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If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation,
and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may
order a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot be-
come involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or
us.
To contact NHTSA, you may either call the Auto Safety Hotline
toll-free at 1-800-424-9393 (or 366-0123 in Washington D.C. area)
or write to: NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washing-
ton D.C. 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor
vehicle safety from the hotline.
To contact us: call toll-free 1-800-859-3028, or write to: Midwest
Industries, Inc., Customer Service Department, Box 235, Ida
Grove, Iowa 51445.
WARRANTY
Warranty information is within your Owner’s Packet. Contact your
dealer for service or information on warranty. If warranty, or other
information was not included with your trailer, you may request
this information at www.shorelandr.com or call Midwest Industries
(home of ShoreLand’r
®
) directly at 800.859.3028.
GLOSSARY OF TIRE TERMINOLOGY
ACCESSORY WEIGHT
The combined weight (in excess of those standard items which
may be replaced) of automatic transmission, power, steering, pow-
er brakes, power windows, power seats, radio and heater, to the
extent that these items are available as factory-installed equipment
(whether installed or not).
BEAD
The part of the tire that is made of steel wires, wrapped or rein-
forced by ply cords and that is shaped to fit the rim.
BEAD SEPARATION
This is the breakdown of the bond between components in the
bead.
BIAS PLY TIRE
A pneumatic tire in which the ply cords that extend to the beads are
laid at alternate angles substantially less than 90 degrees to the
centerline of the tread.
CARCASS
The tire structure, except tread and side wall rubber which, when
inflated, bears the load.
CHUNKING
The breaking away of pieces of the tread or side wall.
COLD INFLATION PRESSURE
The pressure in the tire before you tow.
CORD
The strands forming the plies in the tire.
CORD SEPARATION
The parting of cords from adjacent rubber compounds.
CRACKING
Any parting within the tread, side wall, or inner liner of the tire ex-
tending to cord material.
CT
A pneumatic tire with an inverted flange tire and rim system in which
the rim is designed with rim flanges pointed radially inward and the
tire is designed to fit on the underside of the rim in a manner that
encloses the rim flanges inside the air cavity of the tire.
CURB WEIGHT
The weight of a motor vehicle with standard equipment including
the maximum capacity of fuel, oil, and coolant, and if so equipped,
air conditioning and additional weight optional engine.
EXTRA LOAD
A tire designed to operate at higher loads and at higher inflation
pressures than the corresponding standard tire.
GROOVE
The space between two adjacent tread ribs.
INNERLINER
The layer(s) forming the inside surface of a tubeless tire that con-
tains the inflating medium within the tire.
