My tire story
We have owned our 2012 Jayco 34' 5er for about 1.5 years now and at best guess before this last trip the trailer had maybe 5000 miles on since new. June 6th we headed out for a 3.5 week trip throughou...
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JEBar wrote:57 Panhead wrote:
I noticed the curb side front tire on our trailer was worn almost completely down only on the outside rib and only about 1/3 the way around the tire.
Steve
I've never dealt with Discount Tire but from all I've read, they are a good outfit .... my question would be, why was the tire worn in that manner .... your camper is probably still under warranty but no matter if it is or not, I'd take it to my Jayco dealer and have it examined .... if there is an alignment problem, whatever new tire you put there will most likely experience the same issue
Jim
Hi Jim, How's your end of South Dakota doing? The Black Hills were great for us.
When we were in Cheyenne WY I called the local Jayco dealer and they said that tire issues are handled by the tire mfg. I went to the local Goodyear shop and they would have replaced the tire but didn't have one in stock. So then I found the local Discount tire store and they handled the problem. Prior to this trip I my local servicing Jayco dealer checked the axle alignment because I noticed some slight cupping, they reported back that the axles were fine. Also prior to the trip I had America's tire balance all 4 tires. The opinion of the tire shop was that a belt had likely separated causing the strange wear pattern. Both the Cheyenne WY and Stockton CA Discount Tire/Americas Tire stores said that cupping on trailers is normal especially on trailers that don't have shock absorbers on them.
One more thing, The spare I put on in Utah had about 2500 miles on it by the time we got home and there was no indication of abnormal wear by that time.
Steve
