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JIMNLIN
Oct 24, 2014Explorer III
Also, keep in mind that if you've had a tire fail, the other tire on that side of the trailer also needs to be replaced. It was almost certainly overloaded (possibly severely overloaded) during the time of the failure as it had to take all of the weight for that side of the trailer.
The flat tire on a multiaxle trailer is still carrying a majority its load through the equalizer bar.
IMO your thinking a trailer without the equalizer bar that the flat tire can place all the load on the tire next to it.
The rim will cut/shread a flat tire on a trailer in a few miles at interstate speeds and eventually start wearing the rims on the wheel. And even then its still carrying a good portion of its load.
Remember some folks report ramping the good tire to raise the flat tire still doesn't raise the flat tire. The equalizer bar at work.
I've unknowingly ran lots of flat tires on my road trailers when hauling and always inspect the tire next to the flat for cut/impact marks. For those folks that don't know what to look for I would have the tire removed from the wheel and inspected outside and inside.
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