Thoughts on Uneven Tread Wear on 192 RBS?

jrichard wrote:
Mine looked very similar to that after approximately 8k miles. A tire shop told me it was normal because of tight turns, backing into spaces, etc. Didn't make sense to me as I'd expect to see the same wear on all sides.

I had an alignment performed at a shop equipped and experienced with that sort of thing (FWIW, $350 in California for two axles a couple of years ago).

I replaced the tires and 9k miles later the wear is perfectly even.

The shop told me they were out of alignment enough to cause the uneven wear and it likely came that way from the factory. Given the **** workmanship on almost all trailers, I don't think there's any reason to believe these things are delivered with proper alignment.

I'm with you, I think their "tight turns . . ." etc. answer was probably not well informed. As with you, all three of the other tires reflect completely even wear.

So I think i'm left with: (1) verifying alignment of the axles; and/or (2) seeing early signs of failure on that particular tire with perhaps a belt slipping internally.

Sad that such a fundamental part of our trailer's structure (axle alignment) could even be considered suspect from a factory fresh unit. I don't like things like shoddy or inconsistent workmanship (fortunately, our particular trailer is 98% free from that), but I can at least chalk that up to the recent years of RV production volumes and so some QC slippage due to employee inexperience or learning curves ramping up (to be very generous!). But to think that axle misalignment from the factory is even on the radar screen is absurd. A ridiculous failure in accountability in manufacturing . . .