Tire blowouts
I have a 27' 5th wheel. Over the years I have had (5) blowouts. I have 15", E rated tires from Les Schwabb for trailers. I have two 5200 # axles with the 5th wheel being rated at GVWR of 12,000 #. A f...
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I guess there are two basic types of RVer. The short trip weekend warrior who maybe takw one longer trip a year. Then there is the traveler who may put up to 20,000 miles on the tires a year.
If you are the minimum use weekend warrior it is hard to justify the expense of high quality expensive tires if they are only going to sit & die of old age. If you are a traveler buying cheap tires is just asking to be stranded on the side of the road wishing you had plunked down some extra $ for high quality tires.
In addition to the three items listed for tires wear & then failure be sure to check spring U bolts. They can work loose. Worse, they may not have been tightened properly in the first place.
I discovered that one last year on a hot lonely west Texas highway. One tire shredded & blew. Opposite side was very close to doing the same thing. One U bolt missing. Every other one loose.
I am a 15-20,000 mile a year travel & have high quality tires, 18 month old BFG Commercials, which means they probably hung on a little longer before things went boom. I was unaware of it till months later but these tires were subject to a recall. Fine, but over a year later & more than 15,000 miles later the other 2 BFGs are still going strong.
Keep an eye on everything. Use the old fist between the tires measurement for approximate alignment.
If you are the minimum use weekend warrior it is hard to justify the expense of high quality expensive tires if they are only going to sit & die of old age. If you are a traveler buying cheap tires is just asking to be stranded on the side of the road wishing you had plunked down some extra $ for high quality tires.
In addition to the three items listed for tires wear & then failure be sure to check spring U bolts. They can work loose. Worse, they may not have been tightened properly in the first place.
I discovered that one last year on a hot lonely west Texas highway. One tire shredded & blew. Opposite side was very close to doing the same thing. One U bolt missing. Every other one loose.
I am a 15-20,000 mile a year travel & have high quality tires, 18 month old BFG Commercials, which means they probably hung on a little longer before things went boom. I was unaware of it till months later but these tires were subject to a recall. Fine, but over a year later & more than 15,000 miles later the other 2 BFGs are still going strong.
Keep an eye on everything. Use the old fist between the tires measurement for approximate alignment.
