My recent 1500 mile round trip to the ODSS gathering was something similar. Two days before I headed out from middle Tennessee, two of the tires on my trailer showed some tread separation. $450.00 later, I had 4 new tires, a new spare wheel, and the best of the takeoff tires mounted on it. Halfway across Virginia, a pressure check revealed that one of those new tires was flat- - - -not low pressure- - -NO pressure. Fortunately, there was not enough weight on that axle to ruin the tire. I eased my way to a big truck shop, wnere they installed the spare and refused to take my money. The young man who did the wrench work got a nice tip for his trouble. On the way home, a little old lady (91 years old) backed out of a parking space at Walmart in Dahlgren Virginia and hit my trailer. Her car got the worst of that encounter- - - -a broken backup light and a torn bumper cover. The 6" scratch on my tail light housing will get fixed with some flat black rattle can paint! A quick phone conversation with her care giver determined that we didn't need to file an accident report, which would have probably resulted in her losing her car insurance, and possibly her driver's license. The rest of the trip home was uneventful, and my tire shop determined that the flat was caused by a rim leak. No charge to clean it up and re-seat the tire! Ain't a road trip fun?
Jerry
