Elk Ridge tire failure
I have a Elk Ridge 29 footer. In the last 9 months I have had to tire failure, both on the right side. The first was a blow out on the inside which required nothing more than changing it. The secon...
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Tireman9 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Earl E wrote:
Carlisle, in their website says to replace both tires on one side, if one has a blowout. Reason: the remaining tire carried all the weight for that side for a brief time drastically overloading it. All ST tires are rated for 65 mph so you have also been putting stress on the tires. Get all new tires, and good tires--Maxxis, Carlisle Trailmaster (not the cheapy Carlisle original type), Goodyear. LT if you want to maybe have to change wheels also.
With that flawed logic the second tire should be replaced when you go over a curb and the second tire is hanging there for a bit.
"Flawed logic" There is a considerable difference between operating a tire at highway speeds for significant number (possibly unknown number) of miles and driving over a curb at less than 10 mph.
The rational of replacing both tires in tandem application is similar to the established recommendation to replace both tires in dual application when one fails. Unless you were running TPMS and stopped immediately (less than one mile) upon having one failure you probably did significant internal structural damage to the still inflated but hot tire. There are numerous documented cases of the "unfailed" tire failing hours to weeks later due to the damage it received while running overloaded.
I agree if prolonged amount of time. I was comparing the curb condition to blowing a tire and pulling over.
