We had a bad blow out on way from Spartanburg to mt pleasant. I was wondering where a good place to get trailer tire at in mt pleasant area was? Thanks
2012 Carolina skiff 21dlv 140hp suzuki
Race Ready Fishing
On highway 17 there’s a West Marine near the Lowes, Walmart is further up 17 on the right as well and there is a Tractor Supply Company just before Awendaw on 17 as well.
If you weren’t running radials, I highly recommend them.
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Thanks guys any brand yall recommend ?
2012 Carolina skiff 21dlv 140hp suzuki
Race Ready Fishing
From other forums.
Maxxis m8008
Gladiator
Greenball
These seem to be the favorites. Goodyear and Carlisle the worst. I have Nanking Cheapie Chinese on one axle and 4 Carlisle thay are 4 years old. No problems for me, but my longest tow is about 10 miles
I have been running one called a commodore for the last year and a half and so far so good. My tire guy said no one really makes a great trailer tire anymore. They are almost all chinese (junk).
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Thanks for all the info!!! For being a bad start to a weekend ended up doing goo on the water!!
great picture seapro. Glad you got out there
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so many good things in that picture. I specially like a life jacket on the young man
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Looks like the fender took the bulk of the impact. Another good reason to have fenders on your boat trailer. A blowout at highway speeds can wreck hell on some fiberglass.
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Your boat faired better than mine , I got several bad dings in the
gel in my rig , same side , I’m still missing fender:face_with_head_bandage:
fine looking young man you got there!!!
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Had a blowout on that stretch from Florida City to Key Largo this year. Tires are only 3 years old. The tire dealer in Marathon said to look at the DOT number on the tires and replace them no matter what if they are 5 years older or more.
John
Pathfinder 23 HPS
We just made a trip July 4 week from Spartanburg to summerland key bout 870 miles one way with no blow outs and only damage to the boat was scratches on the gel from the wires from the tire we have no clue where the fender went and glad it didn’t hit anyone behind us and that is my brother and his son lil man had a blast fishing thanks everyone for all the advise
2012 Carolina skiff 21dlv 140hp suzuki
Race Ready Fishing
No need to buy a trailer tire most of them are crap. Any good tire store can match you up with a car tire that will work just fine and be of better quality. If the tire can hold a car it will hold your boat as it weighes a lot less
While I agree with dwb that most trailer tires are crap, I do not agree with putting car tires on a trailer. Here are a few articles that recommend against doing so. Read these and you’ll see why trailer tires are different. In all the years I have towed a boat (many times to the Keys and back), I have only had one blowout and I am pretty sure I ran over something. The biggest problem is sitting in the sun and oxidizing.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=219
http://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Trailer-Tire-Basics
http://www.boatus.com/magazine/trailering/archives/what-to-know-about-trailer-tires.asp
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