Look What Tires Can Do!

Yea this all random until the OP gets that picture to show up.

Turn Key wrote:
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!

So I’d like to see the picture??

Same here marathon blew out i79 north last april on my way back from Bristol race. Put all new sailun on great tire.

That's some crazy looking tire, huh? Looks like the damage is repairable. Glad you got stopped safely.
The subject of poor tire quality is endless and for good reason.
Many trailer tires are being pushed right to their limits on a good day. Combined with under inflation, excessive sidewall abuse in jack-knife situations and excessive speed and there's not much room for safety.
Anyone who is pushing weight limits that may be worried about tire issues should bite the bullet and upgrade to 17.5 tires. They certainly are overkill in the weight capacity department for most but the heaviest of fivers, however, its very rare you see a post from someone running them with any issues. Not that you should tow at 75mph, but they are speed rated for 75mph, not 65 like most.
In addition, the 17.5 tires are available from several manufacturers like Toyo, Continental, Hankook and others.
Until Goodyear introduced their Endurance line (which has yet to be proven), the best 16" heavy duty trailer tire has been the GY G614. Overall, it has a decent rating but some have had issues with them, too.
Just my 2 cents. I have had the Goodyear g114 17.5 on my 15k+ fiver for nearly 4 years and 15k miles and they still look new - even the tread.
Safe travels.

Yeah over the years of traveling I've seen a number of buggered up rigs due to tire failure at hwy speed. One in BC tore up good size area of the trailer. Another tore up the fender and some trailer in front and behind the duals on the toy hauler. Also took out his plumbed in propane line located a couple feed ahead of the failed tire. Use to power his gas grill. Hope he had the propane shut off or there went a tank of propane.

Bottom line tire monitors are your friend and you can't inspect the rubber and rims enough to insure a lower chance of failure.

Several decades ago I was traveling between TOK, AK and Dawson City, YT via the Top of the World Hwy. Came across 3 rigs with flats due to a section of road at the time that was constructed of sharp edged, large shot rock. Stopped and everyone at each rig was fine and had a spare and tools to change the destroyed tire. Last summer we traveled the same road towing our previous 5er and needed to lock the hubs in and shift into 4H as we were slogging in half a foot of slick mud.

As for tire age. I change all mine on all my vehicles every 5-6 years. Seldom is the tread gone just a matter of safety.

Took one of the truck tires down for a flat fix yesterday. Had a slow leak I could not find for some time. Shop had to take it off the rim to find the tire bead was breaking down. Tire was only 8 years old. Anyway I ordered 4 new to be on next week or so.

Old was GY Wrangler Silent Armor
New will be the Wrangler All Terrain

Curious how the LT-E will compare to the previous LT-C
I usually run 45/50 psi and expect to continue same.

My philosophy is that when one of these tires blows, the other three are not far behind. Best to replace all four ASAP.

I also am now running Sailuns; now I don't worry.

see when the RR tire blew it puts the trailer weight on the RF, this causes the RF tire too much stress on its inner belts.. then a day or 2 of driving total separation of the belts in the tire..happened 3 times to me on separate vacation trips..it was a running joke of how many tires would we buy on the vacation trip- until the Sailun tires I bought this year for our Rockies Trip, no tire issues...

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.

I seriously thought about having aluminum diamond plate boxes built for my wheel wells for just this reason.

Lyle

That tire looks fine to me. lol