Great video! You guys handled it like pros! " How'd I get in the ditch?" I like that name!! Hope you all are staying high and dry with Beryl coming to visit!!
I have to say Kevin, your comments about “move over, give them some space” are so right, people need to learn that. Whether you’re law enforcement or first responders, DOT or you and Phil, people need to wake up and pay attention. Common sense doesn’t come with a college degree. Thank you and Phil for sharing the adventure. Stay safe, stay well. PS, maybe carry some orange cones, collapsible or not, with you.
Sorry your miserable time in the Texas heat makes for our good entertainment. Great experience to look back on. Makes me want to go change tires on all my trailers! Glad you decided to take Phil.
I had a similar experience with a dump trailer that had newer 10ply tires, had first flat and observed that all the tires were coming apart. Took the slow road home 60 miles. Upgraded to 14ply ribbed trailer tires that can handle 100 psi. Replaced the spare with a new 10 ply. I think they put some really junk tires on new trailers, this is the second time the oem tires on a newer trailer went to pieces. I remember back in the early seventies when the lowboy trailers were just catching on, it was very common for the trailers to come new with used tires.
This trailer has been great for us, but we mostly use it local! This was the first longer trip in a while and every stock tire blew out! We now have 16 ply tires on the rig!
My goodness l heard one blowout..but 5or6 so hard to believe so much in one day.with this heatwave... what rotten luck. no more only halos 😇😇❤❤🤪 OK only kevin@ phil funniest
There has to be either something wrong with that trailer or those tires were horribly over inflated. Nobody has this much bad luck. This was a crazy adventure! I'm glad y'all survived it!
The trailer is good! we use it all the time but local! we think 10 ply are not the right tires for the weight it is rated for! and the tires were likely at the end of thier life! We have 16plys on it now!
I cannot believe what bad luck you have had. as everyone has said thank goodness for Phil. When you have a situation like this you cannot beat having Phil with you. consider it great bonding time.
Great, I IM y'all earlier worried about y'all in the storm. ❤️. I said it's a good day to stay in and sand and Alecia said, "She's done!" 😂. And y'all....Bless your heart on the 100 tire blowouts. Phil is hilarious and like I said early in my IM....glad you weren't there Alecia. One more thing, do y'all know anyone that can help me change my tire? 😅❤️🥰
Oh man, tire blowouts on busy highways are the worst. You're right, people don't move over and that makes me more mad than the darn tire needing to be changed. Glad you guys are safe and sound , Thanks for sharing
I picked up a pre-loaded trailer in detroit land with ford auto parts on parts bins, heavy and loaded in the center of the trailer with nails driven i the floor to hold them in place. The trailer was sealed. Just miles into the journey to st.louis ford plant, the load shifted to the passenger side of the trailer, and the trailer rode the rest of the trip leaning horribly to the passenger side with just an inch or two clearence on that side to the tires, and nearly 8 inches on the drivers side of clearance between the trailer floor and the tires. Talk about slow off ramps that turned left. It was so tilted at the dock when we got their, the dock plate would not go in the trailer and had to pull the bins to the rear one by one until the shifting floor leveled enough to enter with a forklift, what a trip. Not really related, but thought i`d share a little long days events with you. The thing is, people are just not understanding the value of life nor giving it the love and respect it deserves, when driving. Its actually a psychological oditiy why people loose their minds when they drive. Like the quality of the machines are way above the ability of the operators, and that`s scary when you are broke down beside the highway. Your life is at great risk at that time. Unacceptable, and too many have a liscense to drive who should no more operate a vehicle than fly.
Sounds like you had a day like us! We had 4 times on the side of the road to observe how people drive. They refuse to slow down and move over for anyone on the side of the road!
WOW, I also have an air compressor on my truck. But it would only go up to 90 pounds I bought a new trailer and the tires need 120 so I changed out my PSI regulator to 160 so now my onboard will pump up to 160.
Yikes! That sucks! Was it the heat? (I assume) Phil “the one good thing, we got all the bad luck out of the way for the year.” Your mouth to God’s ear, Phil! 🙏🙏
Holy 💩 Wow, reminds me of the saga we’re going through dealing with our new 2024 F350 Platinum DRW high output diesel. It’s 1-month old and has blown 2 engines. It’s a 🍋.
Y’all handled it a lot better than I would have. Incredible bad tires. Of course in that heat I guess that had to be a factor. Men of your word! I hope y’all had a great 4th.
THAT is an adventure for the record books! I see Phil had long pants on for day 2 of the adventure. 😂 And they were making fun of you! It was good to see you and Phil persevered. People have no respect for anyone anymore, I was holding my breath while you were along the interstate. Good thing you have onboard air! So glad you stuck to it and accomplished the job. Well done gentlemen! It’s going to be hard to top that epic adventure!
