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bigredapes
05-16-2007, 07:52 AM
I've heard about rotating your tires on your car/truck to have them wear evenly, but I've never heard about rotating tires on your boat trailer.
Should I be rotating the tires as part of yearly maintnance? I've got dual axle trailer, so if I rotate them should it be side to side, front axle to rear axle (staying on the same side), or diagonal?
thoughts?

River Bum
05-16-2007, 08:30 AM
Most tandem axle trailers will have one axle that looks like the tires drag more than the other in a tight turn. Surprisingly, they usually wear pretty evenly. I have towed trailers all of my adult life and have never rotated a trailer tire. Just leave them on there until they wear out and replace. The only thing I could see is if you have one axle that is having to carry much more than it's share of the load on a regular basis then maybe.

StickFish
05-16-2007, 08:32 AM
here is another one - to make your trailer ride even smoother - have the balanced especially your RV tires