I should pay better attention........at the boat ramp.

Apparently someone hit my boat trailer fender while we were out on the lake last week and turned the edge of one fender down .....didn't notice.....hear a 'sound' while running to gas up the boat today.....got home and started looking around and discovered I will need to buy a new tire.

Pay close attention everyone.......might save you some dough.

I had already bent it back out before I thought to take picture.

Notice the 'extra' groove I have added to the tread.

Well...ain't that a fine howdy do?  Glad you caught it!

Yes sir........almost ruined my fishing trip today......but threw on da spare and slow good.......gotta get a new one Monday or Tuesday.

Man, you have the worst luck with trailer tires.

Should work better in the snow

Man, you have the worst luck with trailer tires.

Yeah........when I found this yesterday I actually thought how lucky I was to find it........then I thought about your nice trailer tire catch.

Actually, if it didn't go to thr cord, it probably didn't hurt it. The rubber does nothing to add strength, it's only protecting the cord. Being on the outer edge, that area has the most rubber of any area on the tire. If it's a tandem axle, I would run it if not extremely deep.. If nothing else it will probably make a better spare, most spares have been there so long, they're dry rotted.

Actually, if it didn't go to thr cord, it probably didn't hurt it. The rubber does nothing to add strength, it's only protecting the cord. Being on the outer edge, that area has the most rubber of any area on the tire. If it's a tandem axle, I would run it if not extremely deep.. If nothing else it will probably make a better spare, most spares have been there so long, they're dry rotted.

Not sure if it went through the belt but it did get down to it.......that is the sound I heard.......I actually just swapped it with the spare so I could hit the lake today.

I'm funny about stuff like that.....il'll probably buy another.

I hit a hog with my utility trailer and it bent the fender into the tire. Same spot as yours just a little wider groove. If it makes you feel any better, that same tire has been to Texas and Georgia now with no problems

The 'guys' at two tire shops tell me it's fine. Did not expose the steel belt.........should be just fine......I just put an extra grove or tire tread in it.