Tandem axle vs single
What is the towing difference with the axle, tandem/single. Any advantages? Disadvantages? The only thing I can think of is if a tire blows out on a tandem at least you still can pull and your not o...
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BarneyS wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
Snip... Blowing a tire, which will happen…and to you, is another. Snip...
Not necessarily! I have been driving for 70 years, 50 of them towing a trailer of some kind, and have never had a blowout in all of those years. Only had one flat tire and had that changed in about 30 minutes.
Barney
What Lwiddis said. I haven't had a blowout, but I was at a campground waiting for a friend to arrive. I got a call, he was about 10 miles out and had lost the tread off of a trailer tire, shredding the tire. He had called AAA. I drove over there and put his spare on for him. If it was a single axle trailer, it would have been on the rim, or on its side.
