Trailer Tire Wear

[wbwilly]

Hey All,</p>

A friend of mine has a 20' aluminum Triton CC on a galvanized trailer that absolutely eats tires. Both tires wear from the inside like the thing is squatting from weight. The boat and the trailer are from the factory so they should be matched.</p>

Any ideas?</p>

 

[rodbuilder2]

Axel must be bent

 

[Oldman]

i agree with Rudy.

 

[trashtrout]

Either the axle is bent or the trailer isnt setting level when going down the road.

 

[Hook1]

SOunds like an axle, but I have an '08 Tracker that eats tires up as well. I have had alignment checked and measured the axles from the tongue myself and its straight and square. Looking back in my mirrors it actually looks like its being squated down and the wheels kind of leaning in. The good news is the folks at Island Cove and Tracker Marine have replaced the tires for me so far because of the irregular wear on them.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Too much weight!Trailer axles are made in a jig that holds camber and toe for the beam to be welded. ONLY 2 things are causing this...1 is weight, the other could be that the axle was put on with the camber lean on wrong. A pic would help.Top of the tires should lean out a touch when unoaded and just about lean in straight up and down when loaded.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Hook1 - 4/6/2011 8:53 AM SOunds like an axle, but I have an '08 Tracker that eats tires up as well. I have had alignment checked and measured the axles from the tongue myself and its straight and square. Looking back in my mirrors it actually looks like its being squated down and the wheels kind of leaning in. The good news is the folks at Island Cove and Tracker Marine have replaced the tires for me so far because of the irregular wear on them.

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Tracker still using a Bias ply tire? You dont have goodyears on do you?</p>

 

[wbwilly]

OK, thanks for the thoughts. Now, where do I send him to fix the problem?

 

[Oldman]

b-bass works at tennessee trailer.he should be able to help u or put u on some one that can.

 

[Hook1]

Billy, the tires are Trail America or something like that. Joe at Island Cove said they are made by Goodyear though. Who knows.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Its still a cheap verion. Not a true radial. Slap on some real goodyears and keep tire pressue right. You won't see that wear like that UNLESS the axle is under rated. Trust me...we see this all the time on other manufactured trailers.

 

[rick09_99]

I have a stratos dual axle trialer under my 20 foot stratos. I have the same problem on the rear axle of my trailer. the tires wear out FAST on the inside. I've started buying good used radials for 20 bucks apiece or so instead of buying new tires. Is there any places anyone lnows of that can check alignment of my trailer? I live in Spencer so i need something general, like Farmers co-op, etc. Just places you may know with the ability to check it.

 

[Fastwin]

I don't think trailers have a toe and camber adjustment.

 

[TOMMY 20RXD]

CHECK THE ALINEMENT WITH THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER, AND FULL OF GEAR AND GAS.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Take the rig, fully loaded to a set of truck scales and weight it. (without vehicle) The look at your GVWR and compare it to your actual weight.