At 11:10 AM 8/13/98 -0400, Andrew Mace wrote:
>On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Bill Babcock raised some interesting points:
>
>> I'm pulling a dual axle trailer and wish I wasn't. If I had my druthers
>> I'd get a lightweight aluminum trailer to fit my TR3. I think my trailer
>> weighs more than my car. You can easily overkill on trailers and it
>> doesn't add much safety.
>
>My prime thought in expressing my own desire for a dual-axle trailer is
>just the added security of the two extra wheels and tires. It's not
>happened to me yet, but I worry about what would happen if one of the two
>(total -- single axle) tires blew on my trailer. But then I don't know if
>a dual-axle trailer would handle a blowout much better?
FWIW, I had a tire blow out on my dual axle trailer - it was my own
fault, pretty much. I had lousy Uniroyal tires on it, and had gotten
them rather warm driving a bit faster than I should have coming down
some of the mountains in W.VA. I peeled the tread off one tire, and
it pounded out the fender before I could get off onto the shoulder
(those of you who've seen my trailer, now know where that hump in the
right side fender came from). Anyway, other than hearing an extremely
loud thumping sound, there were no drastic effects from the blowout;
the trailer still pulled fine, and was easily controllable. I'd
guess that a blowout on a single axle trailer might have been a bit
more dramatic.
John Lye
rjl6n@Virginia.edu
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