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2000 fleetwood, terry lite, 25ft travel trailer, 5900 gvwr. This springon 4/15/07,i removed the trailer from storage andnoticed that the steel belts on thetires were showing through the rubber. Upon further inspection the lead axle was bent,which caused the tire to wear prematurely. I was going to just buy another axle to replace the bent axle. I wrote the axle serial number off the axle and called dexter axle for the model # or specs so i could buy another axle. Dexter axle told me that the axles were only rated at 2800 # each, tandem axles), = 5600# for a 5900 # gvwr. The dexter axle representative told me that this was quite common for trailer manufacturers to put these under rated axles on, to stay cost competitive.i called fleetwood rv and told them of the problem and, that this was safetyproblemwith these under rated axles. Fleetwood and other manufacturersshould be required to put axles that couldhandle the weight of a camper,and when a trailer startedto bounce, the weight could increase.fleetwood statedthat i must have over loaded the trailer. Thiswas a false statement because i never traveledwith water, and i also emptiedall thetanks before leavingthe campground. I just wonder how many trailer rolled over or accidents these underrated axles have caused? thank you!
2000 fleetwood, terry lite, 25ft travel trailer, 5900 gvwr. This springon 4/15/07,i removed the trailer from storage andnoticed that the steel belts on thetires were showing through the rubber. Upon further inspection the lead axle was bent,which caused the tire to wear prematurely. I was going to just buy another axle to replace the bent axle. I wrote the axle serial number off the axle and called dexter axle for the model # or specs so i could buy another axle. Dexter axle told me that the axles were only rated at 2800 # each, tandem axles), = 5600# for a 5900 # gvwr. The dexter axle representative told me that this was quite common for trailer manufacturers to put these under rated axles on, to stay cost competitive.i called fleetwood rv and told them of the problem and, that this was safetyproblemwith these under rated axles. Fleetwood and other manufacturersshould be required to put axles that couldhandle the weight of a camper,and when a trailer startedto bounce, the weight could increase.fleetwood statedthat i must have over loaded the trailer. Thiswas a false statement because i never traveledwith water, and i also emptiedall thetanks before leavingthe campground. I just wonder how many trailer rolled over or accidents these underrated axles have caused? thank you!
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