Travel trailer uneven Tire Wear
2017 Forest River Cherokee Wolf Pup curbside tire outside tread is very worn compared to outside tread on street side tire. Can I simply rotate them or has this become a safety issue?
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Not likely a flat spring would induce great outer tread wear or any at all. Axle should be true and square. Worn spring would just make the trailer lean to the right.
you’ve replaced the springs a year ago and one “failed”? Also not super likely. Although maybe you put 30k miles on the camper with an extra 1000lbs on the R side?
Regardless, the issue is likely an axle issue. Not square to the world F to R, camber issue (usually inside wear if they lose camber, or a toe issue (bent or not welded square to the axle tube and toeing “in.”)
Ive seen the latter many times on different trailers where the spindle isn’t quite square to the axle. There is not a fix for this aside from replacing the axle.
That said you don’t say how many miles it took to achieve this tire wear but if it’s not super aggressively wearing, I’d just swap tires side to side or flip the tire on the rim and keep motoring. Less costly and intrusive if you can get a year or 2 out of tire swapping and it’s not causing other issues. Had a boat trailer like this once. Tires only good for 4-5 years anyway based on age and it would take a couple few thousand miles to show visible wear. With 4 tries to choose from, 5 with a spare, it wasn’t worth fixing when I could just swap 2 tires around once a year and never wear one out
And fwiw, not a TT expert but a few years ago when we bought a Toyhauler, the FR Cherokee models were the most absolute cheap low end quality of all the ones I looked at. There may be cheaper/worse ones but if they are it couldn’t be by much. Not being a smart SS, just an honest observation
