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Old 21-03-10, 04:10
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Eeek, not good to have that happen but glad to hear that that was all that did happen.
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Willys MB, 1942
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Old 21-03-10, 21:42
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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.

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