So, here is a sad story.......
Bought a set of tires for my trailer, over the course of 4 years, they started to dry rot. Not bad, but you can start to see some cracks.
A guy came to me at the marina, told me he had sold his boat/trailer, had a set of BRAND new 13" tires on rims, if I got them outta his shed, they were mine!
"Great"!
I go over, get them, new tires (still had the sticker on the thread). Check the tire PSI, 32 psi???? Well, they are radial tires, (never used radials before).
Gleefully, I go install them on trailer to get ready for the run from Clayton N.Y. to Scranton, Pa., to sadly put the boat to sleep for this winter.
I get to Fat Nancy's bait shop in Polaski N.Y., check hubs and tires, "SHHHHEEETTT, they are a bit HOT!!"
I let them cool, back down on the speed once on the highway.
Just outside Binghamton, the dreaded vibration/ blue smoke- tire let loose!
Limp to a stop, change out the tire to one of the old bias.
Off I go, ticked but happy to be moving again.
I get home and find out these are car tires???!!!
My boat/outboard/trailer must run @ 1800#, tires are rated for #1200, so I was OK weight wiase, (#1800 divided by 2- each tire had to carry #900 but, I KNEW when I felt them and they were HOT at Nancy's I was screwed, but didn't put 2 n 2 together that they were car tires!
So, lesson..... Don't use car tires on your boat!
Joe
It's always an adventure when i do things!
Bought a set of tires for my trailer, over the course of 4 years, they started to dry rot. Not bad, but you can start to see some cracks.
A guy came to me at the marina, told me he had sold his boat/trailer, had a set of BRAND new 13" tires on rims, if I got them outta his shed, they were mine!
"Great"!
I go over, get them, new tires (still had the sticker on the thread). Check the tire PSI, 32 psi???? Well, they are radial tires, (never used radials before).
Gleefully, I go install them on trailer to get ready for the run from Clayton N.Y. to Scranton, Pa., to sadly put the boat to sleep for this winter.
I get to Fat Nancy's bait shop in Polaski N.Y., check hubs and tires, "SHHHHEEETTT, they are a bit HOT!!"
I let them cool, back down on the speed once on the highway.
Just outside Binghamton, the dreaded vibration/ blue smoke- tire let loose!
Limp to a stop, change out the tire to one of the old bias.
Off I go, ticked but happy to be moving again.
I get home and find out these are car tires???!!!
My boat/outboard/trailer must run @ 1800#, tires are rated for #1200, so I was OK weight wiase, (#1800 divided by 2- each tire had to carry #900 but, I KNEW when I felt them and they were HOT at Nancy's I was screwed, but didn't put 2 n 2 together that they were car tires!
So, lesson..... Don't use car tires on your boat!
Joe
It's always an adventure when i do things!