Around 8/23/2007 6:05 AM, M. Baker wrote:

We just bought a 2001 Lund Mr. Pike a couple weeks ago. We went on
vacation last week, and of course had to take the boat with us. About
40 miles from home, the driver's side trailer tire blew out while on
the freeway going almost 70mph. Then, about 100 miles later, the OTHER
trailer tire blew out - this time we were only going 60mph, as we were
paranoid after the first blow-out.


Blue-Boat's trailer has 4.80x8 tires, and I lost one last weekend on the
very last corner before pulling into the driveway. It blew a small hole
in the sidewall while turning the corner, lost air steadily, and finally
popped one bead right as I was pulling up to the driveway.

When I took it into Discount Tire yesterday to get a new one, they
looked at the date code, and the tire was manufactured in 1981. Gotta
watch out for that dry rot!




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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~

"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
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Around 8/23/2007 6:05 AM, M. Baker wrote:

Blue-Boat's trailer has 4.80x8 tires, and I lost one last weekend on
the
very last corner before pulling into the driveway. It blew a small
hole
in the sidewall while turning the corner, lost air steadily, and
finally
popped one bead right as I was pulling up to the driveway.

When I took it into Discount Tire yesterday to get a new one, they
looked at the date code, and the tire was manufactured in 1981. Gotta
watch out for that dry rot!

LOL that's awesome