only one of the 4 tires blew and this still happened?
I hate towing my big boat and should probably have a bigger truck to do it. I get queasy with any small "tail wagging the dog" movement.

Sabotage by the monohull sailors?

That looks like a heck of a nice trailer. Hope it is not totaled. I would love to have something like that but could never find a place to store it. Five boats inside in comfort could get many sailors to more events.

Let's continue the trend to get us all together.

Dan

I used to be in trucking hauling heavy machinery. I remember we had 10 pieces of a huge machine, one on each lowboy, that weighed 120,000 lbs each. Of those 10 trailers, 4 had Michelin tires, the others had a mix of Goodyear, Goodrich, etc.
The four with Michelin had no troubles, while all the rest of them blew out an average of 2 tires per load.
I have never used anything but Michelin since.
\Rick

Those were the good old days Rick. I too was a big Michelin fan, especially on my motorcycles, until I went to buy some for my Wife's Suburban and my local tire dealer told me "They are all made in China now..."

Chris,

Sorry to hear of your trouble. I hope you are able to work it out to race. It looks like your setup was a good way to go. I was quite envious of it when I saw it down in the Keys last year. Seems like a great way to travel with a group and defer costs and time.

I believe the other accident that was talked about on this forum involved rain and slick roads.

I think the only thing that could have been a problem with your rig would be the % weight on the tongue. I've hauled some shaky stuff in the past but yours looked like you were doing it the right way.

Only issue I ever had was hauling down a road with a 30knot crosswind. I had a light trailer behind me and it wanted to go in the other lane. I had to keep it under 45 until I turned South.

All is usually well once you turn South. That's probably the problem, You were going in the wrong direction.

Hope it doesn't get you too down and hope to see you in the Keys again to have a go at you for Steeplechase again.

We are going to but this Tues or Wed in SD. Pray we make it back OK. Have three bike rallies lined up for concession already.

Doug

He's lyin' Tim. We still have several big Michelin plants here in South Carolina.

Right, For some reason I have had dealers try to talk me out of getting Michelin. I still stick to my guns on this one and have never had any bad luck with them.
Didn't use them when racing Motocross, however.
Rick

Jack, are they making street tires or racing tires, or both?

Rick, I used them on my road bikes, I can't even recall what I used on my motocross bike. I do remember I spent most of my time (and money) buying pistons and rings from Wiesco though! And Golden Specta synthetic oil to mix with the gas...or something like that. Ahh, the smell, the noise, the wheelies!

We have nine Michelin plants in SC. They make everything from car tires to jet tires. What does your 777 have?

Michelin does have plants all over the world, including China.

I see trucks headed for the port at Charleston with just one or two giant earthmover tires per truck.

<<Michelin will invest $40 million in its existing Anderson County plant in Sandy Springs that manufactures various semi-finished products.
In Greenville County, Michelin plans to spend up to $90 million for new mold-production and a partial conversion to light-truck/ recreational tire production. Employment could rise by 100.
Plants in Lexington County would receive $60 million to increase passenger, light-truck tire and large-tire production, creating 100 to 300 new jobs.
Michelin expects to invest $30 million in its Spartanburg County locations to expand its truck tire production and retreading operations.>>

I bet the profit margins are greater on other brands.. thats why they push you away from Michelins

almost hard to believe that Michelin has been around so long... they started as a bike tire company in france.
two brothers, André and Edouard Michelin In 1889

I also love Michelins on my Explorer, but have had issues on the RV. May have been due to age and/or inflation, but I had a front RV tire de-tread at 50 mph last year near Franconia Notch, NH. Very exciting...

Mike

Underinflation is the biggest killer of tires.

Those TPM Systems are great. I have one on my new FJ and I donno how I lived without it before

You techno geek,
God forbid you actually use an ANALOG tire gauge, on the ground next to the tire. OHHH the horrors...

Todd

I do more wrenching on my vehicles than your (lack of) Y chromosome would allow.

I -think- the 777's have Goodyear, but I would have to call someone in the shop to be sure. I haven't done an up close walk around on one since I first got checked out on it, about 3 years ago, but I think all of Delta's plane's tires are Goodyears.

What about tire pressure? I like to run mine a little higher than what is printed on the sidewall, how much above that number is safe?

The number on the sidewall is the max air pressure for the max weight listed on the sidewall. You should never go over the max pressure.

You should follow the auto,suv manufactures pressure listed in the manual or door jamb. RVs, trailers should be weighed and then check the tire manufactures chart for the weight to air ratio. The max air pressure on the sidewall is only to list the max weight the tire can carry not the pressure that should be in the tire for your vehicle.

Would you like to lose another bottle of rum and bet on it?
I guarantee you I've done more mechanic work in any given year,since I was 16, than you'll do in your life.

Whaddya say wussyboy?