I had a blowout last night between KC and St. Louis. I was about 30 minutes outside of KC when it happened. Instead of leaving the boat at a truck stop and heading back to KC for a tire, I crept it back 30 miles at about 40 mph on 3 tires. Think any damage could have come from this long term? I got a new tire and drove the 4 hours with no problem. I will tell you after having blow outs on a single axle, then on a tandem, I will never own a boat of any size without a tandem trailer. So much easier. What wasn't easy was trying to find a trailer tire at 5pm on a Monday evening. Finally found one at an NTB about 8 pm. My 4 hour trip turned into a 10 hour adventure.
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