Comments on: What the inside of a trailer tire looks like http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The worst is yet to come? http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10958 The worst is yet to come? Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:53:18 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10958 Sounds bad enough, but it can get worse - much worse: I went to a car wash with a towable car trailer to be washed, I used the car wash machine jet lance, when driving away the hose pipes which "dangle down all over the place" got caught on the trailer tie-down rope hooks and you can guess what happened. Take it from me those car wash machines don't half make a lot of noise when being dragged across a petrol station forecourt. Bump, bump, bang, bang, clatter-clatter, and as a bonus you get water squiring all over the place and the staff running around like the Keystone cops. Was it my fault - No, in any event the assitant had asked me "Did I want a car wash?" Maybe I misunderstood her !!!! Sounds bad enough, but it can get worse – much worse: I went to a car wash with a towable car trailer to be washed, I used the car wash machine jet lance, when driving away the hose pipes which “dangle down all over the place” got caught on the trailer tie-down rope hooks and you can guess what happened. Take it from me those car wash machines don’t half make a lot of noise when being dragged across a petrol station forecourt. Bump, bump, bang, bang, clatter-clatter, and as a bonus you get water squiring all over the place and the staff running around like the Keystone cops. Was it my fault – No, in any event the assitant had asked me “Did I want a car wash?” Maybe I misunderstood her !!!!

]]> By: Hasan's Blog http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10957 Hasan's Blog Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:44:38 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10957 <strong>Misery Loves Company, even if it's Belated...</strong> Seems I'm not the only one with tyre problems. Mark posted something even worse-looking. It almost looks like they are hair on the trailer tyre....... Misery Loves Company, even if it’s Belated…

Seems I’m not the only one with tyre problems. Mark posted something even worse-looking. It almost looks like they are hair on the trailer tyre…….

]]> By: markjen http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10956 markjen Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:38:12 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10956 Hey Jorg, that's totally what we were afraid of too: the look of "no car" :D Fortunately, that didn't happen, but my high school biology teacher had the exact same experience when towing his boat too! Somewhere along the freeway, it had popped off of the tow hitch and was left behind :O Hey Jorg, that’s totally what we were afraid of too: the look of “no car” :D

Fortunately, that didn’t happen, but my high school biology teacher had the exact same experience when towing his boat too! Somewhere along the freeway, it had popped off of the tow hitch and was left behind :O

]]> By: Jorg http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10955 Jorg Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:43:24 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/10/02/what-the-inside-of-a-trailer-tire-looks-like/#comment-10955 Heh, I had something similar happen. A long time back, when I was living in Portland Oregon, I made the worst financial decision in my entire life, and bought a boat. (A boat is a hole in the water, into which you throw money) Anyway, after spending $5K on a used boat, and then $5K for a new engine, I put it on a hitch and headed south (I had moved to California). And then, at 1AM, same situation as you: people started honking and waving. Finally I decided to pull over and see what they were complaining about. I saw the worst thing you can possible imagine, when you're towing a boat for 900 miles, and the right sie of the road ramps off sharply into a river: no boat. no trailer. no connecting chain. After getting off the freeway, making a U-turn, and driving north, I saw it: parked in the fast lane, a boat and its hitch. Thank God it went left and not right! I was so happy it was OK! I hitched it back up, drove slowly until I could go to a gas station, replaced the chain, and drive even slower all the way home. Then I paid to prep the engine for saltwater, paid to park it on the bay, and then got so involved in work that I didn't use it much. After a while it wouldn't start; I parked it temporarily at a friend's house where rainwater filled it and it grew mosquitoes. (You have to take the drain plug out when you park a boat on land!!!) Eventually, after pumping close to $14K into it, I was able to give it away. And I will always remember: the look of "no boat"! Heh, I had something similar happen.

A long time back, when I was living in Portland Oregon, I made the worst financial decision in my entire life, and bought a boat. (A boat is a hole in the water, into which you throw money) Anyway, after spending $5K on a used boat, and then $5K for a new engine, I put it on a hitch and headed south (I had moved to California).

And then, at 1AM, same situation as you: people started honking and waving. Finally I decided to pull over and see what they were complaining about.

I saw the worst thing you can possible imagine, when you’re towing a boat for 900 miles, and the right sie of the road ramps off sharply into a river: no boat. no trailer. no connecting chain.

After getting off the freeway, making a U-turn, and driving north, I saw it: parked in the fast lane, a boat and its hitch. Thank God it went left and not right!

I was so happy it was OK! I hitched it back up, drove slowly until I could go to a gas station, replaced the chain, and drive even slower all the way home. Then I paid to prep the engine for saltwater, paid to park it on the bay, and then got so involved in work that I didn’t use it much. After a while it wouldn’t start; I parked it temporarily at a friend’s house where rainwater filled it and it grew mosquitoes. (You have to take the drain plug out when you park a boat on land!!!) Eventually, after pumping close to $14K into it, I was able to give it away.

And I will always remember: the look of “no boat”!

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