Major highway problem averted.
Thanks to the eagle eye of DW, a potential (and eventual) major problems was averted.
DW noticed a thin nail imbedded in the sidewall of the left rear trailer tire.
It wasn't sticking into the tire through the tread, nor was it sticking through the sidewall into the tire. It is similar to how a splinter is. Under the skin but parallel. As far as I can tell it hasn't punched through the inner sidewall yet. But it's just a matter of time.
It's one of those things that if neither of us had noticed it, the air could leak begin to leak out, the heat build up in the tire would begin, and at some point, the tire would come apart.
Then there would be another Good Year Chinathon horror story to report. :E
This is going to cause me to move up or, more correctly, add urgency in replacing all 5 tires. At this point, the replacements will be Maxxis ST8008. Even with the 205/75R14 LR-C size, I feel I have more than adequate safety margin, or margin of error. Trailer GWVR is 4950#. The total max weight load for the tires is 7040#, or 1760# per tire.
DW noticed a thin nail imbedded in the sidewall of the left rear trailer tire.
It wasn't sticking into the tire through the tread, nor was it sticking through the sidewall into the tire. It is similar to how a splinter is. Under the skin but parallel. As far as I can tell it hasn't punched through the inner sidewall yet. But it's just a matter of time.
It's one of those things that if neither of us had noticed it, the air could leak begin to leak out, the heat build up in the tire would begin, and at some point, the tire would come apart.
Then there would be another Good Year Chinathon horror story to report. :E
This is going to cause me to move up or, more correctly, add urgency in replacing all 5 tires. At this point, the replacements will be Maxxis ST8008. Even with the 205/75R14 LR-C size, I feel I have more than adequate safety margin, or margin of error. Trailer GWVR is 4950#. The total max weight load for the tires is 7040#, or 1760# per tire.
