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Freemanbobj
Sep 04, 2016Explorer
Hi all and thanks for the feedback...let me try to provide some more. We not the trailer new January of last year. We estimate we have 12,000 miles on the tires, but the only noticeable tread wear is as reported, down to the belts on the inside. Overloading is the most obvious , but , say: 75 lb clothes , 50 lb dishes, 25 job food, 25 lb of drugs in bathroom, misc stuff in overhead bins , say 25 lb, 70 lb for propane tanks, 30 lb for batteries, we are at 300 lb , add in a small easy chair we added , say 70lb, and we are rated for 572 lb....which must surely have a bit of leeway on the high side, say 40 lb so we find it hard to get that high. Also, the question of how long it would take to cause this arises, being as if it's been going on since day one, well that's a lot trips to calc weight loads on, but we NEVER go far with anything in tanks before dumping, know that for sure.
One more pressing observation : this last trip we,we're just on that this happened on, we travelled through Montreal and those were the WORST HIGHWAYS EVER CONSTRUCTED... we could not believe the shaking and bouncing that was going on with the truck n trailer. Our troubles began about 700 miles later.......just wonderin' ?
Re axle stickers... I looked underneath and the Dexter sticker says 2200 lb, which according to one post may be severely under spc'd?
I did keep all 4 tires and they are stacked at the dealers beside the trailer. It being Labor Day wknd, nothing will happen until next week, maybe I am just doom and glooming for no good reason... There are posts that say Dexter is very good at replacing axles and Jayco has done it thru them with no problem, so maybe it will all work out.... No harm in gathering all this,info you folks are providing and I am learning a lot, and maybe it can help,someone else who may have had or is having problems like this?
One more pressing observation : this last trip we,we're just on that this happened on, we travelled through Montreal and those were the WORST HIGHWAYS EVER CONSTRUCTED... we could not believe the shaking and bouncing that was going on with the truck n trailer. Our troubles began about 700 miles later.......just wonderin' ?
Re axle stickers... I looked underneath and the Dexter sticker says 2200 lb, which according to one post may be severely under spc'd?
I did keep all 4 tires and they are stacked at the dealers beside the trailer. It being Labor Day wknd, nothing will happen until next week, maybe I am just doom and glooming for no good reason... There are posts that say Dexter is very good at replacing axles and Jayco has done it thru them with no problem, so maybe it will all work out.... No harm in gathering all this,info you folks are providing and I am learning a lot, and maybe it can help,someone else who may have had or is having problems like this?
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