Sailun Tire Failure
It was bound to happen, and it did. Any experts want to weigh in? Luckily, no damage to fifth wheel or rim. 2 year old Sailun S637 , inflated to 100 psi.
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cummins2014 wrote:
When I seen it in my mirror I initially thought for a second it was a bearing, it actually looked like the trailer was on fire from the amount of smoke, but could see pieces of tire flying off. IMO ,and far from an expert , I think I had lost air from a leak, and the missing section of tire was the process of the tire coming apart.
BZawlocki wrote:
4. And almost without exception that last thing they mention is use a TPMS.
This. In my opinion, this sounds very much like a situation could have been avoided had a TPMS been used. It likely would have alerted to a low pressure situation long before the tire opened up.
They don't protect from every situation, but I've seen enough saves that it's well worth the peace of mine they provide:
http://learntorv.com/how-and-why-to-monitor-tire-pressure/
http://learntorv.com/how-to-use-your-tpms/
