I check tire tempertures with a gun like digital temperture. We are alittle high also but the tires seem to be very close to the same temps. chevman
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Before we can answer this question, we have a few questions of our own.
Like, what kind of truck? What 5er are you towing? Have you taken the truck w/ 5er attached to a scale to see what it actually weighs? Have you compared your wieghts to the weighs listed onthe door jam of the truck?
Our answers would be extremely different if you are towing a 20 ft ultra light with an F350 than they would if you were towing a 40 ft Travel Supreme with an F150.
If you are blowing tires, you are probably grossly overweight on your truck rear axle. Forget whatever the sales person told you you can handle while he was trying to get you to buy what he was selling.
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Another option for blowing rear tires is that the front tires tend to stand up any road debris as they go over it, then the rear tires come along and get said debris into the tread or sidewall.
It may not have any affect whether you are level or not.
First of all, to the moderator, sorry about the double post to the towing forum.
To clarify: the tires that blew are the rear tires on my 5th wheel, not my TV.
I don't have access to scales to weigh my rig. I have a Grand Surveyor SVF 240BH. Dry weight 5900 lbs. Load capacity: 1808 Hitch weight: 1193.
We never run with anything in the tanks. Just load bare necessities. Two bicycles are carried in the truck bed. Nothing is attached to the rear. Don't have a rear bumper. Spare tire mounts underneath the rig in the front.
OK, it sounds like you are right about being level. You said in an earlier post that you had a 4WD truck, so the truck is riding high. If you are riding that high on a shorter wheelbase 5er, I assume that a 240BH is 24 feet long, then you are indeed putting a lot of pressure on the rear 5er tires. I'm also assuming that since you said "the rear tires" that your 5er has tandom axles.
Haven't done it myself, but have heard of others who have "flipped" the axles on the 5er to make it ride higher. That is what it sounds like you have to do. If you are riding that high in front, you are taking a lot of weight off the front 5er axle and putting extra weight on the rear axle. You need to get level to put equal weight on both axles.
So bottom line, look into "flipping" the axles. Check with your dealer, or someone else if he doesn't know.
If flipping is not possible on your rig, check with the various garages in your area to find out how you can basically jack up the rear end over the axles. When you do this you will probably have to get a small step to place at the bottom of your entry steps. If not, your first step up will be way to high for a lot of people.
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