9.00x16 Tire mishap

Wpns 421 · #1 21-03-10, 04:06

I had just left the Acton sale and had driven 10-15 km on the 401 when someone flagged me to pull over, there appeared to be a problem with my 3/4ton Pioneer trailer. We stopped, saw nothing , started again and as I accelerated I felt a jump. Upon stopping again we saw the drivers side tire had lost a chunk of thread about 6 inches wide by 12 inches long,

the tire was still inflated. Not wanting to pay a tow truck and storage we transferred the load to the pickup and then proceeded to drive at 80kph on Hwy 401. We drove for over 60kms with the bad tire, we finally stopped in Oshawa and left it at the Museum.
Upon examining the tire we saw the we had lost more thread and if we had driven much further the rire would have completely separated. The tire we had was a recapped NDT military tire. The load ,speed and distance did not agree with it.
Now we have to go back to Oshawa with a spare and return with the trailer. We were very lucky the tire didn't explode, the tire has a very distinct thread and I will isolate these tires. I will post some pictures when I pick up the trailer. Gilles

Jordan Baker · #2 21-03-10, 04:10

Eeek, not good to have that happen but glad to hear that that was all that did happen.

Paul Singleton · #3 21-03-10, 21:42

Wow, glad to hear that you and your trailer are okay. I see that you said the tire was a recap. I wonder how old the casing is? In 1989 I bought a new 16 foot trailer. It had 15 inch light truck tires on it when new, not trailer tires. I use the trailer regularly, 3 or 4 times a year. Jump ahead to 2004 and my pickup needs tires. Me being cheap, the tires on my trailer look like new with about 90 percent tread. Well I switched the trailer tires on to my truck and put the truck tires on the trailer. The tires looked great, no weather cracking and mounted and balanced fine. Within two weeks I blew two of them, both on the rear, both blew the sidewall out. I had nothing in the truck so overloading was not the issue. Well I ended buying four new tires for the truck and have also changed the trailer tires. I have seen lately in the news that the age of the tire has been found to contribute to failure. The age of tires was never an issue with me in the past as long as they looked good, but after my experience a few years ago I am more careful.

Paul