Trailer Tire wear
On May 1st I purchased a new 2011 travel trailer. I have taken three trips for a total of approximately 600 miles. I noticed last week that all four tires are showing abnormal wear on the inner and ou...
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LQuig wrote:Francesca Knowles wrote:
From Trailer Tire Wear Diagnosis
The chart doesn't cover cheap tires with weak sidewalls, that "are" inflated properly..
Flabby sidewalls is more often related to putting passenger-type tires on trailers. A primary difference between ST tires and P/LT tires is that ST's have stiffer sidewalls. Tires designed for passenger-transport vehicles are actually an important component of the comfort/suspension system and are designed for a "softer" ride. That's inefficient on a trailer.
The tread patterns on passenger-transport tires are usually also wrong for trailers, which only need to follow the tow vehicle. They do so most efficiently with shallow, straight tread-designed tires. The deep, aggressive tread that's required for steer/drive axles interferes with a trailer's straight-behind following action. Fuel efficiency is also affected.
