flyingjack
Senior Member
Rene T: to make a short story long: center of wheels were measured and both sides compared were with in 1/8" of each other; therefore, axles are OK, meaning they are parallel and not bent. Camber apparently wasn't too bad; but, still needed some adjustments. Toe-in of all four wheels was off, some more than others and that made the parallel axles "crab walk" which wore tire off one side of each tire. Therefore, when I rotated them last year it really didn't help much. I was kind of thrilled the axles were parallel and not bent so I actually didn't think to ask the tech what he thought caused the toe-in issue. I never turn tighter than 30-40 degrees because back in the day when I actually had a job (I love retirement) I watched our construction lowboy driver turn really tight sometimes and even the duel tandems would really stress the tires sideways- I actually watched a tire come off the rim. The way the clever driver popped it back on was a whole nother story; starting fluid and a match. It is definitely more apparent when you look at your single tire tandems after a tight turn. To tell you the truth, in 50 yrs of owning more than a couple dozen trailers; I never thought about trailer alignment until now. But, my brother and his 3-4 mechanics took care of that so I really don't know (remember) if they did a shade tree mechanic trailer alignment or not. The three camper trailers (two 5ers) in last 15 yrs are the only trailers I've owned that were tandem and not duel wheels. Plus, I don't have good mechanics to cover my axx anymore either. I read the forum and then sometimes do a youtube. 
