Fifth Wheel tire blow outs.
Just an observation. Traveling south on route 81 from New York to North Carolina with our travel trailer. Within 100 miles I saw two large fifth wheel trailers with left rear tires shredded.?? Do f...
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Easy enough to weigh each axle at a truck scale and see if you need to move some weight around in the 5er to equalize. Maybe you should be nose up and maybe nose down, just depends on your particular set up and weight locations.
I am not so sure the wind on the front makes a difference at the axles and if it does then on which axle. It could be pushing down or lifting up on the front. Hard to say. If a wing is analogous to the front, then wind lifts the front up-flat bottom rounded top-however wind hitting the top portion of the front should force it down. I am sure someone is a wind tunnel expert and will have an informed opinion. May depend on the shape of the cab in front of the 5er and where the wind goes once it is over the cab.
I am not so sure the wind on the front makes a difference at the axles and if it does then on which axle. It could be pushing down or lifting up on the front. Hard to say. If a wing is analogous to the front, then wind lifts the front up-flat bottom rounded top-however wind hitting the top portion of the front should force it down. I am sure someone is a wind tunnel expert and will have an informed opinion. May depend on the shape of the cab in front of the 5er and where the wind goes once it is over the cab.
