Weird Tire Issue
I experienced a very weird tire problem on my Ram dually (at least, weird in my opinion).
A couple of days ago when pulling an unloaded dual-tandem gooseneck trailer, all was well...until stopping to get fuel. Immediately after getting back on the interstate, the truck began shaking like crazy. Pulled over, checked everything, no noticeable issues. I found where a weight was missing, so I went to my preferred tire shop and had that tire re-balanced. That yielded no improvement in the shaking. Back to the tire shop and they removed the remaining 5 tires to re-balance. That's when we found the issue.
The right rear outside tire had a flat spot on the inside portion of the tread. It looked similar to locking the brakes on an over-inflated trailer tire. But the pressure was exactly the same as its companion tire, which had no damage at all.
So I'm left trying to figure out how in the world this could have happened. Usually on a dually, if you have that kind of damage to one tire, it'll be the same on the one next to it. The only thing I can figure is that the tire must have a had a defect that created a bulge and caused it to have uneven wear.
?????????
A couple of days ago when pulling an unloaded dual-tandem gooseneck trailer, all was well...until stopping to get fuel. Immediately after getting back on the interstate, the truck began shaking like crazy. Pulled over, checked everything, no noticeable issues. I found where a weight was missing, so I went to my preferred tire shop and had that tire re-balanced. That yielded no improvement in the shaking. Back to the tire shop and they removed the remaining 5 tires to re-balance. That's when we found the issue.
The right rear outside tire had a flat spot on the inside portion of the tread. It looked similar to locking the brakes on an over-inflated trailer tire. But the pressure was exactly the same as its companion tire, which had no damage at all.
So I'm left trying to figure out how in the world this could have happened. Usually on a dually, if you have that kind of damage to one tire, it'll be the same on the one next to it. The only thing I can figure is that the tire must have a had a defect that created a bulge and caused it to have uneven wear.
?????????
