Horrible tire wear in 2 years

B.O. Plenty wrote:

thrillhouse wrote:
Just talked to the dealer. They aren't willing to do anything, they won't even look at it. My tires absolutely are rated for 7040 pounds, I never even thought about that. It's just unbelievable to me what a blatant disregard for the safety of others stuff like this is all to save a few bucks.
I'm going to try to contact Forest River see what happens with that, if that doesn't work I might just slap some new tires on it and trade it in for a new trailer. I like ours, but don't see the point in spending more thousands of dollars to get new axles and properly weighted tires. But in a few days I may feel different.

Not all the weight is carried on the axles. You need to allow for the tongue weight. Sounds like your axles should be adequate. This is standard industry practice. It wouldn't cost thousands if you were to replace the axles. They usually cost less than $500.00 each. Probably not needed. Just get a set of quality tires and have it aligned as earlier suggested. An alignment at a heavy duty truck/trailer shop should cost around $200.00 RV dealers can't do this.

B.O.

You guys have made me feel a little better. All said and done if I did upgrade my axles (I have 2) plus 4 new tires, I am talking almost 2 grand. That's a lot to swallow after spending 20 grand on a brand new trailer 2 years ago. I know travel trailers are money pits and need to be babied which I feel I have done as far as maintenance.
What gets me is taking into account the tongue weight, my tires/axles are within 50 pounds of not being adequate. If this were the case with my tow vehicle everyone on here it seems would be attacking me for not having a bigger vehicle, but for some reason it's ok to be that close on the trailer axles? It's just a recipe for disaster in my opinion and now I know in the future to look out for stuff like that if/when I get a new trailer.

Hopefully, someone looking to buy a new trailer might read this and make a point to check the tire/axle ratings for the vehicle and make sure they are at least 20% over what the trailer weight is. (although, i'm now sure this will be hard to do)