johnsopa

I would like to put a hub odometer on my 20 foot enclosed trailer so I can keep better track of mileage for maintenance purposes.

I have dual 3000 pound axles and the wheels are 15" with a five lug pattern on a 4.5 inch circle. Tires are 205/75–15.

I'm shocked that I can't find any kits out there. I called Etrailer.com and they don't stock any hub odometers at all.

It looks likes Stemco has plenty of hub odometers but the challenge will be finding a bracket to mount over the five lugs.

I saw on a truck forum I found via Google there was some concern about the hub odometer sticking out too far because of the protruding center hub cap. However I would expect to just remove this so the hub odometer would not stick out any further than the center hub cap does currently.

Does anyone else have a hub odometer mounted to their car trailer and if so, where did you find the mounting bracket?

Thanks!

StoogeMoe

That would be kind of cool if it was cheap enough.

I do it the old fashion way. I keep a log book of the miles traveled. Of course you have to remember to log after each trip!

johnsopa

Exactly why I'm looking for something like this! I cannot trust myself to remember to do that all the time.

I just thought of another solution that would be pretty easy. Hook up an equipment hour meter to the power feed coming in from the tow vehicle. I'm pretty sure my average speed with the trailer is somewhere between 50 and 60 mph since it's 95% highway mileage.

I might just go ahead and do this. It'll be a lot cheaper and quicker.

linzman

One thing Indid like about my F150 pickup, it tracked miles while hooked up to trailer separately. It was kind of nice, and I didn't have to remember anything. Sounds like you're trying to rig something similar.

ExMB

But now you have to remember to set/reset it each time. The OP did say that his memory can't be trusted.

linzman

Huh? Nothing to set. It sensed when a trailer was hooked up and logged the miles. Only thing to change was if you had 2 different trailers. My current truck does not have that feature.

F1CrazyDriver

Their is such device. Take a read on my trailer thread. I installed one on my trailer and it's awesome. I did it for exact same reasons stated already.