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Airslot...you must have a roller trailer...

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Hey Mac...lots of peple are under the mistaken belief that tandems do what you suggest above...support in case one tire goes flat...sorry, Pal, but unless you've seen your trailer do that, it probly won't, unless it's one heck of a RIGID suspension :o...

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RaP - I don't understand what you are saying. Please elaborate.

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SK I think he said that because most of the time if one goes flat then it doesnt distribute the weight evenly and the one with a flat will drag the rim on the asphalt.

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Yes, I do have a roller trailer. My launch / load procedures have become highly refined to get in/ out of the 5 or 6 ramps I use as quickly as possible. We'll all have slightly different procedures. If you have a galvanuzed roller trailer, no sense in dunking it if you don't need to. If you got a bunk trailer you have to.

Airslot

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Yeah SK...I meant that if a tire blows out on a tandem axle trailer, most will not continue down the road w/out causing damage to the wheel, spindle and brakes and possibly the axle...I have seen construction trailers that you could REMOVE the flat tire/wheel and go down the road, but that's a really heavy suspension system...buddy of mine pullin' his Rabalo 21' Cuddy...had a flat, went back and looked at it, figured thats what tandems do and continued down the Interstate ::)cost him lots of bucks to learn that lesson$$$$$

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OK ... IT'S STARTING TO MAKE SENSE TO ME. My dad told me if I got a flat, I could chain it up till I could safely fix it. I haven't had the opportunity to try that out , yet.

I think what MAC meant was that he likes the idea of having the extra tire there in case he gets a flat or a blowout for the immediate safety it provides. I've never had a flat or blowout on a trailer, but I had a GOODYEAR TIRE WITH 7,000 MILES ON IT BLOWOUT ON MY VAN AT 65 MPH, and it was thrilling - but not much fun. I feel a whole lot better knowing I have a spare in place when I tow my cruise missile down the highway.

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...Yeah... I can see where the chain thing could work...congratulations on surviving the 65mph blowout :o...hope you didn't ruin a perfectly good pair of BVDs over it :D...

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You should have been there the day I was flying down Rt 6, 2 miles before the Sagamore Bridge, and the driver side tire from the boat trailer passed me!! :o I looked in the mirror and saw Sparks flying every where!!

I didn't even no it fell off ! Never felt a thing!

Single axle trailer also!

When I got pulled over and looked all the lug nuts were gone?? I have never figured that out?

Anyway I got a ride to go get some lug nuts and when I got back to put the tire back on the U bolts had cut in half from dragging!!
Off again to find new U bolts. Let me tell you, Its not fun working on your trailer with a V20 on it with cars flying by 10 feet from your A$$ at 70 mph!!

Then I bought a Brand New Tandam axle!

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Nah ... I just shook it off ... but I'll never buy another goodyear tire again. That blowout and many flats. When Ford wanted to take back the firestones, they tried to insist on puttin goodyears on my explorer. F U, I told them. I'd rather have the Firestones. Ultimately, I went to a MICHELIN dealer for my free tires. I always had good luck with MICHELIN. :)