David G said: (quoted from post at 16:22:48 06/10/14) You have 11 year old tires, I would replace them.
Good advice, as it turned out.... headed out to a show in Des Moines (from about 40 miles East of Columbus, OH). Got to Dayton and blew a tire. Put the plugged spare on the road and kept going, sweating it all the way. Two of the other tires had slight tread separation from the sidewall. Checked three truck stops and no love there, they don't carry tires that small, all of them suggested WalMart. Stopped at one of the worlds largest RV dealers (their claim, not mine)... "we don't sell tires". You have over 2,000 trailers, campers and RVs on your lot and you don't sell tires for them?
Called several "Wally Worlds" in the Des Moines area on our way in (aren't tablets great?) and found one right near the fairgrounds that had 4 Goodyear Marathons in stock (same tire that came on it new), got there just in time to get them done and be on our way. My newest tire and rim, that replaced a spare stolen on another trip out west, is now the spare.
Found out something I never knew, or never thought about, they said that those tires/rims couldn't be balanced because of the way the rim is constructed. He said they never balance trailer tires anyway (I had ask them to try).
Show went well, we had a first in one class and a second in the other. Our friend who went with us had a Grand Champion in her division. This was the show association's national show.
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