Only in Texas can you say 158 miles is "Just down the road". And yes, things were going good until they won't. But good job on staying safe while doing that maintenance.
I'm glad you said that. People just don't think 🤔. Manners matter. Be careful, so many folks get killed changing tires on the side of the road. I'm grateful you both pulled through just fine. Crazy trip for you boys. You don't want to blow another tire. ✌️😁
Our family motto is "if it weren't for bad luck we wouldn't have any luck at all". And I was feeling that way about your luck. I don't see how you didn't just hand that whole ordeal off to your boss. I was aggravated for you guys knowing how hot & dangerous that was. With the weight & the road temps those tires didn't have a chance . Thankfully you guys made it back safe!
Thank you! We have a pretty good attitude about most things! The camera tends to bring that out in you! Now that first day when we weren't filming, well you know how that day went!
I had the exact same thing happen to me with my Diamond C last summer. Exactly including all the tool failure. Crazy! Needless to say we have all new tires and 3/4” drive tools. Glad y’all are safe.
what an epic journey! what an epic story! everything about it - the circumstances leading up to it, the "easy" nature of it and the way it actually went down. i hope your boss paid you for your efforts! i wonder how many people would've stuck with it like the two of you did. you are two good men, that is for sure!! i hope that you received the genuine appreciation that you deserve for everything you did to get that trailer to its destination! i hope you were able to have some nice time off after all of this, too! thanks for an amazing video!!!
This happened to us yesterday on our way home from Tennessee to Maryland. The blow out took out our trailer breaks for the fifth wheel and did some cosmetic damage.
I hate it when people don't move over when there's a vehicle on the side of the road. It is so not safe for to stop on the side of the road so people need to help them out by moving! So much for a no work week, right! That's crazy that all those tires blew.
OMG…. The trip from hell!!!! So glad you had Phil with you. It is very scary being stuck on the side of the road. People need to move over and slow down and give space to the vehicle on the side of the road.. so glad you survived.
Well all I can say is I'm glad you got r done ....And that Beautiful Work Truck just blew them tires off that trailer ....Great Father Son Family trip .....Ps Thanks for having Phil get in the truck on that crazy road ....!!!!❤
Writing this as I watch you. You poor guys I'm here in TX too so I know what you're saying it's burning hot. Kevin you are always prepared. And if that had been your trailer I doubt you would have tire problems because you always check your equipment. Holy crap moly. This is turning into a nightmare. I sure hope someone is reimbursing you for all these tools. Another tire! Your about to leave in your truck and I am expecting another tire to blow. This happened to us leaving for our trip in 2021. Our trailer sat in storage with no cover and no tire covers and 2 tires blew in 70 or so miles. Then in Waco we went to Discount Tire and changed out every tire. Now we cover our tires. I SO feel for y'all in that heat. Phil! I'm glad you were with him but I'm also glad you're still alive! This was the road trip from hell! Where was that trailer sitting for most of the last 3 years?
When we got home we had a tire going low on the truck! Found a screw in it! The trailer doesn't sit much we use it almost every week, but we stay local!
Glad your both safe. Husband and I were both watching we had a similar problem with class A rv. 3 Flats in less the 150 miles in Ohio. It was very scary.
Either a rare run of manufacturer defect tires, or early in the trip you traveled a road where someone else had a box of nails, staples, or something fall off their truck. A severe alignment problem can heat them up enough to blow too, but you'd probably seen it if it was that bad. Low pressure is what it takes for blowouts 99% of the time, high temps just make it happen a lil faster. Now you know why: if trucking is so easy why isn't everyone doing it? I've run two semis over the past decade, and am somewhat of a tire expert by necessity at $600-800 each out the door.
I can give the first tire was probably low pressure! But the rest no way! Every single stock tire that came on the trailer blew up that day! We did find a screw in the truck tire on the way home!
@@PavingNewPaths defects are rare but not unheard of. A buddy of mine runs a hotshot out of Alabama, hauling a 40' flatbed like that one. Seems like 2-3 yrs ago he had an issue with some trailer tires, may have even been a recall. Not sure, and don't remember if they were OEM or not. His didn't blow out all on one trip like yours, but he had several back to back over a few weeks until they were all swapped out. I know he got credit for at least most of them. You oughta check the Google mindtrust with the tire brand/model/size and see if those might turn up with a recall on them.
Glad you both made it safely, finally. That would’ve been very frustrating. Also, I had lasik eye surgery and absolutely no regrets. No more worrying about glasses or contacts and vision is now perfect.
