Tireman9 wrote:
winkyb wrote:
Hello Tire man just asking? If a trailer has floating axles meaning with the swivel clevis on the middle spring hangers and the trailer tow is level how are you going to have that much difference in weight on tires on the
same side?Also if they are commercial tires would they not expect them to be used on tandem trailers and light buses some being tandem?
At any rate I finely get a weight and it was only 6740 on all trail axles and that was for a one month trip so about as heavy as it will ever be.My drive axle on a E350 was 4260 with E rated commercial Fire Stones.So I would say I am good to go.I have about 6000 miles since I went on this trend and that is more than the China may pops went.And these do not hardly look like they have been run.
I have not collected actual data on tandem axle trailers and very few people have the data and post it but I do know that over half of the thousands of RVs that have been weighed by RVSEF have one or more tire or axle in overload condition so it is reasonable to believe, and I have been told that most tandem axle units have a mount similar to what you describe but there is still some difference between axles.
RE Heavy trucks. You will note that most heavy trailers run tandem axle dual tire so there is a load reduction built into the dual load rating.
What size are the Firestones? Do you have duals or single on the drive?
They are LT225/75/16 HT Firestone / Trans Force HT single tire. Side wall says good for 2680 at 80 PSI which I run in them.And as said that was with every thing we ever carry and more than most trips and full gas tank. I filled up just before going on the scale to make it as close to max as I could. As for tandem trailers I was thinking some of the hot shots and boat trailers. I under stand how the torsion bar trailers can be heavy on one tire but the ones that have swivel hangers until you get them to max. travel I don`t see how.Even with a weak spring it looks like the swivel should equalize the weight.
Back to the Van.It looks to me like I need to worry more about the van than the trailer.But like I said that is the absolute heaviest it will ever be on a trip.
