 Blown tire on trailer, capper to a helluva weekend |
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| nine14cats |
 Apr 4 2004, 11:03 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
Check this out. Towing the race car back from Thunderhill today and blam....one of the trailer tires blows up...not flat...just blows up...took out the fiberglass fender cover on the trailer....
Here's a pic... Attached image(s) 
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| nine14cats |
Apr 4 2004, 11:04 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
I just picked up a full size spare for the trailer last week....I guess fix a flat in a can wouldn't have worked to well on this one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Crazy weekend... |
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| Trekkor |
Apr 4 2004, 11:37 PM
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I do things... Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California |
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| Carl |
Apr 5 2004, 12:00 AM
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Ummm ... what? Group: Members Posts: 781 Joined: 17-January 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 163 Region Association: Northern California |
Bill,
You were telling me that between you and the wife a set of race tires will last, what?, 12 track days? You must be pushing a lot harder if you're shredding trailer tires like that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) Carl |
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| Joseph Mills |
Apr 5 2004, 12:21 AM
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on a Sonoma diet now... Group: Members Posts: 1,482 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 39 |
Bill,
Sorry about your fender. Glad nothing worse happened. But that's like a podium stand trophy blowout! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) |
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| machina |
Apr 5 2004, 06:16 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,030 Joined: 21-June 03 From: Miami Beach, FL Member No.: 848  |
On the way up to sebring late last year, an enclosed racecar trailer blew a tire a couple hundred feet in front of me. Looked like a bomb.
The fender went about 50' in the air and shrapnel was everywhere, pretty scary. Most trailers sit unused for weeks or months, the sun really degrades the tires on one side more than the other, that can cause big problems. dr |
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| Don Wohlfarth |
Apr 5 2004, 07:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 117 |
I had a trailer tire explode almost as bad as yours, damn thing let go under a bridge.
I thought someone was shooting at me. Everytime I hook up I don't move my trailer without checking the air pressure. Takes 2 minutes, a hell of a lot less time than changing a tire on the side of the road. Don't forget to grease your axle bearings. Trying to match up bearings in podunk on a Sunday evening can get pretty interesting. This kind of stuff is pretty easy to remember after you've been through it once. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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