Location: 31 | VMS - 3/20/2012 6:27 PM
Couldn't agree more here on how the tires seem to wear on the inside edge more. I often wonder if this is due to how much the trailer can bounce along as you go down the highway with no shock absorber, thus causing the axle to lose allignment (camber) just due to the repetitive bouncing. Steve
That's probably as good a guess as any as to why that wears on the inside edge. I use to think it was from overloading the boat when I had a single axle trailer, but then noticed the same thing happens on my dual axle trailers... so.
I suppose I look at trailer tires a lot differently than I do my vehicles tires. On my vehicles I prefer to have 4 matching (tread wear too) tires, but not so much on my boat trailer.
As a matter of fact my boat trailer has two radials, and two bias ply tires on it right now because I'm not so convinced that radials are worth the extra money on a trailer (The two radials are original).
Not only that, (I actually have three dual axle trailers, boat, enclosed, open) when you change out all four tires at once it's obviously a larger expense and some tires are better than others and don't necessarily need to be replaced.
FYI, it's also easy to change one tire on a dual axle trailer by pulling the tire next to it onto a block, thereby lifting the one you want to change off the ground without a jack.
Edited by Jerry Newman 3/21/2012 12:08 PM
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