@@PavingNewPaths It was quick and painless. My dad had coke bottle glasses most of his life. About 20 years ago he had the permanent lens insert surgery. He’s 83 and perfect vision. Definitely worth doing the consultation. They’re free and they answer everything. Just read the reviews for each clinic.
@@PavingNewPaths I thought I replied but don’t see it. Sorry if this is a repeat. I have absolutely no regrets with my lasik. My dad had his eye surgery and they inserted a lens about 15 years or more ago and he has perfect vision now. He is 83 and used to wear very thick glasses his whole life. Not a single issue. Just look at clinic reviews and go to their free consultation.
@@stevem7189Thanks! I hear so many bad lasik stories that I don't want to risk it! Maybe one day I will go talk to them and see if my eye are even right fir this
That's the kind of day that leads to not speaking & just grunting until you get home, get a 64oz adult beverage & sit & stare in silence at that swamp cooler for an hour or so lol! I've had this kind of day on a triple axle gooseneck with a family member's incapacitated vehicle on it that broke down out of town. 7 blowouts in half a day on I-10. I angle on the shoulder so they hit the trailer before hitting me I> and yes, I also use the reflective signs & caution strobes. Folk just don't care brother. Glad you guys got er did & had a great attitude throughout 👍
lol - I just realized, was this video before or after you bought the spare seat covers!? I’m sure you needed to swap them out after this adventure! 😱🤣🤷♂️
Here is Colorado they passed a law that you need to get over especially for Emergency vehicles!!! We always get over even if there’s a vehicle pulled over with nobody in the vehicle!!! It’s common courtesy!!! People please just move over!!!! it could be you next time!!! Sorry you guys had so many darn blow outs in the same day!!!Stay safe out there people are rude!!! There’s another thing I want to add!!! People please go the speed limit & stop tailgating & break, checking!!! You know who you are!!! We all need to respect the roads & stop this damn ROAD RAGE NONSENSE!!!
What in the world was going on with those tires? What’s the axle rating on that trailer? You had the weight directly over the axles but surely they’re within their limit?
Looked like too much weight on the axles/tires.....maybe if the "load" was split up and pallets on different spots on the trailer (front/middle rear) versus all loaded up directly above on the axles?
They were the tires that came on it! We use the trailer every week at the ranch, but it stays local! But they are not good tires for the kind of weight the trailer carries!
Ugggghhhhhh!!!! Tire problems..... Never seems like it can be only one. Had the center tire on my toy hauler blow out on the way home from Florida back in January. Chunks of steel belt got into the front & back tires. Luckily, some Flat-Out got the two to hold air for 50-miles between refilling them. I'm sure the 100* heat didn't help your situation, but I will never understand why they put 10-ply tires on any trailer over 10k!!! I ordered (7) 14-ply tires and (7) better wheels as soon as I finished limping it back home. 😫
Has the trailer been sitting for an extended time and possible the tires started to degrade/rot? I may have lost my cool dealing with that many blowouts lol
0nly one blow out on single axel trailer but I grass was tall beside the road and I layed down in and ant bed placing the bottle jack Not my best dance moves coming out of that shirt. Thank God they didn’t get in my britches. I would have been arrested for indecent exposure. Over 10O bites on my arms. 98 degrees and the A/C in the truck went out! We laugh about it now, but we were probably using some of the same colorful vernacular common to Texas. We were traveling the Devil’s Backbone hwy in San Marcos!
@@PavingNewPaths if those were 15k axles, each tire needs to be rated for 3750 lbs or more in dual configuration. I’m guessing the 10 ply were not enough.
They have been replaced with 16 ply tires now, we pull a Skid steer that weighs more than that load of feed every week! But we have never pulled it that far before we stay local!
A quick search shows 10ply only rated around 3000lbs when used on duals. The 14 ply was only rated 3600 lbs in dual which would equate to 28,800 lbs capacity on the tires themselves with new 14 plys. With the old original tires, if all were 10 ply, you could have only has 24,000 lbs capacity on tires and low pressures cause blowouts. If the load was 22k, plus trailer weight of 4-6k lbs, it was overloaded. I’d be curious to see the weight rating listed on the old tires.
@@ecgwyoFirst of all thanks for the research but in most cases the tires can never support the GVWR of the trailer as the truck will be carrying some of the load! We were also 22k including the weight of the trailer so we were in no way overloaded! We routinely carry more weight than this on a regular basis!
I hate I 20 everyone seems to drive like fools!!!😢 Get over folks! Needed my drivers Ed teacher/ football coach from 1980 something! If you got to close to the Stop Sign or didn’t come to a complete stop he would make us get out of the car and apologize and hog the stop sign! 😅 I was a Paramedic back in the 90’s. People were more aware and obeyed the rules then. I watch them not get over for ambulance when running hot now. It is sad! 😢 If I see you on the side of the road I will get over!!!
