magilla70
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Road Trip wrote:
Those of us who have gone to LT tires of the adequate weight range and speed rating have seen our tire problems go away.
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Bingo!!! If they would put real tires on there instead of that 15" D rated garbage there would be alot less problems. I swapped out my 15" D's for 16" E's and have not had a problem since!!!
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troll3193
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BigDogF250,
I think you are on to something.... For all the weakness of the tire makers that are constantly bashed on this board, I think a lot of it comes down to TT/5er manufacturers building larger and larger trailers on 2/3 axles with D rated tires that are ultimately overloaded..
Whether manufacturers stay with 3 axles or not, they need to start putting higher load range tires on the units... Also more units with 16" wheels that give more options for better E rated and better tires..
I am not in the market for a new unit, but I would not buy a new one without it coming with at least 16" e-rated tires..
My $.02 worth,
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rcchallenger
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BobWanderer wrote:amberjax wrote:My neighbor just got from camping in Savanna, Ga. this week. He stopped by today to tell me that he talked with someone at the campground who says that all of the manufacturers are getting away from 3 axle trailers due to the tire failure rate. Anyone heard this rumor yet??
The only reason I can think off, tire scrub??
Its bad enough on a 2 axle, probably even worse on a 3 axle??
You're right about the tire scrub. My triple axle is more difficult to get into my driveway than my dual axle was. I have to watch the tires really carefully, especially the rear axle.
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bkirkpatrick
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I heard that they were going to put dually rims all the way around and go to a two axle setup. Thus, I get 8 tires on two axles!
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coribdx
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rcchallenger wrote:BobWanderer wrote:amberjax wrote:My neighbor just got from camping in Savanna, Ga. this week. He stopped by today to tell me that he talked with someone at the campground who says that all of the manufacturers are getting away from 3 axle trailers due to the tire failure rate. Anyone heard this rumor yet??
The only reason I can think off, tire scrub??
Its bad enough on a 2 axle, probably even worse on a 3 axle??
You're right about the tire scrub. My triple axle is more difficult to get into my driveway than my dual axle was. I have to watch the tires really carefully, especially the rear axle.
My job when we are backing in the rig (besides helping the driver not hit the house) is to wet down the entire driveway to help the "slip" factor, and alleviate the "scrub" factor..
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rcchallenger
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coribdx wrote:rcchallenger wrote:BobWanderer wrote:amberjax wrote:My neighbor just got from camping in Savanna, Ga. this week. He stopped by today to tell me that he talked with someone at the campground who says that all of the manufacturers are getting away from 3 axle trailers due to the tire failure rate. Anyone heard this rumor yet??
The only reason I can think off, tire scrub??
Its bad enough on a 2 axle, probably even worse on a 3 axle??
You're right about the tire scrub. My triple axle is more difficult to get into my driveway than my dual axle was. I have to watch the tires really carefully, especially the rear axle.
My job when we are backing in the rig (besides helping the driver not hit the house) is to wet down the entire driveway to help the "slip" factor, and alleviate the "scrub" factor..
That's a good idea. Does it work well? My wife watches the fence and house to ensure I don't slam into anything. My RV parking is really tight so it takes some maneuvering to get the hauler in the driveway.
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coribdx
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rcchallenger wrote:coribdx wrote:rcchallenger wrote:BobWanderer wrote:amberjax wrote:My neighbor just got from camping in Savanna, Ga. this week. He stopped by today to tell me that he talked with someone at the campground who says that all of the manufacturers are getting away from 3 axle trailers due to the tire failure rate. Anyone heard this rumor yet??
The only reason I can think off, tire scrub??
Its bad enough on a 2 axle, probably even worse on a 3 axle??
You're right about the tire scrub. My triple axle is more difficult to get into my driveway than my dual axle was. I have to watch the tires really carefully, especially the rear axle.
My job when we are backing in the rig (besides helping the driver not hit the house) is to wet down the entire driveway to help the "slip" factor, and alleviate the "scrub" factor..
That's a good idea. Does it work well? My wife watches the fence and house to ensure I don't slam into anything. My RV parking is really tight so it takes some maneuvering to get the hauler in the driveway.
Yes, we have to hop a curb with the front wheels of the TV so the water on the driveway helps it slip around a bit. We have only 1" of clearance before we hit the house, and about 2" at the front of the pin...
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2K5RKC
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The biggest killer of tires is "under inflation"...if you have a tripple axle and dont check your tires with a gauge, you just do a "visual"...it may apear that all the tires are the same inflation.
Proper inflation is the key to long tire life.
Not preaching here...just trying to give an anser to the OP on failures.
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bkirkpatrick wrote:I heard that they were going to put dually rims all the way around and go to a two axle setup. Thus, I get 8 tires on two axles!
I hope not, unless Warrior goes to no wheel wells.
I need all the room inside I can get.
Duals would eat up alot of cargo room.
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BobWanderer wrote:BigDogF250 wrote:The manufacturers simply need to start paying attention to the actual weight and putting the right tire/axle combo together.
If they do that, how are the sales people going to tell you that you can tow this rig with your 1987 Mazda B2000?? 
By telling people to just add air bags, then you can tow anything.... 
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