blown tire collision or comprehensive
I had a tire blow out and i have geico insurance. The blowout caused damage to the camper because i had to get off the bay bridge before i could pull over. I have been told that i am at fault and this...
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First recourse on trailer tire failures should ALWAYS be with the tire company. Given enough payouts maybe they will decide to get out of the market or make a trailer tire that does not fail as often. Over the years only major tire manufacturers Goodyear and Carlisle have remained in the field. All the other major just gave up on the design. The design of Special Trailer tires has not changed much over the 16 years that I have owned 5th wheels. They are basically the same tire that was for local hauling on small utility type trailers.
Somewhere along the road some bright person thought that one could put them on heavy large travel, boat or horse trailers and drive on freeways at 65 MPH for hours at a time! Well we read repeatedly on this and other sites about how this has worked out.
Some learn to seek out better tires and others continue with repeated failures year after year, blinded by a large marketing campaign by the remaining companies that manufacture the product, now in mostly chinese tire factories with old school equipment and little of no quality control in place.
We would never allow this kind of tire performance on our new car or pickup, yet we are told to live with it on a new 60-80K or more trailer????
There are better solutions, but they cost money!!! My guess is that major manufacturers that buy trailer wheels and tires pre-mounted from Tredit or Tireco pay less than a hundred bucks for a 16" alloy wheel and LRE ST tire!!! Then the consumer pays for this cheapness later down the road.
Stop it at the source! DO NOT buy a new trailer with cheap ST tires! On 7K axles that means Goodyear G614 or 17.5 rims and commercial grade 215/75/17.5 tires. The difference to the manufacturer? $500 verses $2500-3000. Expect to pay the difference, however there will never be a cheaper time to do it right.
Chris
Somewhere along the road some bright person thought that one could put them on heavy large travel, boat or horse trailers and drive on freeways at 65 MPH for hours at a time! Well we read repeatedly on this and other sites about how this has worked out.
Some learn to seek out better tires and others continue with repeated failures year after year, blinded by a large marketing campaign by the remaining companies that manufacture the product, now in mostly chinese tire factories with old school equipment and little of no quality control in place.
We would never allow this kind of tire performance on our new car or pickup, yet we are told to live with it on a new 60-80K or more trailer????
There are better solutions, but they cost money!!! My guess is that major manufacturers that buy trailer wheels and tires pre-mounted from Tredit or Tireco pay less than a hundred bucks for a 16" alloy wheel and LRE ST tire!!! Then the consumer pays for this cheapness later down the road.
Stop it at the source! DO NOT buy a new trailer with cheap ST tires! On 7K axles that means Goodyear G614 or 17.5 rims and commercial grade 215/75/17.5 tires. The difference to the manufacturer? $500 verses $2500-3000. Expect to pay the difference, however there will never be a cheaper time to do it right.
Chris
