New boat owner - Trailer tire flat

[Ks]

We had a complete blow out on the way home from the lake yesterday, pretty scary...........We were going about 45 MPH) and......BAM...... it blew apart like a semi truck. The complete side wall was torn out, smoke everything... pulled over right away.

I carry a bottle jack, and as luck would have it, it was a dud, so I had to use my factory jack from the F150. Lifted the boat like a champ

I am now thinking of getting one of those small steel tool type boxes welded onto the front of the trailer to hold tools and a good floor jack..

Anyone know what causes this kind of failure? trailer might have 4 hours total drive time on it.

[jleger98]

I would wonder how sturdy that thing would be to hold theboat up.

I can't see how that would work well on the side of the road in the sand/gravel.

[brianmonique]

my solution

thanks for all of the great ideas - sounds like I am not alone in my wonder - wandered into a camping/ranching store and got one of these - 40.00 - works great and easy to haul around

http://www.hitchesonline.com/jiffyjack/jiffy.htm

[jleger98]

That looks pretty nice (as long as you have a tandem trailer )

[brianmonique]

good to go

I have tandem illusion trailer worked great - we're in business again!

[xpjim1]

I carried a set of these with me in the boat. Just in case instead of the different sized pieces of wood to drive up onto.

http://www.campingworld.com/browse/s...0/skunum=24733

I use the same thing. Always keep them in the truck. Much simpler than a jack. Keep a 3 ton Hydralic jack just in case though

[Tanner]

Yep, I too use the three pieces of wood nailed together. Takes 10 secs to drive up on the blocks. Not to mention, takes up less room. In fact had to use them this weekend