I know, I know, if you do a long trip problems may occur, but seriously, what happened here is a bit out of the ordinary.
At a routine air pressure control on the trailer tires, I discovered that all 4 tires are worn unevenly with the inside of the tires being without a tread.
What is the cause of this?
Obviously my wheels are bend outwards putting the inside of the tires to the test. Only, that resulted in my tires, which are only one year old, to be literally worthless.
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| "Pilot Knob" |
Our trailer has Dexter Torvflex axles which are known for their comfortable ride, but they are also known for the torsion arms to degrade from the inside, thus changing the angle of the wheel to the road surface.
Of course I threw myself onto the internet to find out what can be done. And unfortunately, except replacing the entire axles, nothing else can be done. And like in a casino I heard dollars leaving my purse - lots of them actually.
But the worst was yet to come: Due to the crazy over production of RVs during the pandemic, Dexter has nothing in stock. Every order first need to be produced. The first dealer I contacted told me that I won't get new axles at all, cause the backlog is just sooo long.
Then I found another dealer - in Yuma,AZ. Pitstop Trailer Repair, seemed to be a reliable company and as Dexter dealers they were telling me that 4-6 weeks delivery time would have to be expected.
Well, I can deal with 6 weeks, and we were not planning to go anywhere anyway.
I took some pictures of the axle, emailed them and a picture of the axle label with the serial number, and then we went to Yuma to make a personal appearance at the company.
We still have to hear back from them with a price, but we hope the best.
While being in town anyway, we did a few other errands including a visit at a laundromat, before heading back home.
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| Vegetable production around Yuma,AZ |
As usual, Bea had her camera ready to shoot from the vehicle, and I think the result is not too bad, or what do you think?
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| The Imperial Sand Dunes |
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| The All-American Canal bringing Colorado River water to the Imperial Valley |
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| The I-8 towards San Diego |
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| The Holtville Long Term Visitor Area LTVA |
I am so sorry you are having this problem. We lost an axle on our travel trailer on I-17 and it took 8 hours for help to show up. Praying you can get the parts and get it fixed.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your wheel alignment problems but on a happy note...we have a foot of heavy snow here in Maine today
ReplyDeletePerhaps check out dealing trailers,might be a better solution,Otherwise,hope you enjoy your winter sojourn.All the best.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, if there is enough left on the present tires to tow safely, it might help to delay the inevitable by rotating all the tires to at least move the wear to the other side of the tires. Or, if you have to buy new tires before the new axles, keep moving the tires around to spread the wear. Good luck.
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