Hub-ometer for trailers?

[RSchwarzli]

Is there any companies that make trailer hub odometers for trailers other than the 18 wheelers? Just thinking for the car trailer it would make it so much easier to schedule maintainance and service intervals when you can record the trailer mileage. Oo.



Thanks!



Robert

 

[TFucili]

Try contacting Stemco or Abbott. They may have an application or an adaptor.

 

[HBarlow]

They are available by special order at truck/trailer aftermarket parts retailers. The name Stemco in TFucili's post above sounds familiar to me. I think that was the brand name I had. Cost about $50, IIRC.



The counter sales rep may not know about them but if they're not too lazy they can be found in their catalogs.



The catalogs will list the hubometer by tire diameter or tire size, I've forgotten which.



I had one on my previous Travel Supreme but cannot take credit for the idea. I first learned they were available from a fellow TDR member I met at a TX rally or maybe it was at the Cummins MREP Rally in Columbus, IN summer of 2002 (date corrected on edit). He is a fulltimer and had one on his HitchHiker fiver.

 

[jelag]

Stemco is the most popular brand... and I've seen them listed... . however I tried to call our distributor here in Spokane, he said they could order them... but didn't have a price... they've never sold one for a trailer tire smaller than a 20 or 22" wheel for a lowboy design. .

 

[KBrown01]

Hub o meter

I bought mine from RVSolutions, They will put what ever you want for your start mileage. You have to tell them your tire size, brand and what kind of rim you have. Cost about $80. 00. Works great. Mine is on a 2008 Raptor 3612.

 

[Bill Stockard]

I and another TDR member had Stemco hubometers on our Hitchhiker 5th wheels. For the correct part number for a Stemco hubometer, go here: Printable Catalogs - STEMCO - Superior Seals, Bearings, and Hub Caps for the trucking industry and click on the Houbometer Catalog. The hubometers are calibrated at the factory to match your trailer tire brand and size. Once you have the part number, you can order the Stemco hubometer from most any heavy truck dealer's parts department.



The hubometer is shipped with mounting brackets that fit under the lug nuts; however, I and the other TDR member drilled a hole and installed the hubometer in the center of the trailer's metal hub cap. I have sold my 5th wheel, but the other TDR member currently has about 100K miles on his Hitchhiker 5th wheel and had no problems with the hubometer or the installation in the hub cap.



Bill

 

[RSchwarzli]

Thanks! Thats awesome! I will look into Stemco then... .



Robert

 

[Ramtough]

Lugs?

I was going to install a hub-o-meter a couple of years back then I was cautioned that the meter could cause RV lugs to back off. Anyone know anything about this? The explanation I got was the design of the RV wheel and lug being different from the wheel face & lug design on the class 8 truck.

 

[HBarlow]

As Bill Stockard wrote earlier in this thread, the hubometer is usually not connected to lug nuts on an RV. It is mounted by drilling a hole in the metal center cap which slips through the wheel center.

 

[KBrown01]

On mine it came with a new center cap with the hub o meter attached.

 

[Shelby Griggs]

RVedition.com - Products - DataTrac

I bought mine here. I have had it on my Wells Cargo for 3 years (16K) no problem, EXCEPT it seems to read about 7-8% less than actual miles (compared to mile markers, my truck and my GPS). I e-mailed RV Edition last fall about this, NO RESPONSE (and I got a read receipt, so I know they read my e-mail). Still it gives a close approximation of mileage for service intervals.



SHG