BF Goodrick Tire Failure
I had a Left Rear tire failure on my F250 last weekend while towing by fifth wheel. It did almost $4000 of damage to the side of the bed. I've never had a blowout before, and hopefully never will ag...
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There are a couple of possibilities:
1) That you picked up an object and it let all the air out of the tire. It doesn't take a very big object to do that - certainly one small enough that you wouldn't see it.
2) 72 psi to 81 psi = 9 psi = 13% pressure buildup. That's too much. That indicates overload/underinflation/too much speed. Is that typical of the pressure buildup?
To try to sort out what is going on, we need a better description of the failure. Did the tire lose pressure? Was the tread area still attached? What about the sidewalls? Photos would be helpful!
1) That you picked up an object and it let all the air out of the tire. It doesn't take a very big object to do that - certainly one small enough that you wouldn't see it.
2) 72 psi to 81 psi = 9 psi = 13% pressure buildup. That's too much. That indicates overload/underinflation/too much speed. Is that typical of the pressure buildup?
To try to sort out what is going on, we need a better description of the failure. Did the tire lose pressure? Was the tread area still attached? What about the sidewalls? Photos would be helpful!
