Tires & DOT

CapriRacer wrote:

cummins2014 wrote:

CapriRacer wrote:

cummins2014 wrote:
No written, just a lengthy conversation with a Sailun rep. sure its a guess .But when a tire blows ,there is no mistake what happened , its loud ,and obvious. ……

First, the only thing you can tell when a tire blows out is that it lost air. One can NOT tell from just that bit of information whether it was a road hazard or a structural failure.

Second, "tire reps" is not distinct enough to tell if the guy has any expertise or not. Very few people have the knowledge and experience to diagnose a tire failure - not sales guys, not phone consultants.

So what is your point, are you saying I don't know if it was a blow out or not. I never said the tire rep said anything about the cause of why I lost the tire. I pretty much came to my own conclusion, and I repeat its a guess. Tire stayed together, no idea how far it went without air, I don't think it was that far. I was traveling at 65 mph. I look frequently in my mirrors, but IMO it was not a sudden loss of air, but as said its just guessing. If it was a sudden blowout it was a quiet one. If it was a defect tire it took two years to raise its ugly head .

I'm getting lots of contradiction. First you say a blow out is loud and obnoxious, then you said you didn't know how long it had no air.

And if you came to your own conclusion, what was it?

Are you saying a loud obnoxious blow out has a specific cause? If so, what do you think that is?

You need to read my post again, no you are the confusing one here. Read the first sentence , I quote " So what is your point, are you saying I don't know if it was a blowout or not. "

No I do not think it was a blowout, I ran that tire @ 65 mph with a loss of air , how far is anyones guess, once there was a loss of air, whether that be a slow loss or a sudden loss, but I don't think it ran that far before it started heating up ,and bellowing smoke.

I will repeat what I said again ,and I quote " But when a tire blows ,there is no mistake what happened , its loud ,and obvious ". Nothing about loud ,and obnoxious.

Here it is again for you ,you can come to your own conclusions if you like . I was traveling @ 65 mph in Arizona on highway 93, going from Las Vegas to Kingman , AZ. I had traveled approximately 80 miles that morning when it happened . When I looked in my mirror, I had smoke bellowing off my front left tire on my fifth wheel. I will repeat if that tire had a sudden blowout , I didn't hear it. So "MY ", conclusion, no one else, I was a victim of a road hazard, and I repeat, either a slow loss of air pressure until the tire heated up , and started smoking , or possibly a sudden loss of air , and the tire heated up ,and started smoking. Take your pick ,I have no idea. I was not running TPMS, so I have no way to know . But IMHO it was not a blowout. Nor was it a defective tire, but its just a guess , I don't know The tire was 2 years old, and had 100 psi in it when I left Las Vegas .

The tire in question is a Sailun S637 ST235/85/16. Max cold tire pressure, for max weight rating for that tire is 110 psi . I run them at 100 psi. My fifth wheel is 15,500 GVWR, no where near the max weight rating for those tires ,which are 4400 lbs @ 110 psi. or 4080 inflated to 100 psi according to the inflation chart . My fifth wheel loaded is right at 13,500 , no where near the max GVWR of 15,500 minus the pin weight .