Its a symptom of todays society. People dont care for others, only themselves. They have no manners in person so they wont have any on the highway. People also dont use their brains. They will blame you for breaking down if they hit you instead of themselves for not moving over. I always move over if someone is on the road, even if right off on the shoulder.
Great video! You guys handled it like pros! " How'd I get in the ditch?" I like that name!! Hope you all are staying high and dry with Beryl coming to visit!!
There are some very interesting things in the ditch! Makes you wonder how they got there!
"Playing the game 'how'd that get in the ditch?'". 🤣
You should do it sometime! There are some very interesting things on the side of the highway!
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Hope you are all out of the way of any bad weather. Prayers being said for you.
We had a lot of wind and tree's down but no real damage!
@@PavingNewPaths Glad to hear that!
That’s crazy!!!
It was supposed to be a nice boring drive right down the road!
That's what you call a bad trip. But you stuck with it and goterdone!!!
At some point it became we are going to win this!
I have to say Kevin, your comments about “move over, give them some space” are so right, people need to learn that. Whether you’re law enforcement or first responders, DOT or you and Phil, people need to wake up and pay attention. Common sense doesn’t come with a college degree. Thank you and Phil for sharing the adventure. Stay safe, stay well. PS, maybe carry some orange cones, collapsible or not, with you.
It's like they aren't even aware we are on the side of the road!
Sorry your miserable time in the Texas heat makes for our good entertainment. Great experience to look back on. Makes me want to go change tires on all my trailers! Glad you decided to take Phil.
I may have laughed too much! I so relate to y’all’s situation!
We were laughing to keep from crying!
Hope you guys are prepared for the storm coming towards Lufkin. Stay safe.
We are hunkered down! Thanks!
Sorry! I am glad you are safe! 😮
Thank you!
I had a similar experience with a dump trailer that had newer 10ply tires, had first flat and observed that all the tires were coming apart. Took the slow road home 60 miles. Upgraded to 14ply ribbed trailer tires that can handle 100 psi. Replaced the spare with a new 10 ply. I think they put some really junk tires on new trailers, this is the second time the oem tires on a newer trailer went to pieces. I remember back in the early seventies when the lowboy trailers were just catching on, it was very common for the trailers to come new with used tires.
This trailer has been great for us, but we mostly use it local! This was the first longer trip in a while and every stock tire blew out! We now have 16 ply tires on the rig!
Fun video, sorry for all the problems though
It's funnier to us now than it was that day!
My goodness l heard one blowout..but 5or6 so hard to believe so much in one day.with this heatwave... what rotten luck. no more only halos 😇😇❤❤🤪 OK only kevin@ phil funniest
It was an adventure we didn't plan on having!
There has to be either something wrong with that trailer or those tires were horribly over inflated. Nobody has this much bad luck. This was a crazy adventure! I'm glad y'all survived it!
The trailer is good! we use it all the time but local! we think 10 ply are not the right tires for the weight it is rated for! and the tires were likely at the end of thier life! We have 16plys on it now!
@PavingNewPaths omg, there were only 10 ply on that big trailer? Wow, yeah, you should be set with the 16 ply! That was such a crazy experience!
A story for the ages 😮
We spent a lot of time questioning our decisions!
I cannot believe what bad luck you have had. as everyone has said thank goodness for Phil. When you have a situation like this you cannot beat having Phil with you. consider it great bonding time.
We had lots of time to bond!
If you want to get crazy, research the make, model and see if these tires have "Frame Flex" and are under any recalls!
LOL!
Nice! Good job fellas. 💪😲.
Thanks!
Whoa. What a string of bad luck. Good news, though, it wasn't the good looking work truck!
We found a screw in the truck tires on the way home! It held and we had it plugged!
Wow!!!!!!
Yes indeed!
Glad you finally made it. Good to see Phil. ❤❤
We weren't sure we would ever make it!
Are y'all hunkered down for Beryl? ❤
We are thanks for checking in!
Great, I IM y'all earlier worried about y'all in the storm. ❤️. I said it's a good day to stay in and sand and Alecia said, "She's done!" 😂. And y'all....Bless your heart on the 100 tire blowouts. Phil is hilarious and like I said early in my IM....glad you weren't there Alecia. One more thing, do y'all know anyone that can help me change my tire? 😅❤️🥰
We're pretty good at changing tires now!
Oh man, tire blowouts on busy highways are the worst. You're right, people don't move over and that makes me more mad than the darn tire needing to be changed. Glad you guys are safe and sound , Thanks for sharing
One of the tire changes, Phil had to stand and flag people over for us!
