exploding tire
Well, I joined the blown tire crowd over the 4th holiday. I had just installed a TST monitoring system and within 120 miles, tire exploded. As the monitoring system was new, I was watching tire pre...
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op says wrote:
I have had flat tires on cars before but not on a trailer. This thing just exploded; don't know if the tire went over anything or just blew up. Just happy it happened where it did.
Your story is a typical ST tire issue when we look across the trailering spectrum (all trailers and not just a RV trailer).
We can do everything right with no road hazards/curbs or other dreamed up scenarios and still these issues will pop up especially when using ST tires beyond their recommended short life expectancy
If you stick with a ST tire remember their recommended to be changed from just 3 years and definitely after 5 years even when the tread looks like new.
Time to move on up to a better tire type for your trailer.
