It's a Shame!
It's a shame RV manufactures (Keystone, specifically) resort to putting marginal tires, on their "luxury" fifth wheels. I realize it's a cost factor, but they are shooting themselves in the foot as fa...
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rbowen1063 wrote:ReneeG wrote:kohai wrote:goducks10 wrote:
My guess is that they realize most buyers don't know that the tires are inferior. It's just one more cheap trick they do. It's all about lasting a year before the warranty's up and then pass the blame to the customer.
I think you are spot on. They only need the tires to last a year and then it isn't their problem. Many of their build/design decisions are based on just making it a year.
I don't believe this is the case - this opens them up to lawsuit. As for the OP, I sure hope he reports the failure. That's the only way that faulty tires can be tracked and proven. A tire biopsy too is important to really determine the cause - faulty tire or other factors? Was it really a blowout or tread separation - big difference and different causes. Many use ST Towmaxx on their fifth wheels with no problem.
Both. One was tread separation and the other two were blowouts. I'm not saying Towmax is a bad tire and I realize lots of people have luck with them. But, they were just not adequate for my fifth wheel. The tire failures occurred within 50 miles of each other and two days. I sent the tires back to Dynamic Tire (Canada) for their inspection. Naturally, they said it was my fault! Under inflation, overload, road hazards.
Thank you for your reply.
