Upsizing axles...

[WDPatterson]

Originally Posted by Island Eddie

My trailer has been sitting 3 weeks at CW regarding my axles.
Last I heard was that it needed new axles and other stuff.

Sorry, don't mean to be vague, the conversation was hurried, and answers were not readily available from the tech, I was talking to a supervisor, who was looking into the matter, and our extended warranty, etc.

It's been frustrating to say the least.

My gut feeling is I think best case scenario is they replace it, and I am thinking I'll be saddled again with the same minimal axles, that failed already.

My questions guys is should I just go get my trailer and take it to a private trailer repair shop, and have a better axle installed?

I have 3500's on there now, and that just seems to be too small, if you tally everything up, and take into account the bumping strain roads can have by adding more stress.

This is my trailer, and the data, etc.

https://www.rvusa.com/rv-guide/2019-...5rbiwe-tr38196

I have thought about going a little smaller, but we love this floor plan and opposing slides, it really gives us room, and overall, we want to keep it.

Since I will be paying for it out of my pocket, what might I expect to pay, anybody have any idea?

I need to decide this week, we have half a dozen trips already booked.


THANKS guys

I screenshot Keystone's "weight specs". They are liable for any damages incurred by their underating the axles for the gross weight of your trailer.
Your trailer axles are 3,500 lb, for a total of 7000 pounds, while the gross weight of that trailer is 7600 lb. That's 600 pounds over the rated capacity of those axles. Doesn't matter what the engineering threshold of those axles is, it's what they are rated for.
They should have put heavier axles on it from the factory.