Is this normal tire wear?

[rsaylor3]

I bought my 2015 Viewfinder Signature 32rlss in January 2015 new. I have towed it for approximately 3,000 miles at the most during this year. Trailer is just slightly nose down when towing by about 1 inch. Loaded under maximum weight rating per CAT scale.

I run them at maximum tire pressure per sidewall and check them before each trip.

I noticed this wear after my last trip. Dealer said it looks normal but I wanted another opinion.

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[All_I_could_aff]

Thanks for the link, I would have bet anything they weren't ST tires. Funny thing is they from the same parent company as my trailer tires ( westlake).
Mine less than a year old but so far 100% satisfied, and they were one of very few available in 185/80R13 load range D radial

[rsaylor3]

That is a tread groove. I checked and the front tires show more where from the suspected scrubbing which I think k would make sense.

[rsaylor3]

http://lionshead.digitalhill.com/Vail-Sport-Radial-Tire

[All_I_could_aff]

Every vail st picture I could find on the web look nothing like that tread. You've got me reall curious. I am also wondering if that is an actual tread groove along the outer 1 inch edge or if it is from repeatedly scraping on part of the trailer.

[kmbelt]

rsaylor3 wrote:
I do have to turn it a lot when backing it into its home spot. That is about to change this weekend when I place her in her new parking spot in my back yard. Then it will be a much straighter shot each time I park her.

We have done about 8 trips so far. The tires are the ones that came stock, Vail Sport ST radials. Was hoping they would make it to 2 years.

Not near it now, but date code was good. There had been a recall on some of these tires so I checked them a month back before our trip to stone mountain.

You positive those are Vail ST tires? post a picture of them. Look more like a performance street tire. I had Vail's on my 5er. They lasted one year before they started looking questionable. Replaced them with Real tires. I put on some Maxxis LT tires.

[goducks10]

mbopp wrote:
That's why I detest wide-track axles on trailers - too much scrubbing on tight turns.

If you google the TT it doesn't look like it has true wide track axle spacing. I had wide track axle spacing on a prior trailer and never experienced that type of tire wear.

The tread pattern doesn't look very RV friendly.

There's several Vail Sport tires recalls on the net. Load ratings and other information on the sidewall is wrong. Maybe you have a mislabeled tire and are under your load rating.

[Jack_Diane_Free]

I have owned 6 trailers over many years and have never experienced this type of tire wear. I would not call this normal.

[eHoefler]

Looks like it is hitting something above it, like going over a big bump or curb. I would look in the fender well for a screw or bracket it may come in contact with.

[mbopp]

That's why I detest wide-track axles on trailers - too much scrubbing on tight turns.

[rsaylor3]

Thanks everybody! That's what I figured was happening as well but I've been looking every time I see a tandem axle trailer in a parking lot and checking it out and haven't really noticed any like that. But I've been parking at where I have to do about a five or six point backup turn to get an in-between where it needs to be real tight angles really flex in the suspension every time. Moving into the backyard to be a straight shot basically like getting into a campground and back in a straight in. Hopefully I'll see that stop wearing I'll keep an eye on

[icanon]

Looks to me like scrubbing, I'd rotate the tires and keep an eye on them.

[CapriRacer]

Allow me to second that those don't appear to be ST tires. While General Altimax is wrong, they look like some sort of P type tire - and if that is the case, what we are looking at is the result of overload.

You reported they are Vail Sport ST's, but images on the internet look different. Are you sure you have that right?

[WyoTraveler]

I think you answered your own question about the tire. I got that on my goose neck stock trailer tight turning a lot on a hard surface.

[dodge_guy]

Are those trailer tires? I`ve never seen that type of tread pattern on an ST tire! it almost looks like a General Altimax P tire?!