) on the sidewalls of both tires and one or both of them are skewed. I'm going to get a new tire and shift some weight and see if I can nurse it home next week.
Thanks guys!
You nailed it. I just put a straight edge (tape measure) on the sidewalls of both tires and one or both of them are skewed. I'm going to get a new tire and shift some weight and see if I can nurse it home next week.
Thanks guys!
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You may want to inspect your hubs...it could be a bearing. I really doubt a bearing would cause one wheel to toe in that much. You never know though. When you raise it up to change the tire, spin the tire and make sure it is spinning free. If it isn't, you may be best to have it looked at before you head home. I'm sure it's nothing major now, but it could be along the way.
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I always have one tire on every trailer I use that looks like that. Seriously, every camper and cargo trailer I have ever towed eventually gets one of the four tires to be worn on the edge and random flat spots.
It drives me crazy, I've never gotten a tire store to give me a good answer either. There is no alignment, caster adjustments on most trailers, just a torsion axle mounted. I just figure there must be a slightly bent rim, a slightly bent axle, or a hub that does not spin true. I usually get around 30,000 miles out of the one bad tire which for my work trailer is only about 8 months of service. Very frustrating.
Tomohawk, you might just rotate your trailer tires before you get home. Put a fresh and true tire where that one is and you'll get home fine.
It drives me crazy, I've never gotten a tire store to give me a good answer either. There is no alignment, caster adjustments on most trailers, just a torsion axle mounted. I just figure there must be a slightly bent rim, a slightly bent axle, or a hub that does not spin true. I usually get around 30,000 miles out of the one bad tire which for my work trailer is only about 8 months of service. Very frustrating.
Tomohawk, you might just rotate your trailer tires before you get home. Put a fresh and true tire where that one is and you'll get home fine.
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Damn... I hate that Happens every once-in-awhile to my Port Shoe 
I have to go in and get an alingment done on my feet
Happens every once-in-awhile to my Port Shoe I have to go in and get an alingment done on my feet
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They still do an alignment at your age Bill? 
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You may want to inspect your hubs...it could be a bearing. I really doubt a bearing would cause one wheel to toe in that much. You never know though. When you raise it up to change the tire, spin the tire and make sure it is spinning free. If it isn't, you may be best to have it looked at before you head home. I'm sure it's nothing major now, but it could be along the way.
I always have one tire on every trailer I use that looks like that. Seriously, every camper and cargo trailer I have ever towed eventually gets one of the four tires to be worn on the edge and random flat spots.
It drives me crazy, I've never gotten a tire store to give me a good answer either. There is no alignment, caster adjustments on most trailers, just a torsion axle mounted. I just figure there must be a slightly bent rim, a slightly bent axle, or a hub that does not spin true. I usually get around 30,000 miles out of the one bad tire which for my work trailer is only about 8 months of service. Very frustrating.
Tomahawk, you might just rotate your trailer tires before you get home. Put a fresh and true tire where that one is and you'll get home fine.
It drives me crazy, I've never gotten a tire store to give me a good answer either. There is no alignment, caster adjustments on most trailers, just a torsion axle mounted. I just figure there must be a slightly bent rim, a slightly bent axle, or a hub that does not spin true. I usually get around 30,000 miles out of the one bad tire which for my work trailer is only about 8 months of service. Very frustrating.
Tomahawk, you might just rotate your trailer tires before you get home. Put a fresh and true tire where that one is and you'll get home fine.
I'm planning on doing exactly what you said, put the new tire in the problem spot and head for home.
I hate it when that happens.
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Originally Posted by FishingNut;[URL="tel:11923115"
11923115[/URL]] They still do an alignment at your age Roy?
Up until 65..... 3 1/2 to go
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Good morning everyone.
Howdy Roy. We are doing great! Work is nutz but that is a good problem I suppose. If oil keeps going down we may have the opposite problem in a couple of years LOL
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How you guys doing Roy?
The bad: It's 4:45 AM and I am leaving for work.
The good: I will be driving my truck in about 30 seconds.
Have a good day everyone!
Howdy Roy. We are doing great! Work is nutz but that is a good problem I suppose. If oil keeps going down we may have the opposite problem in a couple of years LOL
.How you guys doing Roy?
The bad: It's 4:45 AM and I am leaving for work.
The good: I will be driving my truck in about 30 seconds.
Have a good day everyone!