bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Thanks for the offer. I think it'll be ok though. I've got some thick vinyl duct tape that I may try if the noise keeps bugging me.
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Towing tent trailers with a lifted k5
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4xcrazy
3/4 ton status
Do yourself a favor before travelling long distances with it, get brand new tires.
I bought an old gutted & converted capming trailer, was made into a flatbed basically, for a move back to Indiana. The tires looked ok, nothing stuck out about anything being bad, but I didn't even make it out of Phoenix before one of them blew out.
I replaced both at a tire shop on eht eay out of town and it made it back to Indiana without any other issues.
Apparently the tires were just older, couldn't handle the loaded weight at highway speeds in the beginning of summer, wasn't crazy hot, but guess it was hot enough.
I bought an old gutted & converted capming trailer, was made into a flatbed basically, for a move back to Indiana. The tires looked ok, nothing stuck out about anything being bad, but I didn't even make it out of Phoenix before one of them blew out.
I replaced both at a tire shop on eht eay out of town and it made it back to Indiana without any other issues.
Apparently the tires were just older, couldn't handle the loaded weight at highway speeds in the beginning of summer, wasn't crazy hot, but guess it was hot enough.
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Done. I didn't want to chance it and I kept an extra old tire as a second spare.
-Brian
Been there done that. On a trip to the dunes I blew out a tire, lost the tread off of two others and had a sidewall bulge on the fourth tire. I made it into where I was going and the next morning bought 4 brand new trailer tires and never looked back.
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Yea ive heard a lot of that kind of thing. Thats why i figured two extra spares would be a good thing.
-Brian
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Small update. I bought two brand new "greenball" trailer tires before we left. When we got back, both tires are worn down to the belts.
This one tire looks like the inner side got the worst of it, but it was only 2000 miles.
Is the axle bent, or were they underinflated to last such a short time?
-Brian
This one tire looks like the inner side got the worst of it, but it was only 2000 miles.
Is the axle bent, or were they underinflated to last such a short time?
-Brian
I'd say your trailer axle may be bent/sagging causing negative camber. You may also have had not enough air in the tires. As a rule of thumb when the tire is up to running temperature the pressure shouldn't be more than 10% higher than when they're cold.
Tire failures are all pretty much temperature related, unless you physically damage the tire with debris, nail, etc. Rapid tread wear, belt separation etc are all from overheating the tire.
Tire failures are all pretty much temperature related, unless you physically damage the tire with debris, nail, etc. Rapid tread wear, belt separation etc are all from overheating the tire.
gotblazers
1/2 ton status
If they were underinflated it wouldnt have worn so unevenly. You definitley got a camber issue. My car trailer is doing the same thing, mines a bent axle for sure though 
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bp71k5
3/4 ton status
It wouldnt surprise me if the axle is bent being 40+ years old. Is there a good way to check it or "unbend" it? I really dont want to buy a new axle for this thing, but if i have to...
-Brian
-Brian
With that kind of wear your eyeballs should tell you plenty. To be more accurate a 24" level would tell you a lot...vertically on the sidewalls of the tire.
I had a boat trailer that had big neg camber issues. I replaced the trailer axle for ~$250 or so. Pretty easy really...aside from parting with the $250.
I had a boat trailer that had big neg camber issues. I replaced the trailer axle for ~$250 or so. Pretty easy really...aside from parting with the $250.
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
On pressure for trailer tires, remember, the spec'd pressure on the sidewall is what you are supposed to run, all the time.
Not a "Max cold" like a car tire, where you can run less.
On trailer tires, you run them at the max spec'd all the time, cold of course.
Hmmm, never heard that, or done that myself.
Then again my trailer bounces like a rubber ball when it's empty. Have to put at least 500 lbs in it to even get it to not bang and clatter every time you hit a crack in the road.
Then again my trailer bounces like a rubber ball when it's empty. Have to put at least 500 lbs in it to even get it to not bang and clatter every time you hit a crack in the road.
I always keep my car hauler's tires at their max recommended pressure FWIW.
If you;ve got some sort of small utilitiy trailer, im sure its not a big deal to keep them full. But, keep them at max capacity when there is any real weight in it.
It comes down to making damn sure they aren't going to overheat.
If you;ve got some sort of small utilitiy trailer, im sure its not a big deal to keep them full. But, keep them at max capacity when there is any real weight in it.
It comes down to making damn sure they aren't going to overheat.
Yeah, it's a single axle utility trailer dad built in the 80's. 5x8 or so but built to be loaded down with fire wood and then drug home through the woods. Tows great with 1000lbs in it...until then...bounces like a pogo stick.
Has ST225/75-15 trailer tires on it. When I got it dad had ancient 235/75R15 car tires on it.
Has ST225/75-15 trailer tires on it. When I got it dad had ancient 235/75R15 car tires on it.
