Recent content by jakoenig1

I agree with the but covering exercise. I have the EZ lube feature on my 19 year old boat trailer and never had grease leak past the seal. I would pump new grease in them every year and inspect them every 10 years and replace the seals. I never had to rotate the tire as I pumped grease in them...

Many of the new seals come with a preapplied sealant on the OD of the seal. This probably varies by Brand of seal. I don't think it is required on seals with a coating but it probably cant hurt either. In 30 years of repacking bearings, I have never used a sealant on the od, with or without a...

I have had TPMS on my trailer since new. I have a TPMS on my spare tire to make sure it is ready if I need it. I carry an air compressor and two spares (part of the 1800 lbs of stuff). I would agree most car owners do not keep an eye on their tire pressure. I do believe that RV owners are...

I know how much my stuff weighs. The trailer has 11,200 lbs on the axles, the pin weight is 3,500 lbs for a total of 14,700 lbs. The empty weight is 12,900 lbs, so I have 1,800 lbs of stuff. No wonder I am tired every time I load the thing. My wife has no mercy. I think your comment may explain...

What size tire was on your outback? My nephew had a small toy hauler and it came with D15 tires. These are bias ply tires and do not have tread separation issues like radial tires. I had D15 tires on my boat trailer and they were 18 years old when I replaced them ( made in China). I just didn't...

According to Dexter axle, yes. They need to be cleaned, inspected, and repacked every year. Why bother with the easy lube? This is straight from the Dexter warranty people when they replaced my brake assemblies. With five pumps per axle, you never got any grease to the outer bearing. The whole...

I have owned two trucks that I installed Load Lifter 5000 air bags on. Very happy with them with one exception. One bag in each set developed a leak in the schrader valve and caused one bag to go flat. The valves come preassembled and I didn't check them after installation. On the first truck...

I did use the EZ lube method on my 2014 Big Country 3650RL. You forgot to mention that you are supposed to rotate the wheel while you slowly pump grease into the axle. I did it per Dexter's recommendation and 400 miles later, I had no brakes. Three of the seals leaked grease into the brakes...

Well, five of them were OEM tires on brand new trailers and we know trailer manufacturers buy quality tires ( Don't they use Sailuns now?). One trailer was a Forest River bumper pull ( cant remember the tire brand but were made in China) and the other is a 2014 Heartland Big Country 3650RL with...

Discount tire in Knoxville, TN put 4 Goodyear G614's on my trailer for $1,284 out the door, mounted, balanced, and 9% sales tax. Simpletire will ship them to you for $1,224. I will never buy a foreign made trailer tire again. I have failed 8 tires from 4 different manufacturers in the last 8...

You make a good point about scrubbing the tires during a low speed maneuver. My driveway is a tight turn to back in. To make matters worse, my driveway has a brushed concrete finish to make it non slip. You wouldn't believe the rubber it leaves on my driveway every time I back in and pull out...

The ST specification is not the problem. The problem is quality control and lack of verification by an outside agency that the tires will actually carry the specified load for the life of the tread at the rated speed. The US DOT does seem to track tire failures on passenger car tires and truck...

"Am I recalling correctly that you previously posted you had Gladiator QR-25 tires? Those are not load range G and lack the steel belts of the QR-35 tires. If so, the QR-25 shouldn't be compared with either Sailun S637 or Goodyear G614." The Sailun S637 tires are a load range G, 14 ply rating...