[Fot] [VRG NewsGroup] Trailer tire info

[Tim Murphy]

Ryan lost a tire when he was using the trailer (24 foot enclosed) to haul
some surplus equipment, shelves, workbenches etc.  The tire pretty much just
disintegrated and he noticed it right away as the pieces were bouncing off
the trailer making quite a racket.  Fortunately he was only a couple of
miles from the shop.  We carry 12" square by 2" thick pieces of wood on the
trailer and we were able to easily drive the tire that was left up onto a
wood ramp to take off the old wheel and put on the spare.  That was always
our plan if we had a flat and it worked good.  We then replaced all 4 tires
with ones with a  load rating of "E", I think they are 10 ply.  The old ones
were "D" load rated.  The old tires were 6 years old without that many miles
on them.

Tim & Ryan

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Jim Norlin
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:35 PM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] [VRG NewsGroup] Trailer tire info

We lost the right rear trailer tire on the way to the Kastner Cup race 
at Laguna Seca.  It was near Stockton on a really bumpy concrete section 
of I5.  A passing driver started waving frantically at me as he passed - 
I never felt or heard a thing.  It was pouring down rain and to top it 
off, the windshield wiper motor conked out as I was driving down the 
freeway off ramp.  Put on my spare and then found a replacement wheel 
and tire to carry with me as a spare.  I replaced all four of the 
remaining tires the next race weekend.  I had my race tire dealer bring 
them to the track which was very convenient.

On 5/22/2013 5:59 AM, Scott Janzen wrote:
> I've been told that on a dual axle trailer, once a tire fails on one side,
the
> second is likely to go- either due to the sudden added load at speed, or
> pieces of the adjacent tire beating on it as it disintegrates.
>   I've had the same experience with tires lasting 4-5 years and then all
> failing within a narrow time span - if they don't pick up a nail first.
> Trailer tires seem to be magnets for punctures.
> I now carry two spares at all times, and a plug kit.
>
> I like the idea of going up a load range or two to keep them underloaded!
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