Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really, really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the 20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed. I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.

Oh man, John. I didn't see this before I made my posting. So sorry for the hassle, but glad all worked out with little/no collateral damage.

But still.. glad you and mrs Herring (and the dogs) made it home safe and sound.

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:53:47 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really, really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the 20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed. I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.

===

Wow, close call. Kudos to the cop for noticing. That really speaks to
the value of some sort of tire monitoring system.

Are the trailer tires radial or bias ply?

Poco Deplorevole wrote:
Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a
local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really,
really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the
tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches
of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer
just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my
trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go
also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on
the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the
20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed.
I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.


I would go with other than Carlisles. Had 4 destroy themselves in a year.
Caught one that the tread had separated when I had another shred. Junk.
Forget what I have on the trailer now, but they have a few thousand on
them.

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:59:04 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:53:47 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really, really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the 20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed. I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.

===

Wow, close call. Kudos to the cop for noticing. That really speaks to
the value of some sort of tire monitoring system.

Are the trailer tires radial or bias ply?

They're radials. I have a TPMS on order. Learned my lesson.

http://eezrvproduct.com/products/tir...systems-tpms-4

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:19:36 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Poco Deplorevole wrote:
Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a
local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really,
really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the
tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches
of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer
just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my
trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go
also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on
the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the
20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed.
I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.


I would go with other than Carlisles. Had 4 destroy themselves in a year.
Caught one that the tread had separated when I had another shred. Junk.
Forget what I have on the trailer now, but they have a few thousand on
them.

I've heard good things about the Carlisles. But, we'll see. Goodyear is now making a tire in the
states, the Goodyear Endurance.

https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires...&cta=undefined

The Goodyear Marathons have a horrid reputation, so if the Carlisles don't work out, the Endurances
will be next.

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:49:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Oh man, John. I didn't see this before I made my posting. So sorry for the hassle, but glad all worked out with little/no collateral damage.

But still.. glad you and mrs Herring (and the dogs) made it home safe and sound.

Well, it could have been worse, I reckon. We could have come across this when the rain was coming
down so hard I could see only ten yards!

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4c&oe=59C57CF5

6:55 PMPoco Deplorevole
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:49:35 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Oh man, John. I didn't see this before I made my posting. So sorry for the hassle, but glad all worked out with little/no collateral damage.

But still.. glad you and mrs Herring (and the dogs) made it home safe and sound.

Well, it could have been worse, I reckon. We could have come across this when the rain was coming
down so hard I could see only ten yards!

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4c&oe=59C57CF5

---- that'd take away your breath- a lot of other stuff too!

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:53:47 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really, really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the 20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed. I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.

You are lucky you did not have a fire.

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 01:04:25 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:53:47 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Coming down I-270 by the Germantown, MD, exit I was pulled over by a local cop. "Did you know you
have a tire missing?" he asked. No, I didn't. We'd been in some really, really ****ty weather coming
back on Monday, and I had been too busy watching the road to check on the tires as I should have.
Anyway, the tire had shredded itself. All that was left was a few inches of sidewall on each side of
the rim. The tire was an 'Akuret', made in China, and put on the trailer just last year. Two were
given to me by the dealer to make up for having put the wrong spare on my trailer. The tire probably
had less than a couple thousand miles on it. Hope the picture comes through:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...20TIRE%202.jpg

I was very lucky that the other tire on that side, a Carlisle, didn't go also. That would have been
a real mess. All ended up well. I got the tire changed (patting myself on the back for that!), and
we continued on. The spare is also an Akuret, but luckily it made it the 20-30 miles we had left to
go. The new Carlisle will take it's place and the Akuret will be trashed. I'll get another Carlisle
to use as a spare.

You are lucky you did not have a fire.

I was lucky all the way around!