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Old 06-08-2013, 03:23 PM   #1
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Tire Wear

Made a 4000+ mile trip from Michigan to Alaska in early May 2013 and noticed the wear on my truck's rear tires and the Raptor's front axle tires are wearing faster then the remaining. Does this sound right to you?
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Old 06-08-2013, 04:56 PM   #2
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At 18K that’s a heavy trailer and very easy to overload on a long trip. I suspect your truck is also just about maxed out. Does it squat when all loaded-up for the road? Does your truck’s owner’s manual tell you to increase tire pressures when towing a heavy load? The squat would be the simplest explanation for your particular tire wear. Not enough tire pressure in the truck’s tires would account for excess wear.

Did or have you weighed your loaded rig? Very easy to get an overload axel on a triple axle toy-hauled. Especially the lead or trailing axel.

Those are just a few thoughts.

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Old 06-08-2013, 08:35 PM   #3
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What kind of wear are you experiencing? That may help in determining the cause.
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Old 06-08-2013, 08:41 PM   #4
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Between 80 and 82 pounds for all six 5th wheel tires and the rear truck tires...checked daily before driving (assigned it to my passenger). I have Air Bags in flated to 55 pounds and the truck never squated.

12810 Raptor
740 Polaris 700
510 Yamaha 650
417 Water, 50 gal

14447 Total

Leaves 3500 pounds for food, clothing, passengers, misc., etc.

I'm wondering if the front axle wears more on turning then the middle and rear axle tires. Sounds reasonable and it is the outer edges of the tires that show the most wear.
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Old 06-09-2013, 12:33 AM   #5
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If U remember backing to my place how those tires rolled over in the turn. So the front and rear tires would show about same wear. You just may be a little pin heavy. My bumper tow toy hauler pulls awful without any garage toys. May look at your total weight to the rear.

I should have my in floor storage boxes done here real soon. Thanks for letting us look at yours when you were here. Not sure if you missed the snow when you left but we got 9 inches here at the house that weekend.

Safe travels........look forward to seeing you again soon
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Old 06-14-2013, 10:45 AM   #6
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Alright, here is what I've heard from another 5ver hauler...TV rear axle wear is normal for rear tires. As far as the outer edge of RV axle tires wearing, he said the axle maybe cambered incorrectly, not allowing the wheel to be perfectly horizontal.
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Old 06-15-2013, 07:29 AM   #7
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If you install air bags such as Firestone Ride-Rite and plumbed each bag independently they may reduce some of the roll which will help the outer wear, it did on our Titan which would like to wear the RR tire. Finding the right tire combination is also important find a good tire shop (not a mass merchant) and show them your problem
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Old 06-17-2013, 04:22 PM   #8
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Pulling a trailer of that weight will eat rear tires on a SRW truck as compared to DRW.
I would try and get the whole rig to a scale where you have lots of time and can get a weight on individual axles and also side to side on individual axles. This will point to or rule out overweight /tire issues.

You might also find a shop that can properly check the wheel alignment on the trailer axles, although it is common for the front and rear axles to show more tire wear then the center.
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Old 07-25-2013, 12:11 PM   #9
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upon closer inspection, the tire with the most extreme wear is the front right tire, outside edge. I suppose it is the tight rotational stress during RIGHT TURNs that is the probable cause.

Now I get around making left turns... : )
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