The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [SilverStreak] Re: Airstream & Silver Streak
"Triple axle on this '34 would be nice, as would disc brakes. Etc. >> I had a triple axle stock/heavy equipment trailer and presently have a triple axle cargo trailer. I didn't like the stock trailer's axle setup. It was hard on tires. >> It has 3 3500# axles shod with 50 psi load rage C tires. When cornering or maneuvering it looks like the front and rear axles' tires are about to be peeled off the rims. I can even see the wheels (and, I suppose, the spindles) flexing! Recently when towing this trailer loaded near capacity (10,000# on the axles) I could feel how hard the 1T, 454, 4.10:1 tow truck had to pull to drag it around in a parking lot. >> I was much more favorably impressed with my 40' Spartanette, which has 2 5,600# axles. It towed well with a 3/4T 4WD Ford diesel pickup and a 1T Chevy, 350 Vortec, 3.73 (I think), van. It was not hard to pull around turns and even when a wheel came apart, blowing the tire out (an incorrect wheel, a Chevy car wheel) it didn't sway or jerk around. This was when the Spartanette was somewhat overloaded with our furnishings in it." My S/S is overburdened on the rear axle, and a triple axle set-up (preferably with more suspension travel alleviate this. As to tires, I went to a commmercial duty YOKOHAMA with a tread 20% narrower than Goodyear Marathons and of 15% heavier construction. I have had it cranked over on brand-new scored concrete (the toughest test) and the sidewall looked almost normal. Tire selection matters, here. I have no "problem" per se, with conventional leaf-sprung axles, but they can use some help (panhard rods, probably) to make them more effective. I doubt I can change the weight balance problem, and would prefer to able to spread the load across six versus four tires.
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