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Dave Bristle
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Initially Posted - 07/22/2008 :  10:52:59  Show Profile
The following ABC News story could relate to your trailer tires, and got me to check the set I recently bought for my car...

[url="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897 "]Tire Manufacture Date[/url]

Whether you're swayed by the anecdotal evidence or not, the information about the manufacture date is useful. (You guys in the office will have to wait till tonight. )
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Past member and DPO of C-25 #5032
Now on Eastern 27 Sarge (but still sailing) and posting as "Stinkpotter".

Passage, Mystic, and Sarge--click to enlarge.
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  11:04:19  Show Profile
Wow, I had no idea! I've always been very careful about replacing worn tires, it looks like all this time I wasn't necessarily safe.
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  11:20:34  Show Profile
Thanks, Dave, that's really important for all of us to consider.

Happy sailing...

and safe driving to your boat!
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  11:40:01  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JohnP</i>
<br />...and safe driving to your boat! <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Yup--better check the tires on my dock cart!
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  16:15:31  Show Profile
When we got back from the San Juans last September we found that one of the trailer tires had a softball size bulge. Must have happened since the last rest area because we stop and check the tires often.



This tire looked great with lots of tread. I called the manufacturer and they basically said that is was eight years old, off warranty and should be replaced. Duh. We have all new tires now. This taught me that you cannot judge the tire by how it looks or the amount of tread left.
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  16:19:46  Show Profile
I've been buying tires from the same guy for about 20 years. He tells me that for trailer tires, the sidewalls are the most important factor to consider in both buying and wear analysis.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  23:16:17  Show Profile
Wow...taking my son to college in Ohio in three weeks in an '07 car with 15000 miles on it. Was going to have them check the tires...now I'll have them give me a report on the age of the tires...

Thanks Dave for the heads up.

Val on Calista, #3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/22/2008 :  23:39:12  Show Profile
Val... The car companies get them fresh daily from the tire factories and keep no inventories--I think you're fine. It's dealers and gas stations that are problematic.
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Response Posted - 07/23/2008 :  06:24:29  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Great post thank you!

Purchased a new tyre from Tire Kingdom last Saturday (7/19/2008) checked the date today - 4407 phew!

I'll check the mounted tyres on Thursday when I do the pre-trip trailer check.

Our last tyre had a blimp similar to the one shown above. I changed the wheel out with the spare and the spare tyre blew out while strapped down to the trailer toungue. Change out was just in time!

Paul
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tinob
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Response Posted - 07/25/2008 :  15:11:23  Show Profile
Dave....I kinda thought that was the case, just thought I'd ask..

Saw someone that lookled like you at BIRI Tuesday on the paty deck and a boat looking like SARGE on a mooring ball.

Val on Calista,#3936,Patchogue, N.Y.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/25/2008 :  16:58:34  Show Profile
I guess the best answer to that is, "What's BIRI?" (...and how do you know what I look like?) Maybe the boat was Billy Joel's.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 07/26/2008 :  08:33:58  Show Profile
Block Island, R.I...saw some photos of you here and Sarge is displayed in your signature.

Val on Calista #3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/26/2008 :  10:45:54  Show Profile
Oh--BI! Sarge was on the hook in Great Salt Pond at Block last Wed-Thurs (7/16-17)... and I was on the "party deck" of a Grand Banks trawler, and then in the cockpit of a Mystic 30 cutter anchored nearby... Did the guy look sorta like this?

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And where were you??
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tinob
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Response Posted - 07/27/2008 :  11:46:27  Show Profile
Yeah sort of, the family and I were leaving on the Viking Superstar back to Montauk. It was at this time that I saw several other people that I knew...thinking that you might have been one of the several.

Val on Calista # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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