That was truly a bad day on the job. Thank goodness for determination. :)
It was not the day we were expecting to have!
This is unbelievable. I’m not all the way through this video and I’m scared to watch to the end.
It's like watching ground hogs day!
Wow….amazing
It was amazing that all of the tires blew out!
Wow!! …I could not have done what you two did and still be able to speak in coherent sentences…Phil, Kevin…YOU TWO ROCK!!!👏👏👏❤️🙏😊
It became so ridiculous that all you could do was laugh and go with the flow!
I picked up a pre-loaded trailer in detroit land with ford auto parts on parts bins, heavy and loaded in the center of the trailer with nails driven i the floor to hold them in place. The trailer was sealed. Just miles into the journey to st.louis ford plant, the load shifted to the passenger side of the trailer, and the trailer rode the rest of the trip leaning horribly to the passenger side with just an inch or two clearence on that side to the tires, and nearly 8 inches on the drivers side of clearance between the trailer floor and the tires. Talk about slow off ramps that turned left. It was so tilted at the dock when we got their, the dock plate would not go in the trailer and had to pull the bins to the rear one by one until the shifting floor leveled enough to enter with a forklift, what a trip. Not really related, but thought i`d share a little long days events with you. The thing is, people are just not understanding the value of life nor giving it the love and respect it deserves, when driving. Its actually a psychological oditiy why people loose their minds when they drive. Like the quality of the machines are way above the ability of the operators, and that`s scary when you are broke down beside the highway. Your life is at great risk at that time. Unacceptable, and too many have a liscense to drive who should no more operate a vehicle than fly.
Sounds like you had a day like us! We had 4 times on the side of the road to observe how people drive. They refuse to slow down and move over for anyone on the side of the road!
WOW, I also have an air compressor on my truck. But it would only go up to 90 pounds I bought a new trailer and the tires need 120 so I changed out my PSI regulator to 160 so now my onboard will pump up to 160.
Our system is a 200 psi system, it's good for topping off tires, but having to fill them is a chore especially when there is 8 tires on the trailer!
Yikes! That sucks! Was it the heat? (I assume) Phil “the one good thing, we got all the bad luck out of the way for the year.” Your mouth to God’s ear, Phil! 🙏🙏
We think it was heat and the tires were likely at the end of their life!
Holy 💩 Wow, reminds me of the saga we’re going through dealing with our new 2024 F350 Platinum DRW high output diesel. It’s 1-month old and has blown 2 engines. It’s a 🍋.
I would hope they are working on getting you a new truck!
@@PavingNewPaths we’re going down the buyback route, but no word yet from Ford. 🤞🏼 if they buy it back we may be buying its replacement in TX
Y’all handled it a lot better than I would have. Incredible bad tires. Of course in that heat I guess that had to be a factor. Men of your word! I hope y’all had a great 4th.
We tend to handle things better when the camera is on! That first day when it wasn't around that's a different story!
THAT is an adventure for the record books! I see Phil had long pants on for day 2 of the adventure. 😂 And they were making fun of you! It was good to see you and Phil persevered. People have no respect for anyone anymore, I was holding my breath while you were along the interstate. Good thing you have onboard air! So glad you stuck to it and accomplished the job. Well done gentlemen! It’s going to be hard to top that epic adventure!
It was a trip we would like to forget but likely never will!
Only in Texas can you say 158 miles is "Just down the road". And yes, things were going good until they won't. But good job on staying safe while doing that maintenance.
It's not a trip for us until it's over 300 miles!
I'm glad you said that. People just don't think 🤔. Manners matter. Be careful, so many folks get killed changing tires on the side of the road. I'm grateful you both pulled through just fine. Crazy trip for you boys. You don't want to blow another tire. ✌️😁
I think most people are so in to what they are doing, they don't even see anything else but themselves!
Our family motto is "if it weren't for bad luck we wouldn't have any luck at all". And I was feeling that way about your luck. I don't see how you didn't just hand that whole ordeal off to your boss. I was aggravated for you guys knowing how hot & dangerous that was. With the weight & the road temps those tires didn't have a chance . Thankfully you guys made it back safe!
When we say we will do it... We will do it! There is no option to quit for us!
Oh jeez, what an ordeal. As usual you kept a great attitude and thankfully Phil was with you to help.
Thank you! We have a pretty good attitude about most things! The camera tends to bring that out in you! Now that first day when we weren't filming, well you know how that day went!
I had the exact same thing happen to me with my Diamond C last summer. Exactly including all the tool failure. Crazy! Needless to say we have all new tires and 3/4” drive tools. Glad y’all are safe.
I don't know what they put those tires on with but 1/2 stuff wasn't enough to take it off!
