Tire Wear vs Trailer Attitude?
Recently went on an extended trip 3500 miles with my TT, a 2012 Gulf Stream /Amerilite 255BH 28ft OAL and noticed excessive tire wear on the trailing axle. The lugs of the tread seem to be worn in a r...
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Most double axle trailer tire wear is axle alignment related. I'd take it to a truck/frame shop based on your tire wear.
. I paid $99/axle for the service.
"with the coupler about 6 inches lower than the back bumper"
I have no idea what that means. You can reference this sticky thread for how to properly adjust a WDH. The goals are return some amount of lost weight to the front axle and trailer level to slightly nose down as measured by the frame. The amount of weight transferred from rear axle to front is adjusted by angle of the ball and number of links under tension for many WDH systems. Once that is close, setting the trailer levelness is done by the adjusting the ball height. Neither of those adjustments should cause the tire wear you describe.
. I paid $99/axle for the service.
"with the coupler about 6 inches lower than the back bumper"
I have no idea what that means. You can reference this sticky thread for how to properly adjust a WDH. The goals are return some amount of lost weight to the front axle and trailer level to slightly nose down as measured by the frame. The amount of weight transferred from rear axle to front is adjusted by angle of the ball and number of links under tension for many WDH systems. Once that is close, setting the trailer levelness is done by the adjusting the ball height. Neither of those adjustments should cause the tire wear you describe.
