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Turn_Key's avatar
Turn_Key
Explorer
Nov 07, 2017

Look What Tires Can Do!

Always have His angels watching over me and this time I had one riding on my shoulder. Was headed to Ozark, Arkansas when my wife spotted this on the rear, passenger side of our "5th". Was on the inside of the tire so it was just luck she spotted it. I would have been very unhappy had it let go, at speed. We were at the Choctaw Travel Center in McAlister, OK when it was discovered and it took less then an hour to get Roadside Assistance out there and get it changed. Very lucky and well blessed, in my opinion.

Happy Camping!

  • ford_truck_guy's avatar
    ford_truck_guy
    Nomad
    Nov 08, 2017
    ford truck guy wrote:
    Harley Doc wrote:
    Im always surprised...always...that tt mfg dont put metal sheilds in wheel wells to prevent a lot of damage caused by blowouts.


    If they were to spend the money on that, they should just install proper tires to begin with . It is ALL ABOUT the $$$$$$
  • Harley_Doc's avatar
    Harley_Doc
    Explorer
    Nov 08, 2017
    Im always surprised...always...that tt mfg dont put metal sheilds in wheel wells to prevent a lot of damage caused by blowouts.
  • md_procouple's avatar
    md_procouple
    Explorer
    Nov 07, 2017
    LOL That was my next piece of advise, but did not want to start the "Tire Wars".. Sailun Tires. We are on our 2nd set 6+ yrs.

    , and have not had any problems with them yet. and getting a set for the truck in Jan. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!
  • BobKrogstie's avatar
    BobKrogstie
    Explorer
    Nov 07, 2017
    md_procouple wrote:
    Wow You are very lucky !! that could have caused a major problem !! Not only to your unit, but could have caused you to loose control and hit either someone else or something else. We had a blow out similar to that a few years back and caused us $ 3,000.00 worth of damage to our unit. You might want to invest is a TPMS unit to possibly prevent something like that in the future. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!!

    Yes I was lucky. This blowout of the RF Goodyear Marathon happened just east of Burlington, NC on I-85 N while traveling @ 60 MPH. We were on our way to pick up a new spare due to a blowout of the RR Marathon 2 days earlier. The damage was about $3K as well and Goodyear paid for the repair. Instead of a TPMS, I invested in 14 ply Sailun S637 tires. Being paranoid about a blowout takes the enjoyment out of the trip.
  • TBammer's avatar
    TBammer
    Explorer
    Nov 07, 2017
    I have a friend with a connection to the Goodyear quality people. I was told the new Endurance line of trailer tires was designed to lessen the blowouts that shred your trailer. Something about a belt wrap under the tread. Guess time will tell.
  • md_procouple's avatar
    md_procouple
    Explorer
    Nov 07, 2017
    Wow You are very lucky !! that could have caused a major problem !! Not only to your unit, but could have caused you to loose control and hit either someone else or something else. We had a blow out similar to that a few years back and caused us $ 3,000.00 worth of damage to our unit. You might want to invest is a TPMS unit to possibly prevent something like that in the future. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!!
  • 4x4ord's avatar
    4x4ord
    Explorer III
    Nov 07, 2017
    Turn Key wrote:
    Oh, well. Never could get pix to post to this site. Must be doing something wrong but no idea what.

    Happy Camping!


    Upload your image here then copy and paste the supplied code into your post.

  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Nov 07, 2017
    If you'd been any more blessed, the whole thing would have been on fire. :E
  • Turn_Key's avatar
    Turn_Key
    Explorer
    Nov 07, 2017
    Oh, well. Never could get pix to post to this site. Must be doing something wrong but no idea what.

    Happy Camping!

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