Wow!!! What a Phil trip that was!!! 👏 great job in seeing this through. Glad you got this on film! Because people aren't going to believe this story.
I told Phil, if you weren't here with me no one would believe this!
You got home safely, that's what matters ❤❤
Yes we did!
Were they all dry rotted? Wow I can't believe that happen to you!
We use this trailer every week!
Glad y'all made it back home safely....that WAS quite an adventure and a hot one at that!!!!! Had to giggle a couple of times!!!!
The adventure we didn't plan on happening!
Be safe with that hurricane coming your way!!!!🙏
Thank you!
Oh my!!! What a trip! Hey Phil...glad you were along for the company! Glad you both are safe!
Thank you!
Looking GOOD, Kevin! Have you lost weight? Been working out? Country living looks good on you!
Thanks! That ranch life is the best weight loss program you can have!
what an epic journey! what an epic story! everything about it - the circumstances leading up to it, the "easy" nature of it and the way it actually went down. i hope your boss paid you for your efforts! i wonder how many people would've stuck with it like the two of you did. you are two good men, that is for sure!! i hope that you received the genuine appreciation that you deserve for everything you did to get that trailer to its destination!
i hope you were able to have some nice time off after all of this, too!
thanks for an amazing video!!!
Well at some point it stops being about the job and it becomes a challenge! We are going to get this done no matter what now!
This happened to us yesterday on our way home from Tennessee to Maryland. The blow out took out our trailer breaks for the fifth wheel and did some cosmetic damage.
Oh no that's terrible, we finally made it to our destination but not without several delays!
I hate it when people don't move over when there's a vehicle on the side of the road. It is so not safe for to stop on the side of the road so people need to help them out by moving! So much for a no work week, right! That's crazy that all those tires blew.
Most of the time there was no one in the left lane and they still didn't move over to pass us!
OMG…. The trip from hell!!!! So glad you had Phil with you. It is very scary being stuck on the side of the road. People need to move over and slow down and give space to the vehicle on the side of the road.. so glad you survived.
Hey Phil! Get in the truck!
I would say that the 22k lbs is the problem with the tires.
Trailer is rated for 30k! We pull a John Deere 6150 and a Skid steer all the time that weigh more than this feed!
We only have luck like this. We laugh ever time because it always happens
If it wasn't for bad luck, we wouldn't have any luck at all!
Moral of the story…ALWAYS bring the camera! 🤣 haha
It happens every time! I think its going to be a boring day so I don't bring it!
OH MY GOSH!!! What an epic adventure!!! And we wonder how the heck can all that happen. Wowza.
The adventure we didn't know we were about to have!
Wow! What a trip! And you are still smiling. Well kind of….
We were smiling to keep from crying!
Wow! What a trip. Hope you had a great holiday after all that.
Much needed break after this adventure!
Well all I can say is I'm glad you got r done ....And that Beautiful Work Truck just blew them tires off that trailer ....Great Father Son Family trip .....Ps Thanks for having Phil get in the truck on that crazy road ....!!!!❤
Boss man said he has never had any trouble pulling that trailer! I said well you drive a GMC so you wouldn't! LOL
Writing this as I watch you. You poor guys I'm here in TX too so I know what you're saying it's burning hot. Kevin you are always prepared. And if that had been your trailer I doubt you would have tire problems because you always check your equipment. Holy crap moly. This is turning into a nightmare. I sure hope someone is reimbursing you for all these tools. Another tire! Your about to leave in your truck and I am expecting another tire to blow. This happened to us leaving for our trip in 2021. Our trailer sat in storage with no cover and no tire covers and 2 tires blew in 70 or so miles. Then in Waco we went to Discount Tire and changed out every tire. Now we cover our tires. I SO feel for y'all in that heat. Phil! I'm glad you were with him but I'm also glad you're still alive! This was the road trip from hell! Where was that trailer sitting for most of the last 3 years?
When we got home we had a tire going low on the truck! Found a screw in it! The trailer doesn't sit much we use it almost every week, but we stay local!
@@PavingNewPaths hopefully tire woes are over now. Hope your weather stays good today- I’d look at radar but Beryl made our power go out.
Love Phil….hope you had a nice holiday weekend!
Thanks! We had a great 4th!
This is the worst luck I have ever seen 😮 Holly Molly what a train wreck ‼️😭😂
Train Wreck is a good description!
Glad your both safe. Husband and I were both watching we had a similar problem with class A rv. 3 Flats in less the 150 miles in Ohio. It was very scary.
One is ok, two is becoming a habit, three.... well now it's a thing!
I would think the added weight and the high temperatures contributed to the failure.
The trailer is rated for 30k we only weighed around 22k!
