Thread: trailer tire wear

How much we talking on a new axle? I've seen the same on my Bear trailer

Either the axles are not heavy enough for the weight or the springs are letting the axle flex instead of taking up the load!Just a guess!

Originally Posted by feather

How much we talking on a new axle? I've seen the same on my Bear trailer

I think mine cost about $110. Less than $150 total to have it shipped from Texas
http://www.trailerpart.com/35ktraileraxle.htm

That's a whole lot cheaper than buying new tires every 6 months

My bear trailer for my G3 has a 3500 axle in it now.

A way to tell is the 2000# is 1.750 dia. and the 3500# is 2.375 dia.

Originally Posted by Speck

Okay, I'll say it again. Most boat trailer manufacturers put too light of an axle on their trailers to save a little money. They are rated just to carry the boat. The problem is when you add a motor, gear and everything else, the axle is overloaded. Combine that with the boat bouncing while going down the road and you are putting a bunch of down pressure on the axle. I had a Bear trailer under my G3 boat and was replacing tires every 6 months for wearing the same as yours are. A trailer manufacturer explained to me what was going on. I replaced my 1/2 ton axle with a 3/4 ton from Southwest Wheel. Problem solved!! I had the same set of tires for 2 years after that and they were still in great shape when I sold the boat.

Ditto on this. My buddy just did the exact same thing.

Originally Posted by clfarms1

My bear trailer for my G3 has a 3500 axle in it now.

That's probably why you don't have the same tire wear problem

Speck
Did your 3500 axle have the same size spindles or were they bigger? Did you have to get different hubs? My 2000 has straight 1 1/16 spindles and I have a brand new spare Hub and bearing kit that I keep in my tool box.