If they run the clamp on style rim check the state law on using them other than for their intended purpose. I've been told that they are not legal to use on anything other than to move mobile homes.

Back in the early 90's I used to make utility trailers for customers using these axles, $100 a piece at that time.

 

we run them for our mudtruck trailors.....none of the gotmud crew has had any problems that I'm awaire of......But they are tech Illegal to use...

About $100-150 per axle.....and you can get $20 each out of a "good" tire and clamp style rim....

Hope that helps....If you want to deliver to the lapper area.....I can get rid of them for ya....i might even buy the tires....

Let me know.....what you have isnt junk..........unless it " is " junk. :tonka:

 

I don't have them, but a local guy has them on the side of a road for $200...they are clamp style rim ( i think) and they have a set of ok tires on them...the axles also have springs on them
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and a local guy told me that dot doesn't like you to run these on the road, as they are made for only 1 trip....

 

i have them on my trailer. no brakes but works fine for short hauls. i stay in michigan/indiana area. never been pulled over but that dont make it legal so you might want to check into that cause i dont know the specifics of it.

 

I thought the bearings tended to melt down at highway speeds?

 

i have a set of these on my trailer, and they are pretty good...at highway speeds

 

If they have good tires...

$150ish with brakes
$100ish without

 

I helped deliver mobile homes the summer after I graduated college. You are lucky to get the thing from the factory and delivered to the homesite before the axles fail. They are made for single use. They should NOT be used as trailer axles. Some people get away with it for years, but they simply are not designed for that.

 

get the rite shit for the job

 

check ebay for trailer axles. good new ones arent as much as you think.

 

I bought mine for my trailer at Mr Trailer in Waterford.. They are 3500lb axles and I paid about 200 a piece.. That was without brakes though.. But the brakes wern't that expensive.. Just a thought..

 

Those would be travel trailer axles I bet.

Mobile home axles are different.

They do have regular Timken caged bearings in them. The only problem I can see is setting bearing preload with the one nut and cotter pin setup. The axle itself should be fine. I wouldn't use them because of the crappy wheel/tire setup.

I would just get a set of travel trailer axles from the salvage yard.

 

they are intended for 1 time use, but for moving a friggin house. We had a set on our old trailer we used weekly for hauling hay for 20 years and then just cars and stuff after the farm was sold. I think I remember my dad even greasing the bearings once on it. But yeah technically they are illegal. By the way after 26 or so years that trailer still towed better on the highway than my new car hauler.

 

So, when that cheap axle flies apart on the highway, who do you think is responsible for using illegal axles for things they were never designed to do? Do you think your insurance company would foot the bill? You may get lucky and the investigator will have no clue. Trailer axles are cheap. If you can't afford a decent set of axles, you can't afford to be in this hobby. Go get some postage stamps and a pretty little binder.

 

you can stop talking at any time now.

 

When your hauling a trailer make stops and do a walk around. Do a visual on the whole trailer looking for obvious problems. Once a day look at the insides of the tires to see if the seals are leaking. you should see grease residue on the inside of the tire/rim if they are. feel the tires and the hubs for heat. the tires should be warm and mostly all feel the same temp. the hubs should not be hot at all and again all the same temp. If you have a bad bearing you may be able to detect it early before it fails. Heat is what kills a lot of trailer tires. heat is usually the result of low tire pressure. i would recommend using this inspection method for all trailers, new, old, semi, house, and any type axles.

I don't think that house trailer axles are illegal. From what I understand FET has not been paid on the tires. if you look on the side walls there is a warning about this.

If you get house trailer axles pull the hubs and check the bearings and seal. Make sure everything is greased properly.

 

my wife's grandpa built a tri axle trailer using them many many years ago to haul tractors around, along with anything els you wanted! he never had any problems with it! Now he is gone and his kids still use it!

 

The company I worked for did not reuse them. They sent them back to the mobile home manufacturer to be reworked and then reused.

You are correct, they will require much more maintenance. But, the average trailer owner barely knows how to hook up the trailer, much less how to maintain it.

 

Yeah, my father-in-law just learned about maintenance the hard way. I reminded him to check the air in the tires of his utility trailer. I never thought to ask him if he greased the bearings. I just figured everyone knew that.. :miff:

 

I like how shit like this comes out of the blue and the web wheeler folk are like OMG DON'T USE THEM YOU NOOB! IIRC Pavementpounder and Muddypaws, Grandman and others have these type of trailer axles and they haven't had problems. I even think PP made his spring over and used it for quite a while before he sold it.

If anything replace the hubs wih a 6 or 8 lug hub so you can run a standard tire size. If ya PM Muddypaws he may still have the part numbers for them

 

I've had a set cut down and under a commercial trailer for years! 10 years it's been hauling backhoes, skid loaders, cars, small dozers, tons of brick and concreate and gavel. For 10 years It's stopped at weigh stations, never a ticket for anything other than wireing on it. The 30ft tandom international that pulled it beat the hell out of it and it was in two prior accedents. So I'm thinking there fine, just keep them greased.

 

Omg Don't Use Them You Noob!