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Location: west michigan
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Fun with trailers

Mowed lawn for the first time this season...found a few places that needed some topsoil.
Hooked my trailer up to my Fit and headed for the closest nursery...about 5 miles away.

Before I left, I did a look-see of the trailer because I hadn't used it for at least 2 years. All looked good.
Nursery was very busy..had the payloader dump one yard in the trailer after I paid and I took off.

Only a mile from there, I feel an increasing load slowing me down. Pull over and I have one tire almost flat and the other one on the rim

I brought no tools with me and made the stupid mistake of just looking at the tires instead of airing them back up.
I pulled off the road as far as I could, but the trailer was still partially on the pavement.
Unhooked it and headed home.
I figured I would prob get a ticket on it because of the way I had to leave it.

I returned with my battery powered Bauer Inflator and two batteries.(just in case it wore one down.
After filling the tires to 35 lbs each (one 3amp did both!)...I backed up...hooked the trailer back up went the remaining four miles home with no issue.

Lesson learned. It could have ended a lot worse.

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