trailer tires

[mactlman]

keep getting low tires but only on the front axle. never had a tandem trailer before either. is it possible that tight turns are causing this? new tires, cleaned up beads on rims and put bead sealer on them all but keep going down AFTER trips usually. fished last sat. and all were at 45 psi but when I got home one front was 16 and other was 34?? two on rear axle and spare doing fine??

[Cajunhunter67]

I don't know if you had the valve stems replaced, but it could be the cause.
I had all 5 tires doing it. All from valve stems. Yes, even the spare.

Its worth checking.
I have owned 3 tandem axle Bass cat trailers. Never had an issue with ONLY the front tires losing air.

Check the valve stems for leaks.

Don

[06 SB]

Check the valve stem is tight.

[retiredmechanic]

If you think the tight turns are causing tires to lose air, swap the fronts to rear and see if tires still losing air. If not, you have a problem with the original fronts leaking. If the fronts still lose air the weight may not be balanced on the axles and putting too much weight on the front axle causing the fronts to lean too much and pull the tires away from the bead.

[catdude28]

If you think the tight turns are causing tires to lose air, swap the fronts to rear and see if tires still losing air. If not, you have a problem with the original fronts leaking. If the fronts still lose air the weight may not be balanced on the axles and putting too much weight on the front axle causing the fronts to lean too much and pull the tires away from the bead.

Great idea. See if the issue follows the tires or the trailer.

[mactlman]

If you think the tight turns are causing tires to lose air, swap the fronts to rear and see if tires still losing air. If not, you have a problem with the original fronts leaking. If the fronts still lose air the weight may not be balanced on the axles and putting too much weight on the front axle causing the fronts to lean too much and pull the tires away from the bead.

same as I planned on doing BUT took tires to a 3rd place with a dip tank and the valve stems are leaking if moved by hand so likely just flapping going down the road is causing it. put in a different model stem seemed to help both tires

[mactlman]

I don't know if you had the valve stems replaced, but it could be the cause.
I had all 5 tires doing it. All from valve stems. Yes, even the spare.

Its worth checking.
I have owned 3 tandem axle Bass cat trailers. Never had an issue with ONLY the front tires losing air.

Check the valve stems for leaks.

Don

all new tires and all new stems on rims which have been cleaned and bead sealed before this started also