Another Blowout!

Last summer we installed top of the line trailer tires after one of the originals shredded.  Yesterday, one of those new tires bit the dirt, impaled by a screw.  The good news is it happened just a couple miles from our destination so were able to limp along to our campsite.  Changing a tire on the shoulder of the freeway in the blazing sun (92 degrees) with cars whizzing by one foot behind your butt is no fun at all.

This is the 6th trailer tire event in 8 years, the 4th on the Cougar - including the loss of the spare tire and wheel when the spare tire carrier broke.  It appears the original tires on travel trailers are the cheapest money can buy.  Maybe the really high-end rigs have better rubber.

Funny thing is, never had a flat on any of the 3 pickups owned in the same time period.  And, on the Alaska Highway, notorious for flats, we had nary a one in either the trailer or the pickup.  Go figure.