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Old 10-19-2010, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TommyT View Post
We recently closed on our house in Pennecamp and took delivery of our new golf cart. We were in the house about a week, then had to return to Atlanta. When we returned to the house this past week, we took the golf cart out only to get a big surprise. The tires felt as though they had or were getting flat spots from not being used. The cart had a very pronounced thump, thump when we started and became less with time, but did not go away.

My question is "What does one do with their carts when they are not there to use the cart?" Does the tires or can the tires get flat spots from not being used? If they can, how do you fix the problem?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A snowbird neighbor who is away 7 months puts pieces of old carpet under his tires.