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Originally Posted by Ray,IN
Yea, that's gonna have a significant impact on tire failures. Any rubbing at highway speeds generates a lot of heat in a tire, which is the leading cause of tire failures.
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Got the skid marks off, well almost. Tire was not badly scrubbed and there is no indication of any damage to the rubber just a very small amount or a straight line rub mark on the tire. If I had not paid careful attention the axle bend could have caused a serious accident and the trailer is far too close to the axle load range so as far as I am concerned the manufactures of single axle trailers that have a gross over the axle beam rating should be taken to task and the original setup should never have passed safety ratings in the first place. Increasing the axle strength would have cost peanuts as some more responsible firms do increase the single axle rating engineering if their trailer is close to the maximum and will go over the axle rating if loaded at all.
This is a very serious safety issue and all of the firms that practice saving nickles and dimes on the safety of the running gear should be held to task for the practice IMO.