RV Travel Trailer Tires

Periodic inspection and maintenance of RV tow vehicle, travel trailer or fifth wheel tires and wheels are essential to towing safety, including spare tires. Proper tire pressure affects vehicle handling and the safety of your tires. You can find the correct tire pressure for your tow vehicle in the owner’s manual or on the tire information placard. Under inflation reduces the load-carrying capacity of your tow vehicle or trailer, may cause sway and control problems, and may result in overheating, causing blowouts or other tire failure.
Over inflation causes premature tire wear and affects the handling characteristics of the tow vehicle or travel trailer of fifth wheel.
Ozone UV rays and contaminates cause RV travel trailer and fifth wheel tires to deteriorate over time so for safety is recommended they be replaced every 3 to 5 years regardless of tread wear. Check your tire dealer or RV tire manufacture for specific recommendations.

RV Travel Trailer Brakes and Wheel Bearings.

On a regular basis, have the brakes on both the tow vehicle and travel trailer inspected. Be sure that necessary adjustments are made and any damaged or worn parts are replaced.
It is recommended that newly installed manually adjust brakes be adjusted after the first 200 miles of operation when the brake shoes and drums have "seated" . There after they should be adjusted once a year or as use or performance requires.
In addition to proper brake adjustment, proper wheel bearing lubrication is essential. Travel trailer and fifth wheel TV wheel bearings should be lubricated every 12 months or 12,000 miles.

RV Trailer Hitch

Check the nuts, bolts, and other fasteners to ensure that the hitch remains secured to the tow vehicle and the coupler remains secured to the trailer. The connection point may require periodic lubrication to permit free movement of the coupler to the hitch ball. A light application of grease is also recommended on RV fifth wheel hitches

Make sure the connector-plug prongs and receptacles, light bulb sockets, wire splices, and ground connections are clean and shielded from moisture.
Lightly coat all electrical terminal connections with non-conducting (dielectric), light waterproof grease. Clean the prongs with very fine sandpaper, being careful not to damage the contact area.
Clean the surface deposits in the connector holes. (Make sure the lights are off to prevent blowing a fuse.) Try to clean off only the deposits and lubricate lightly with dielectric, light waterproof grease.

General Owner Maintenance Schedule