Need help/Trailer issues

[muskymatt]

Does anyone know of a condition that a trailer would have the tires wear unevenly and in a single season.

 

• New Yaughtclub trailer 3 yrs old
• Bought and set up by dealership
• Surge brakes
• Galvanized
• 20' boat
• Single axle
• full size trailer class tires

 

They already changed the tires once and then upgraded the weight class of the axle and it still does it.

 

Baffled!

[Terry]

under inflated

over inflated

bent axle

[muskymatt]

under inflated

over inflated

bent axle

I keep my tires at the exact psi rating religiously! Axle is new. That's what's weird about it. Everything seems to be fine, except the wear

[Fisherman]

What do you mean uneven wear? Tread bare on the outer edges, inner edges, flat spotting, scalping, etc. Like what Terry said, although if they changed the axle, then the spring mounts on the frame may not be the same spacing from the front (or rear) causing one tire to be more forward than the other. Possibly the surge brakes aren't set up right.

[Bondar]

Is the axle mounted straight?

[irishfield]

Slow down on the way to the fishing hole... you're not supposed to have the trailer drifting through the corners!!

[Fisherman]

Is the axle mounted straight?

Haha, you have to type faster.

[Terry]

I have seen light trailer wheels lock right up at high speeds with brakes

having a tire come to a dead stop at 100km can wear it a bit too

[Entropy]

Is the tire rated for the right load?

[Entropy]

maybe go from load range D to E, or the similar.

[DRIFTER_016]

Can't really say anything without pics of the tires so we can see what type of wear issues you are having Matt.

[Sinker]

What drifter said....^

 

S.

[Big Cliff]

If the axle isn't straight with the frame I would expect to see wear on the outside edge of the leading tire and on the inside edge of the trailing tire. Get someone to follow you while going down the highway and see if the trailer is tracking straight.

[muskymatt]

I'll post some pics today.

I have to assume they are the right class due to a dealership selling me the trailer package.

[Fisherman]

Ha, some dealers will put on day old timmmys donuts, just to get you off the lot.

[Sinker]

A 20ft boat on a single axle has to be pushing its limits. Whats the axle rated for?

[BillM]

Tires will wear out in no time if the axle isn't aligned properly or bent, ask me how I know this

[Terry]

Yeah really quick

I bent my axle on the end of a boat ramp. Did not know it bent

8 km down the road blew a tire, saw the other one was all but worn out and saw the bent axle

I had 2 spares with me and about 6 more km to get home changed the flat one , then the other one went

I then drove with the bad tire in the gravel on the side of the road. Sure made a dust storm

The left side tire blew with about half a km left. I stuffed rags in the tire and slowly made it the rest of the way home

 

Thanks Brian for bending my axle strait again

[BillM]

Terry similar thing happened to us.. Must have tweaked the axle down here before a trip to Atikokan. Got there noticed really abnormal wear on the tires, didn't really clue into it to be honest, I thought maybe the tires were messed up. Finally had a brain fart just outside of the Sault on 17, pulled over did some measurements and we were a 1/4in out. Made it just south of Parry Sound before the tire blew taking out the plastic fender and marker light with it. Luckily I had CAA + RV, got the boat on a flat bed and back to Coldwater. Pulled the axle brought it into a shop and had it straightened.

 

I'm a lot more cautious when loading/unloading the boat now, it didn't take much to bend that axle when putting the boat in (high sided it on a rock at one of the launches we use all the time)..

Edited November 26, 2014 by BillM

[doubleheader]

Is the axle mounted straight?

This is my guess given your comments on tire maintenance.

[bigbuck]

Definitely not tracking like it should. Either the suspension OR the axle is the culprit. Take it to a trailer shop to get checked out and repaired properly.

[fish_fishburn]

I think they call it dog tracking. When your axle isn't 90 degrees to the tongue.

[ecmilley]

Leaf springs or torsion axle?

Get out tape measure measure ball to each side of axle and mounting on frame give u ball park idea

[muskymatt]

This is my guess given your comments on tire maintenance.

Makes sense for sure, I'll be taking the boat off in the spring and doing some measuring myself, but not before letting them know now that the problem persists.

[muskymatt]

Leaf springs or torsion axle?

Get out tape measure measure ball to each side of axle and mounting on frame give u ball park idea

Springs!

It would seem the set up wasn't right by the comments here. My view is it should be their problem.