Tow Master Tires
Just had our third blowout in three trips with our 5er. The tires range from 1 1/2 years old to 10 months old. Two happened this summer in 100+ degree weather. Yesterday's happened in cool weather. ...
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artguys wrote:
Folks...most tire failures are a result of owner neglect. One poster on this thread talked about his automatic system...nice but many times they're unreliable. I've bought and tested those units and don't recommend them.Nothing is better than a eyes on thump of each tire. And by neglect I mean every time you make any kind of stop you should be thumping your tires, not kicking but thumping with a more reliable instrument. To my customers and clients I suggested using a 1" id by 2' piece of steel or galvanized pipe. Wood clubs work but not as well as pipe.
I'll dispute that. I've had 8 Chinese tires go bad over the 9 years we've owned our FW. I'm pretty religious about inflation and speed. My first one went < 1,000 miles and < 1 year. The other 3 followed the next year and < 2,000 miles. Replaced all 4 and those lasted another 4 years before they all started to separate. Caught the failures before anything bad happened, fortunately. < 3,000 miles on the set.
Lyle
