help with trailer!
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From: Santa Clara, CA
help with trailer!
so this is not a truck question at all, but there are a lot of smart people here
Problem:
Got a trailer tire rubbing against the wall and caused it to fail (damn horse bowed out the wall). I doesn't seem like i can get the trailer repaired fast enough so:...
Short term solution:
Can i use wheel spacers ( ) to temporarily move out the wheel so that it doesn't rub (or as much)? Unfortunately, i will have to move the trailer loaded with horses (so about 4-4,500 lbs or so on top of the empty weight) for about 180miles (as they are no "stranded" at my inlaws,,,,while i pay boarding fees at the regular barn..) . The axles are 8 lugs 7K ones. And if i can use the spacers, do all 4 wheels? just on side? or just the one?
Thanks
if anybody knows a good trailer/fabrication north of Fresno (Yosemite south-gate ara) just let me know!
Problem:
Got a trailer tire rubbing against the wall and caused it to fail (damn horse bowed out the wall). I doesn't seem like i can get the trailer repaired fast enough so:...
Short term solution:
Can i use wheel spacers ( ) to temporarily move out the wheel so that it doesn't rub (or as much)? Unfortunately, i will have to move the trailer loaded with horses (so about 4-4,500 lbs or so on top of the empty weight) for about 180miles (as they are no "stranded" at my inlaws,,,,while i pay boarding fees at the regular barn..) . The axles are 8 lugs 7K ones. And if i can use the spacers, do all 4 wheels? just on side? or just the one?
Thanks
if anybody knows a good trailer/fabrication north of Fresno (Yosemite south-gate ara) just let me know!
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From: Santa Clara, CA
Just trying to see if there are any solutions that addresses the wheel position and not the wall position so that when we drive up this weekend again we could have multiple ways of solving it
Laughing Gas
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Clark, WY
Do you have torsion axles or springs? I ask because with spring axles you have a seesaw effect and the top of the tire moves laterally in an arc along with moving up/down. With a torsion axle you just have the up/down movement. 1/2" maybe enough just sitting there but not enough to stop it from hitting while going down the road.
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