Time to fix her up
We have our first trip of the year planned for March. The trailer is over 10 years old now, and with this Arizona heat it's time to do some repairs and upgrades. I'm planning on replacing the flexi...
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ScottG wrote:
Funny thing is that old, bias-ply Carlisle tires were fantastic. I went through a couple of set of them and they just eventually wore out. I even had a flat without it exploding. Just like a "normal" tire.
It all went down the toilet when they started making radials.
My cousin runs bias ply tires on his 26' travel trailer. Over the years, he's had two flats on the interstate. No damage done. They simply came apart. One was 14 years old. Don't know on the other one. Other cousin runs radials. One of his blew on I-4 a couple of years ago and tore out the side of his travel trailer. It was less than five years old. Even tore out the plumbing to his kitchen sink. Why do we run radials on our travel trailers? U-Haul has gone back to bias ply tires on their trailers. My boat trailer has Carlisle bias ply tires. They're good tires. I might put a set on our travel trailer when the time comes.
