Everybody has some really good points on this . Being a certified master tech on cars and trucks of the past and also being a truck driver and owner operator over the years along with managing the mobile equipment end of two different oil filed operations i have seen lots of tire failures . I have probable hauled a lot heavier loads then most on here long distances up to a quarter million pound . Yep the crown of the road has and affect on tire ware the outside drivers side will ware more the the outside passenger side . Axle alignment on trailers has a strong affect same as on any truck , if the axle on the rear is running out just a 1/16 of and inch you will probable never notice it , This can be caused by loose u/bolts on the axle and allow it to shift due to torque of the drive , so this is something to look at and have checked by someone who knows what they are doing , you can get a rough guesstamation with a tape measure and the help of a friend off the center point up in the ft of the vehicle and measure back to the rear axle near each side of the springs . Next is your tire gauge , just how accurate is it ????? They are NOT all dead Nuts on as my one friend found out His three gauges he had were way off one read low one read high and the other was only eight pounds off . Everybody thinks that there gauge is dead on --------- Are you sure , best check . I am lucky in this dept. as just a little over two miles south of me is Haltec they make and sell stuff for the tire industry . I stopped there to get tire gauges and Mr. Hall took me back and hand picked five gauges out of the one tote and took them over to the test bench where they test each one and out of the five one did not read dead on and got tossed into the reject bin and he tested another . He told me that his are good BUT they do NOT LAST FOR EVER and shame on you if you sure a standard gauge to check a loaded of past loaded tractor tire unless it has a new unloaded tube as the Cal . will mess them up . Each of my vehicles has a gauge in the glove box and i carry one gauge that was made for the Cal filled tractor tires in my service truck . During my shell we say OUTLAW trucking days of pulling coal bucket and hauling 40-45 ton each load on just FIVE axles and NOT just short hops the org. tires that came on my new East dump trailer did not last two weeks and in two weeks i ate 16 tires . I upgraded from a what was called the GOODYEAR CARGO High miler to a second line Good Year Steering tire and plum wore them out and never popped one , few flats here and there due to hauling in and out of scrap yards. And other trick on tire pressure is checking air pressure when the tires are COOL and NOT one side setting in the sun and the other side in the shade that can cause one side to read high while the other side is either low or dead on the money . Never put the gauge to a tire that is hot from running as you will get a false reading . I ran 85 PSI on my old 10x22 tube tires on the semi and hauled those loads at that pressure , The side wall instructions for them were 85 max for single operation and and 75 for dual operation BUT add 10 PSI for speeds over 65 so the steering was set at 95 and the dual at 85 . A lot of my fellow bucket haulers all said run 110 i had less tire problems at the 85 and hauled as heavy and at times more . On my Dodge one ton service truck and as she sets with all the tools and equipment she is just about 10500 and sets on 235-85 16 E rating Coursers the ft axle is at 85 PSI and the duals are at 75 , now granted i don't do much driving with it as a 95 with 157 and change on the clock but when i went to Mo. i had all the tires set a 85 and i was a WEEEEEEE bit over the 11000 GVW and only stopped once in 627.4 miles and that was to grab a bit to eat and check tires and it was in the 90's that day and all were cool. So check your alignment and your tire gauges .
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