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bpounds
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Sep 05, 2014

Another tire damage thread

Not trailer tires. My truck tires. These are BFG Rugged Terrain, 275/70-18E. Threw the tread right off one of the rears. Did not deflate, but trashed the side of my bed. Felt something wrong with the ride, and even stopped and inspected the tires, and checked the lug nuts. Could not see a thing externally to suggest a loose tread. Back on freeway and it was only a couple of miles before it let go. Only had less than 20k miles and they had just been balanced and rotated 2 weeks ago. Fortunately I was not towing at the time. Truck goes in for surgery on Monday.



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  • Charlie_D_'s avatar
    Charlie_D_
    Explorer
    Sep 05, 2014
    Had the same problem with BFG Commercial T/A's but they were on my camper. One had a thrown tread like yours but it lost air. Two more had broken belts.
    When I posted several others had failures of the same tire. My 245/75R16 LE on my 2006 D/A were on the recall a couple of years ago. Wondering if this is a pattern of failures with the BFG tires.
  • bpounds's avatar
    bpounds
    Nomad
    Sep 05, 2014
    ScottG wrote:
    Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how much damage a tire blowing out can cause.


    Yeah, and it has to be worse on the flimsy wheel well of a fiver.

    That tire did that damage in a fraction of a second. It did not flap round and round while I was slowing down. Just a single big bang and it was gone.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Sep 05, 2014
    Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how much damage a tire blowing out can cause.
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Sep 05, 2014
    I had a set start to separate. Caught the first one before it let go. Tires =were= about 7 years old with about 40k miles on them, so no adjustment.

    Lyle
  • Ranger_Smith's avatar
    Ranger_Smith
    Explorer
    Sep 05, 2014
    JIMNLIN wrote:
    :@ :h
    What does your truck/tow vehicle shedding a tread have too do with a 5th wheel trailer ??

    IMO you would get better input from the tow vehicle forum.


    Not everyone is as perfect as you.
  • bpounds's avatar
    bpounds
    Nomad
    Sep 05, 2014
    JIMNLIN wrote:
    :@ :h
    What does your truck/tow vehicle shedding a tread have too do with a 5th wheel trailer ??

    IMO you would get better input from the tow vehicle forum.


    Most of the miles on these tires were under a fifthwheel. It is not my daily driver. These might not be the tire of choice under a fiver.

    And I'm not asking for input. Just sharing an experience.
  • JIMNLIN's avatar
    JIMNLIN
    Explorer III
    Sep 05, 2014
    :@ :h
    What does your truck/tow vehicle shedding a tread have too do with a 5th wheel trailer ??

    IMO you would get better input from the tow vehicle forum.
  • parkmanaa's avatar
    parkmanaa
    Explorer
    Sep 05, 2014
    Massive belt separation. Looks like 1 belt went with the tread, the other stayed on the tire. If you had been towing the extra weight would have caused the casing to blow, since 1 belt lost drastically reduces the carrying capacity.
    Looks like it's time to get an adjustment from BFG.

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