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1Adam12
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Jul 14, 2014

2 separate blow outs on I-75 S/B in Georgia (Fifth Wheel)

Not if but when! We have been towing various configurations of travel trailers and fifth wheels for a long time coupled with different trucks and large SUV's. We have had one blow out in that time u...
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easycamper
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Jul 15, 2014
Bird Freak wrote:
easycamper wrote:
Beaker wrote:
If a tire's going to fail it will happen at high ambient temperatures and highway speeds when it's really building up heat.


If only that was true.


If only that were true, then what?
Both my tire failures were around 60 mph and cool fall weather.


So at highway speeds then. All else being equal, a tire is most likely to fail at highway speeds and high temperatures. It doesn't mean that it can only happen at that time.

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