Tight turns - stress on axles, wheels, tires?

[rickbsgu]

Was backing into a site and was pushing at a pretty high angle and happened to look at the wheels - the front wheels were skewed way to the inside of the turn, and the back wheels were skewed in the opposite direction.

Then I noticed they do the same thing when I'm pulling in a very tight (like a U) turn.

So, I'm wondering what this is doing to the axles (and the tires, I suppose)? Is this an issue? Sometimes I need to do a u-turn or push at a pretty high angle to get the unit into a spot.

Any thoughts appreciated.

rickb

 

[Forrest Fetherolf]

Rick,

This very typical on tight turns with 2 or more axles on trailers..........best bet is to avoid as many tight turns as possible. It not only looks bad, but stand near the axles and listen to the sounds.........it will get your attention.

Forrest

 

[rickbsgu]

Hmm. I don't know how practical that is, given the tight quarters you have to maneuver to get the thing into a slot in a lot of (most) parks.

Or to turnaround, for that matter.

rickb