Inner Tire Wear on Trailer?

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So both my tires are wearing on the inside..The passenger side is completely worn while the other side is choppy and half worn. I thought it was the bearings but this has gone from not noticeable to completely worn in 2 months. The guy at the trailer shop thought it was from being over loaded but I don't have more than 1000 lbs in the trailer. It couldn't have been over loaded from the previous owner because this has happened since I've had it. Its a 2009 6x12 Haulmark trailer.

Is the axle bent? What could it be?
 
Do you rotate the tires on your trailer? It could be from the weight but it sounds like an alignment or camber issue? If the axle was bent your wheels would wobble.
 
How do I know if the wheel is wobbling? I never rotated them.
 
Have somebody drive behind you when you are towing the trailer and see if the wheels wobble. I would recommend rotating the tires on the trailer just like on your car you will get a longer life out of the tire and they will wear evenly.
 
Bobby B. said:
Have somebody drive behind you when you are towing the trailer and see if the wheels wobble. I would recommend rotating the tires on the trailer just like on your car you will get a longer life out of the tire and they will wear evenly.
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I have been keeping an eye especially on the pass side rear while I'm driving because I thought the bearings were bad so I was watching it to see if it was going to fly off!:eek: It has looked like it is spinning with no bobble.
 
Usually bearings will make a slight grinding noise when they start to go bad. If the wheel is spinning fine without a wobble than the axle should be fine.
 
Just looking at it the wheel does look like in the front it sticks out more from the fender than the rear which if you would think about that would cause the inner side to wear...Could just be that the fender is bent in a little to though.
 
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That's what it looks like after about 2 months.
 
Solid beam axle on the trailer? Did you hit any curbs or anything?

On my boat trailer, and others in the past it's usually indicative of a bent axle. In fact
let a buddy borrow the jet skis last summer and he went over a curb and within 25 miles had shredded a tire.The interesting thing is it's both tires, are they worn indentically?
Did you check the trailers tongue and trucks hitch to make sure nothing is tweaked there. Very puzzling!
 
No both tires do not look identical. The other tiere is about 50% worn on the inner side...and choppy one the inside.
 
I have gone over curbs while making right hand turns...I know on a lot of corners there are low spots where people put a low spot right on that corner and Ive hit them.
 
This sounds a little crazy but a fast way to check for out of alignment tires is you use a string . You will need two people run a string in the front of the tires from the middle of the tire across too the middle of the other tire note the measurement . Then do the same on the back side of the tire and note the measurement . This will tell you if the tires are too toed in with a solid rear axle there shouldn't be much of a difference between the front and rear . Also the picture you posted also looks like the tire was over inflated .

You can also use a piece of wood and a level to get a idea of camber place wood across the rim trying to keep it flush against the rim and use bubble level to get a idea how much the tire is camber in or out .

I use a Hunter machine too do alignments just trying to help you get a idea were the problem may lie . And just for you FYI before Range Rovers were delivered they used strings to measure toe in and out .
 
This looks like an alignment issue and if the trailer doesn't have provisions for aligning the the tires then it's possible somethings bent or twisted.


Wear like this is a gross misalignment and you should be able to see this with a couple of tools like a square and a straight edge.


If you have a spare wheel you can check both sides checking for parallelism to the frame and if you jack and level the frame you should be able to determine whether or not the wheels are tracking true to the frame.
 
sheesh. I don't know about solid axle trailers, but generally on cars, toe is what kills tires, not camber. I have -2.9* in my rears and -1.8 in the front and have been like that for a year and a half with no visible tire wire on the inside compared to the outside. I did have an alignment done a year and a half to ago and had the toe fixed. So if it's a solid axle, I'd say somethings bent, otherwise try to get it aligned.
 
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