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PostPosted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:41 am 
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Does anyone know of a quick and easy way to see if the weight is distributed equally on a tandem axle trailer. I put a level on the trailer and just by looking at the sidewalls, it looks like the front axle is supporting more weight. Thanks in advance.

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Can we assume the tires are a matched set, all inflated the same, on a level, hard surface?

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Gee, I'm a goldfish now. How manly.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:06 am 
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Spring suspension or torsion axles? Your tongue weight is the most important factor, is that right (5%-8%)?

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:58 pm 
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yes and yes , spring suspension, factory trailer.

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Spring suspension is more tolerable to being un-level than torsion. If the trailer is a factory one like the one my 170 sits on, there is no adjustment. Mine is a single axle, but if you can't move the bow stop, there is little you can do. Some trailers allow you to adjust the position of the axles on the frame but that depends on the construction of the trailer.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:09 pm 
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I'm not really worried about the trailer being unlevel during towing, I'm more worried about blowing out a tire or two, I still have the original carlyle tires on the trailer.Thanks Jvalich

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One key thing that I look for on ours is the "V" shaped connecting arm between the forward axle spring and the rear axle spring. If this is not leaning towards the rear or forward then it is level. You should be able to see this between the tires. Ours is a 99 trailer.

As others have said, I don't think this has to be perfectly centered but it is an indicator. I get more wear on the rear tires. Keeping the tires balanced and rotated every few years helps on my setup.

Hopes this helps

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:40 pm 
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The amount of tire wear on an multi-axle trailer is always greater on the rear axle because you are dragging the tire around curves. It's even more significant on my tri-axle setup.

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