Either a rare run of manufacturer defect tires, or early in the trip you traveled a road where someone else had a box of nails, staples, or something fall off their truck. A severe alignment problem can heat them up enough to blow too, but you'd probably seen it if it was that bad. Low pressure is what it takes for blowouts 99% of the time, high temps just make it happen a lil faster. Now you know why: if trucking is so easy why isn't everyone doing it? I've run two semis over the past decade, and am somewhat of a tire expert by necessity at $600-800 each out the door.
I can give the first tire was probably low pressure! But the rest no way! Every single stock tire that came on the trailer blew up that day! We did find a screw in the truck tire on the way home!
@@PavingNewPaths defects are rare but not unheard of. A buddy of mine runs a hotshot out of Alabama, hauling a 40' flatbed like that one. Seems like 2-3 yrs ago he had an issue with some trailer tires, may have even been a recall. Not sure, and don't remember if they were OEM or not. His didn't blow out all on one trip like yours, but he had several back to back over a few weeks until they were all swapped out. I know he got credit for at least most of them. You oughta check the Google mindtrust with the tire brand/model/size and see if those might turn up with a recall on them.
Glad you both made it safely, finally. That would’ve been very frustrating. Also, I had lasik eye surgery and absolutely no regrets. No more worrying about glasses or contacts and vision is now perfect.
I am so on the fence about lasik!
@@PavingNewPaths It was quick and painless. My dad had coke bottle glasses most of his life. About 20 years ago he had the permanent lens insert surgery. He’s 83 and perfect vision. Definitely worth doing the consultation. They’re free and they answer everything. Just read the reviews for each clinic.
@@PavingNewPaths I thought I replied but don’t see it. Sorry if this is a repeat. I have absolutely no regrets with my lasik. My dad had his eye surgery and they inserted a lens about 15 years or more ago and he has perfect vision now. He is 83 and used to wear very thick glasses his whole life. Not a single issue. Just look at clinic reviews and go to their free consultation.
@@stevem7189Thanks! I hear so many bad lasik stories that I don't want to risk it! Maybe one day I will go talk to them and see if my eye are even right fir this
That's the kind of day that leads to not speaking & just grunting until you get home, get a 64oz adult beverage & sit & stare in silence at that swamp cooler for an hour or so lol!
I've had this kind of day on a triple axle gooseneck with a family member's incapacitated vehicle on it that broke down out of town. 7 blowouts in half a day on I-10. I angle on the shoulder so they hit the trailer before hitting me I> and yes, I also use the reflective signs & caution strobes. Folk just don't care brother. Glad you guys got er did & had a great attitude throughout 👍
After we said bye to you guys, we stopped at a truck stop, got cleaned up, food and drinks, and then it was a pretty quiet ride for a while!
Thanks for sharing and oh my word!! Thanks for the laughs... I-20 is the worst! They are absolutely ignorant
Blessings ❤
It's funny now! Not so much in the moment!
Thats crazy but I have been there and done that. I would have slashed the sidewall on the one good tire just for the hell of it
I thought about it! Didn't want the last tire to think it had accomplished something!
God Bless
Thank you!
lol - I just realized, was this video before or after you bought the spare seat covers!? I’m sure you needed to swap them out after this adventure! 😱🤣🤷♂️
Our videos go in order so it was on brand new seat covers!
@@PavingNewPaths ouch - lol but it’s good you had them!
Well murphy law kicked your butt on that trip! Hope you had a good 4th!
He certainly won this one!
Here is Colorado they passed a law that you need to get over especially for Emergency vehicles!!! We always get over even if there’s a vehicle pulled over with nobody in the vehicle!!! It’s common courtesy!!! People please just move over!!!! it could be you next time!!! Sorry you guys had so many darn blow outs in the same day!!!Stay safe out there people are rude!!! There’s another thing I want to add!!! People please go the speed limit & stop tailgating & break, checking!!! You know who you are!!! We all need to respect the roads & stop this damn ROAD RAGE NONSENSE!!!
Here in Texas you are supposed to move over or slow down 20mph below speed limit to pass!
I’m starting to think Boss Man played a prank on y’all!🤔🤣
He though we were joking when we called to say we are continuing to blow tires out!
What in the world was going on with those tires? What’s the axle rating on that trailer? You had the weight directly over the axles but surely they’re within their limit?
Trailer is rated at 30k. We routinely pull a tractor and Skid steer that weigh more!
When did you got these glasses? Is changing tires on a gesneck? Will there be lawn care videos? Love the video have great day Kevin!
I've worn glasses since the 4th grade! There is a video out today on the other channel also!
Looked like too much weight on the axles/tires.....maybe if the "load" was split up and pallets on different spots on the trailer (front/middle rear) versus all loaded up directly above on the axles?
