Blowing tires on 5th wheel
First I apologize if this subject has been cover in the past. I did a search and went back a bit and didn't see anything fairly recent
I'm starting to get very frustrated and its beginning to ruin my travel experiences. I own a Cedar Creek Silverback 5th wheel and have blown 4 or 5 tires on the thing with very little mileage. I went seasonal 3 years ago but before that I was weekend transient with a couple of week vacation trips thrown in. Here's the issue I'm having. Before I went seasonal most trips were under 2 hours on weekends. The weeks trips would be up to 300 miles one way. I did those types of trips about 7 times in a 4 year period. Of those 7 I blew tires 4 times. Very discouraging and started making me avoid longer trips completely. Then I went seasonal with the idea we would pull out once a year for vacation. Well that was last week. Didn't go to far, about 200 miles round trip and what happen? I blew a tire!!! Can anybody tell me the the heck is going on? Why am I blowing tire so frequently? I'm at the point where I don't want to take the rig anywhere now. Tire pressure and lugs are check before every trip. Wheels are greased yearly. I read somewhere a few years ago in a Good Sam's article that on the less expensive models the axles may not be aligned properly so tires are not running true and sort of dragging. Is there any truth to that. Do I need to get axles laser aligned? Very frustrated here and need to have a resolution to this problem before I go out on a long trips again. Is this a common problem on 5th wheels? Any help would be appreciated.
I'm starting to get very frustrated and its beginning to ruin my travel experiences. I own a Cedar Creek Silverback 5th wheel and have blown 4 or 5 tires on the thing with very little mileage. I went seasonal 3 years ago but before that I was weekend transient with a couple of week vacation trips thrown in. Here's the issue I'm having. Before I went seasonal most trips were under 2 hours on weekends. The weeks trips would be up to 300 miles one way. I did those types of trips about 7 times in a 4 year period. Of those 7 I blew tires 4 times. Very discouraging and started making me avoid longer trips completely. Then I went seasonal with the idea we would pull out once a year for vacation. Well that was last week. Didn't go to far, about 200 miles round trip and what happen? I blew a tire!!! Can anybody tell me the the heck is going on? Why am I blowing tire so frequently? I'm at the point where I don't want to take the rig anywhere now. Tire pressure and lugs are check before every trip. Wheels are greased yearly. I read somewhere a few years ago in a Good Sam's article that on the less expensive models the axles may not be aligned properly so tires are not running true and sort of dragging. Is there any truth to that. Do I need to get axles laser aligned? Very frustrated here and need to have a resolution to this problem before I go out on a long trips again. Is this a common problem on 5th wheels? Any help would be appreciated.
