John,

Thanks for all the great information! Some of this sounds familiar from fixing balloon tires on my bicycle in my youth--as well as mountain bike tires recently. I've seen the Camel tube repair kit, but not lately. I know my Dad used to have one in the garage quite a while ago.

Since I posted that message, I went back and read the owner's manual (who'd have ever thought of that? :>) ) and found that my trailer came with tubeless tires, so no split rims. (Interestingly, it appears that the Caravel was the only model having tubeless tires that year). That doesn't mean I won't be running tube tires sooner or later, but at least I won't have to replace the rims. In fact, it may have tube tires on it now, I don't know. I'm waiting for the latest storm to pass by so I can drive out and pick it up before the next one comes in.

Don