Thats how goosenecks work, you load a majority of the weight over the axles!
@@PavingNewPaths So no frame flex? lol
They are actually built to haul weight!
Wow what kind of tires were they? Must not be very good! Unbelievable, glad you and Phil are safe. Becareful!
They were the tires that came on it! We use the trailer every week at the ranch, but it stays local! But they are not good tires for the kind of weight the trailer carries!
I can believe that! You should have never had that kind of problem especially that many tires. I can see maybe one or two, but that's it.
Wow...what trip!!! Wonder if that was a defective batch of tires or the high temps that caused the blowouts.
We think the temperature helped! We also feel the tires being 3 years old were at the end of their life!
Ugggghhhhhh!!!! Tire problems..... Never seems like it can be only one. Had the center tire on my toy hauler blow out on the way home from Florida back in January. Chunks of steel belt got into the front & back tires. Luckily, some Flat-Out got the two to hold air for 50-miles between refilling them. I'm sure the 100* heat didn't help your situation, but I will never understand why they put 10-ply tires on any trailer over 10k!!! I ordered (7) 14-ply tires and (7) better wheels as soon as I finished limping it back home. 😫
Me and boss man talked about that! Why would you put 10plys on a trailer capable of 30K! It has 16 plys all around now!
Has the trailer been sitting for an extended time and possible the tires started to degrade/rot? I may have lost my cool dealing with that many blowouts lol
It sits, but we also use it every week! Difference is we stay local and this was a pretty extended highway trip over what it's normally used for!
How many tires can you change on that trailer?
1 more than the trailer has on the road......
All of them and then some!
Are you having fun changing your tires
Not at all!
0nly one blow out on single axel trailer but I grass was tall beside the road and I layed down in and ant bed placing the bottle jack Not my best dance moves coming out of that shirt. Thank God they didn’t get in my britches. I would have been arrested for indecent exposure. Over 10O bites on my arms. 98 degrees and the A/C in the truck went out! We laugh about it now, but we were probably using some of the same colorful vernacular common to Texas. We were traveling the Devil’s Backbone hwy in San Marcos!
We used some colorful words that first day! I would have loved to see those side of the highway dance moves!
A farmer I follow on YT calls them working words. You used up all the bad luck...what's next?
We had several moments of working words!
Dry Rotted?😮
No, we use this trailer every week, but it's just local short runs! We think the tires were not up to the task and we're getting old!
@@PavingNewPaths
Should be able to go 5 years in age, but inflation, super heating, load, Ply maybe too low. 😉
How heavy were you, I’m guessing that you are overloaded on tires
We were around 22k on a trailer rated for 30k
@@PavingNewPaths if those were 15k axles, each tire needs to be rated for 3750 lbs or more in dual configuration. I’m guessing the 10 ply were not enough.
They have been replaced with 16 ply tires now, we pull a Skid steer that weighs more than that load of feed every week! But we have never pulled it that far before we stay local!
A quick search shows 10ply only rated around 3000lbs when used on duals. The 14 ply was only rated 3600 lbs in dual which would equate to 28,800 lbs capacity on the tires themselves with new 14 plys. With the old original tires, if all were 10 ply, you could have only has 24,000 lbs capacity on tires and low pressures cause blowouts. If the load was 22k, plus trailer weight of 4-6k lbs, it was overloaded. I’d be curious to see the weight rating listed on the old tires.
@@ecgwyoFirst of all thanks for the research but in most cases the tires can never support the GVWR of the trailer as the truck will be carrying some of the load! We were also 22k including the weight of the trailer so we were in no way overloaded! We routinely carry more weight than this on a regular basis!
I hate I 20 everyone seems to drive like fools!!!😢 Get over folks! Needed my drivers Ed teacher/ football coach from 1980 something! If you got to close to the Stop Sign or didn’t come to a complete stop he would make us get out of the car and apologize and hog the stop sign! 😅 I was a Paramedic back in the 90’s. People were more aware and obeyed the rules then. I watch them not get over for ambulance when running hot now. It is sad! 😢 If I see you on the side of the road I will get over!!!
I 20 is the worst road to have a flat on! There is hardly no places to change a tire with out limping it to the next exit!
What brand of tires. I want to make sure i steer clear of those tires.
There has to be something wrong with that lot of tires!!!
Either that or age and sitting outside finally took it's toll on the whole set!
Sounds like my kind of luck😢
Phil says I'd we didn't have bad lucky, we wouldn't have any at all!
Its a symptom of todays society. People dont care for others, only themselves. They have no manners in person so they wont have any on the highway. People also dont use their brains. They will blame you for breaking down if they hit you instead of themselves for not moving over. I always move over if someone is on the road, even if right off on the shoulder.
Amen!