The trailer behind a local business works harder than it looks
Trailer alignment is usually talked about in terms of long-haul semitrailers. A local business's trailers have a different life, and it is often a harder one per mile.
An equipment trailer hauling a loader to a site, a dump trailer, or a tandem trailer moving materials between jobs spends its time being loaded unevenly, backed into tight spaces, dropped off curbs, pulled across rough site entrances and parked loaded for days. Each of those puts force into the axles and the hangers that hold them.
Over time an axle can shift out of square. The signs are straightforward:
- Tires on one side wearing faster than the other.
- One tire wearing on its inside or outside edge.
- The trailer not following straight behind the truck.
- Tires that wear out well before they should, set after set.
On a small trailer the tire bill may look modest, but a trailer that eats a set of tires every season is costing far more than an alignment.
When to have it checked
After a hard knock against a curb, dock or site obstacle. After any axle, spring or hanger repair. When the trailer starts wearing tires unevenly. When a used trailer joins your fleet and nobody knows its history.
Call first with the trailer type and axle configuration so the store can confirm it can be measured here.
Do the truck at the same visit
A truck towing a crooked trailer gets pushed off line too. Heavy-duty truck alignment is at this store, and so is wheel refurbishing for rims damaged at the same time. The national trailer alignment page covers what the measurement includes.
About this store
The Owensboro store runs sixteen services and is managed by Paul Wilson.
See the national trailer alignment page for all 36 locations.