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Trailer tires
captaincurt	#1  Posted on 12/26/09 - 5:21 AM
Member Posts: 50 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/06/08	The tires on my trailer are waring on the outermost edges only. It is a single axle Aluminum trailer with my 17 Montauk . Any ideas? Nothing looks bent or twisted.
HarleyFXDL	#2  Posted on 12/26/09 - 5:56 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	Check the tire pressure. If the tires are inder-inflated, they will wear on the outsides. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
captaincurt	#3  Posted on 12/26/09 - 8:15 AM
Member Posts: 50 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/06/08	The pressure was a little low . I always thought low pressure caused both outside edges to wear and high pressure the middle of the tire this is only happening on one edge of each tire .Both are consistent. thanx for your advice
number9	#4  Posted on 12/26/09 - 11:15 AM
Member Posts: 210 Comments: 1 Joined: 03/13/08	Thought that's what you meant but no clue hear as to the cause. Bill...On the Ogeechee 1984 Outrage 18...Yamaha T50...that's right, 50hp
Joe Kriz	#5  Posted on 12/26/09 - 11:37 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	How old are the tires? Radial or Bias? If they are old Bias ply, this can happen all of a sudden. Time to replace with radials if you use the trailer often.
captaincurt	#6  Posted on 12/26/09 - 3:41 PM
Member Posts: 50 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/06/08	They are Bias Ply .Trailer is 4 yrs old but boat has been on lift till last year.Happend quick.Its like the camber is out or the axle is bent up in the middle but it isnt. Wierd.They need to be replaced but I dont want to buy tires every year. Maybe I need to buy a bigger boat . LOL
CES	#7  Posted on 12/26/09 - 4:29 PM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	Well maybe your toe is off somehow. Easy way to check it is to take a tape measure and place it in the middle of the front of the tire and then stretch the tape measure to the exact same spot on the other tire and record the measurement. Then do the exact same thin at the rear of the tire and compare measurements. If they are different then you have a bent axle. Of course you can do the same thing withthe camber too if you jack the trailer up off the ground. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
HarleyFXDL	#8  Posted on 12/27/09 - 7:03 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	The axle could be off a very small amount and cause the tires to wear incorrectly. You would need to measure the axle placement on the trailer, make sure both sides are the same length from the back of the trailer. Make sure the trailer is square. You could measure from tire to tire, first the front of one tire to the front of the other tire. Then measure from the back of one tire to the back of the other tire. If your tires are wearing funny, one of these measurements should be off. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."