Steve76eb wrote:
Aquaholic502 wrote:
The only thing that scares me about these trailers is the dual axle. If you get a blowout (which a lot of people complain about with trailer tires) you are now riding on one tire on that side. I may be wrong to worry but I would rather be sitting on two and a half 6000lb axles than one and a half 8000lb axles. Any input on this?
How far do you plan on driving with a blow out? 100 miles? I believe most people will pull over when the tire blows out and change over to a spare. I think you are getting scared over nothing.
Actualy I would pull over right away as I try to take care of my tires. I have 2+ years on my chinabombs because I drive right and take care of them. My point was that trailer is gross 19500 with a pin of 3900. Thats 15600 on the rear. So lets say that would be devided by 2 so you have 7800 per side again im not sure if this is how the engineers calculate this so I could be wrong (you tell me). Now you have a tire thats rated for 4805lbs holding up 7800 lbs. So you tell me how long that tire will last when the one in front of it just blew up. Like I said I may be worrying too much but that seems pushing it to me. I would rather have two tires rated for total 7040 than one rated at 4805. On a triple axle with a blow out you lose 1/3 of the help with the load on that side. With a double axle you will lose 1/2 the help with the load.
