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AxelRod
05-19-2008, 10:30 AM
was about 100 miles from home and blew a tire on the trailer... it destroyed the inner fender well, some of the bed/couch and sucked out a few things like wood, clothes, the Tx for my RC tank... Funny thing is i thought i saw some debris fly off that tire in the mirror and stopped. Looked at the tire and didn't see anything wrong, started driving again up to 70mph and KABLAM!!! Took about an 1hr to scavenge enough screws to patch the hole with the slide out bed board, and change the tire... Unfortunately the Tx didn't make it:-( Enjoy"thumbsup"

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madhatter
05-19-2008, 10:45 AM
:shock: Thats crazy!:shock:
Stormin2u
05-19-2008, 10:53 AM
That tire looks just awful how did it get so bald?
AxelRod
05-19-2008, 10:58 AM
all the tread FLEW OFF, causing the damage. I would NEVER run a tire that looked like that. The tire did not deflate, only the tread came off. Note to self: Old tires should be inspected more closely for cracks and not run at high-speeds (70-80mph)
Nova's Ark
05-19-2008, 11:12 AM
That sucks. At least your OK.
TwistedXT
05-19-2008, 05:54 PM
That sucks. At least your OK.

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sloppy
05-19-2008, 06:10 PM
trailer tires seem to do that at around 70-80 on a long trip. I swear everytime we go to a race we blow a tire on the trailer.

good to see you are OK sucks about the damage to the trailer though.
exesivefire
05-19-2008, 06:55 PM
And I thought the rock we caught, and now have to look at for the next 25 hours was bad :shock:
slugzracing
05-19-2008, 07:56 PM
No offense but that shot of the inside of the trailer is friggin awesome!
GreenStomper
05-19-2008, 08:38 PM
Good thing you are okay and didn't take anybody out. Trailers do funny things even with out having flat tires.
microgoat
05-20-2008, 04:33 PM
And I thought the rock we caught, and now have to look at for the next 25 hours was bad :shock:

That wasn't a rock that chipped the windshield, it was one of those Montana mosquitos :lol:
Grizzly4x4
05-20-2008, 04:38 PM
That wasn't a rock that chipped the windshield, it was one of those Montana mosquitos :lol:
We had a bird bounce off our windshield and fly about 50 ft in the air. It came down several seconds later, dead as Badger's sex life.

Now that you mention it, could have been one of those gamma radiation affected Montana mosquitoes. :lol::lol:
slobin3d
05-20-2008, 05:09 PM
I got you all beat I got smacked in the back of the head by my own owners manual:roll::lol:
exesivefire
05-21-2008, 03:36 PM
^ Priceless :shock:
Stormin2u
05-21-2008, 04:27 PM
all the tread FLEW OFF, causing the damage. I would NEVER run a tire that looked like that. The tire did not deflate, only the tread came off. Note to self: Old tires should be inspected more closely for cracks and not run at high-speeds (70-80mph)

That's nasty it must have had a defect.

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