Trailer tire milage
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Gary Fowler
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I cant help there, I never put enough miles on a trailer to wear out tires. I did some farming 40 years ago and owned 40 foot cotton hauling trailers. Put about 40 miles per day on them for 4 seasons and they didn't even show any wear. I would think something is likely out of alignment with your axles if you are only getting 6K miles. Maybe you aren't running properly inflated tires also.
I would do a check on the axle alignment to see if they are setting square with the frame.
I would do a check on the axle alignment to see if they are setting square with the frame.
Whew talking about a pain to tow and hard on a truck believe me I know.
Realistically though those trailers probably only saw the gin probably a dozen times a year?
FWIW most trailer tires are "rated" for 5k-12k miles.
Realistically though those trailers probably only saw the gin probably a dozen times a year?
FWIW most trailer tires are "rated" for 5k-12k miles.
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15,000 miles tops.
More important is age. 6 years max, after that I will not touch them and no tire shop around here will either.
Chris
More important is age. 6 years max, after that I will not touch them and no tire shop around here will either.
Chris
rustyshakelford
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On our 15k 5ver I upgraded the tires to g-rated Goodyear g-614. They are 14 ply but with nearly 8k miles, they still look new. If I had to guess I'd say maybe 80-90% remaining. Honestly can't tell any wear yet. They are expensive but worth it in my opinion.
Brett
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Time is the enemy. 6 years plus they will be a ticking time bomb no matter how much tread is left.
Chris
rustyshakelford
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It's only two years old so I figure I've got plenty of time. Zero blowouts or tire probs
Brett
My 10K equipment trailers actually wear pretty well. One of them had the tires replaced due to age and not tread depth. Prolly had 6/7k on them and still had plenty of tread. I have a 7K enclosed trailer that gets less than 6 k between tire replacements. The axles are further back on the enclosed trailer and I think the scrubbing when I turn causes them to wear faster.
schmism
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something sounds clearly bent/out of alignment.
my 10K trailer has several thousand miles on it (regular 300 mile trips to our other property) in the past couple of years and the tires hardly look like they have lost any tread and its a used trailer at that.
Describe the wear? flat spots? (are you frequently locking up the trailer brakes) inside edge, outside edge, chunking?
Pics of the trailer?
