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I hate trailer tires

trailer tire blowout

Posted October 25 2008 09:21 PM by Willys 
Filed under: Campfire, Jeep Enthusiast Culture

As near as I can figure I have under 10K miles on my 8 month old trailer.  That is to say, it was built sometime in Feb of this year.  In the few months I had it, I've now replaced 3 tires on the dang thing.  On the way to Reno, one of the tires delaminated.  Special thanks to my girlfriend, Missy for standing half in the right lane of traffic to take this picture.


delaminated tire closeup

I don't know if its because the C load range tires are over their limit, or because I can pop a u-turn with this setup anywhere I want (I can get the trailer and Jeep to under 90 degrees in a jackknife type maneuver).

Anyway, the dang tire delaminated on Interstate 80, I put the spare on it, and went back to the nearest town to get another spare.

Home-made trailer jack


I can't say I'm a big fan of the whole using the Jeep's jack to jack up however many thousands of pounds of trailer loaded with Jeep.  So, when I made it into Reno at my buddy Cody's house, he introduced me to a neat thing called a "trailer jack".  Basically its a scaled down heavy duty ramp.  And, while he wouldn't let me have his, we went ahead and built one that I could take with me.  I've got a few tweaks to make maybe, and need to find somewhere to stow it on the trailer.  But, at least now I've got a better way to get one trailer tire off the ground for a roadside tire change.

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