Thread: Road Trip

Yup. Had a blowout on a 24' bay boat. Took out both driver's side tires.

Any time I have ever had a blowout on a tandem it has taken both tires.

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Best thing to do with any tire that sit for more than 2 days is to jack them up and rotate about 1/4 to 1/3 of the tire and set it back down. 2 days later jack up and rotate again. Doesn't matter what style/brand of tire, they all develop a flat spot while sitting.
You could mark the tires before every trip with a different colored crayon at the bottom. Bet the blowout will be within 1/3 of the rotation from the mark.

I had a friend from another website that has triple axle cargo trailer that cut a corner to sharp. $850 per tire and service.

Originally Posted by canebreaker

Best thing to do with any tire that sit for more than 2 days is to jack them up and rotate about 1/4 to 1/3 of the tire and set it back down. 2 days later jack up and rotate again. Doesn't matter what style/brand of tire, they all develop a flat spot while sitting.
You could mark the tires before every trip with a different colored crayon at the bottom. Bet the blowout will be within 1/3 of the rotation from the mark.

Why not just block it up with tires off ground?

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

You ever slung a top heavy load over at 60 from a blowout? A 1900lb bullet skidding down the road at 60.


BRM

Sounds like a typical day on I-240

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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

You ever slung a top heavy load over at 60 from a blowout? A 1900lb bullet skidding down the road at 60.


BRM

I've seen a couple of pontoons/tritoons go turtle up here from trailer tire blow-outs. Not pretty and regardless of how minor, most of the time they end up recycle yard staple.

Moose, I have basically the same boat as you but I have the scissor lift trailer under mine. 6.90x9 tires on 5x 5 1/2 wheels. I was pulling it to Enid two weeks ago and blew out the left tire on I-55 about 30 miles north of Jackson. I was running about 55 to 60 when it blew. No big deal except it's not fun lying under a pontoon boat on the shoulder of the interstate changing a trailer tire with heavy traffic around you.
The tires were old and I noticed that they were only C rated Carlisle 6 ply tires. I left my boat at Enid and headed back up there tomorrow with 3 new 10 ply load range E tires. I was wondering about the weight of my boat so now I have an idea. Mine has no pontoon furniture on it so I should be somewhat lighter than yours. Hope I'm ok cause I can't afford to buy a new tandem axle trailer for sure.

Instead of buying a new tandem trailer call a shop about redesigning your trailer to a tandem. I have no clue at cost, but it got to be cheaper than a new one. Here's one ad I see pop to the top all the time.
https://memphis.craigslist.org/tro/d...221841563.html