Kudos to NC State Trooper
We were cruising South on I-95 near Dunn, NC when I noticed the blue flashing lights of a NC state trooper. I pulled off an exit and into a gravel lot. The trooper told me that he saw something wobbling under my trailer. Upon closer inspection, I found a grapefruit size bubble on the inside of the right front trailer tire; a 2 1/2 year old Akuret ST china bomb.
I had been on the road for only 30 minutes and prior to leaving, all pressures were checked at 80 psi. In fact, I had just left a tire store after having a nail removed from the left rear trailer tire.
Anyway, I would have never had made it to the CG without a blowout and who knows what damage could have resulted.
The trooper was interested in getting an RV so I asked if he wanted to look inside my Columbus fiver. He said he wouldn't turn an offer like that down.
My hat off to that NC state trooper; he saved me a lot of grief, and I have now justified to DW that we need new quality tires.
I had been on the road for only 30 minutes and prior to leaving, all pressures were checked at 80 psi. In fact, I had just left a tire store after having a nail removed from the left rear trailer tire.
Anyway, I would have never had made it to the CG without a blowout and who knows what damage could have resulted.
The trooper was interested in getting an RV so I asked if he wanted to look inside my Columbus fiver. He said he wouldn't turn an offer like that down.
My hat off to that NC state trooper; he saved me a lot of grief, and I have now justified to DW that we need new quality tires.
