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We Are Flying Solo

July 18, 2011

The Nail In The Coffin

At least, in the tire.  Or I guess I could title this post "Why You Should Always Check The Air In Your Trailer Tires Before You Haul."

Why does my trailer look like this right now?  Well, the good part is that it's at home, parked in front of the barn.  I had been wondering why I had one tire that would drop from a healthy 60 psi to a downright anemic 40 psi and hover there.  I could fill it back up and it'd be good for a trip but by the next haul, it'd be back down to 40 again.  Since I am taking My Precious (ok, I admit it, I have a thing for my truck) in to have the rotors turned tomorrow, I figured, why not throw the tire in the back and have my guy check it out.

Well.  He won't have to investigate very hard.

You can't tell from photos, but this thing has a good 1/4" or more diameter to the spiky bit.  Wherever I picked it up, they were obviously nailing together....sequoias?  I just bought the tires like a year ago -- of course.   

Apparently, it's not just horses that are suicide machines, it is anything that has the word "horse" in its name.  It's a good thing we don't fly in horseplanes or get operations from horse surgeons.

12 comments:

  1. Hahaha, thank you for making me laugh. At least I'm not the only one with god awful luck! Must have something to do with the horses....

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  2. This is SOOO true. Not only do our horse things seem prone to injury or sickness but anything with the word horse in it faces at least a 25% markup. It's like tack boxes. You buy one from a tack store that is made specifically "for horses" and it costs at least a good $200. Go down to your local Home Depot and get virtually the same thing and suddenly it is $60. I think everyone in the world is in on the secret that horse people are a bunch of suckers that will buy anything/fix anything with the word horse in it.

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  3. Oh lord, don't even LET me get started on the markup. Who told retailers our secret -- when we need a solution, we throw money at it. And just in case, we throw a little more money behind that just to be sure!

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  4. lmao, that last line was really funny

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  5. OMG, what if your surgeon suddenly colicked?
    Sorry about the tire. They were probably nailing together hitching posts (horse related!).

    On a related note, a H/J friend of mine found the perfect travel "tack" trunk at Walmart, in the car department. Wheels, her saddle fits, and all her extras. Original use was to keep stuff organized in your car trunk. If I remember right, under $40!

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  6. TLH, I think that would require the anesthesiologist to slowly walk the surgeon up and down the corridor until a nasal lavage could be administered...

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  7. Must be something in the air this week. We blew a tire on the trailer on our way to Vermont on Friday.

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  8. Ack, Dom, they are on the rampage!! Stay safe!

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  9. But... when I'm done with this marathon I call an education I'm gonna BE a horse surgeon! Not sure I like what that implies....

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  10. Squeak, just make sure you take a shot of Ulcerguard before you start cutting, k?

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  11. Will do. I'd hate to have to untangle my own bowels, how awkward!

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  12. Gosh, I'm not even sure how a person would reach....

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