Not a tire rant.....
Recent return from Nogales (Patagonia Lake) towing the 5ver in the sig.. Passenger side front tire (Goodyear Marathon... 235 80 R 16E) got us all the way back to Chandler, Az. ...morning after return found the tire flat. Whew ! lucky break. Pulled the flat... found surface tread separation (under the tread) with extension into a leak on the inner sidewall seam. (tires new July of 2012...probably 3000 - 3500 total miles). Religious cold PSI checks at 80 psi.
Dropped by Discount tire (Sam's "doesn't carry trailer tires") and purchased a temporary replacement (as I'm not ready yet to change out all 4 ) ...Carlisle 235 80 R16 (specs seemed reasonable... load rating (I believe) same as Goodyear Marathon (3500'ish).
All in all ...just very thankful it did not blow on the road. As expected , lots of good tread left... I think the inner side wall may have been the origin of the fail.
Note to all... if you haven't done it lately, go thru the motions of changing a flat .... a long breaker bar for leverage (stored in the underneath compartment) and a higher rated jack (then needed) saved my butt. (couldn't break the lug nuts free with the tire iron !).
just for the sake of completion... $160.00. No damage to the rig.
Charles
Dropped by Discount tire (Sam's "doesn't carry trailer tires") and purchased a temporary replacement (as I'm not ready yet to change out all 4 ) ...Carlisle 235 80 R16 (specs seemed reasonable... load rating (I believe) same as Goodyear Marathon (3500'ish).
All in all ...just very thankful it did not blow on the road. As expected , lots of good tread left... I think the inner side wall may have been the origin of the fail.
Note to all... if you haven't done it lately, go thru the motions of changing a flat .... a long breaker bar for leverage (stored in the underneath compartment) and a higher rated jack (then needed) saved my butt. (couldn't break the lug nuts free with the tire iron !).
just for the sake of completion... $160.00. No damage to the rig.
Charles
