Had first blowout
Had my first tire blowout today. Have a 2003 Jayco Granite Ridge 3100ss that we picked up little over a year ago. Coming home blew the passenger side inside rear tire, luckily right at exit off free...
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x2 on the actual age of the tires. Let me add, Rear Inner has three things going against it:
1. If all four rear tires are same diameter and pressure (and they must be) a crowned road puts just a little more load on both inners.
2. Inner duals don't see the air flow that outers do, and probably run a little hotter. But the passenger side inner on E-Series receives heat from the tailpipe.
3. If we drivers drop the outer dual off the right shoulder of the road, ALL of that side's weight gets thrown to the inner dual.
I like to think that if some college graduate engineer thought the design called for "more" tire, s/he would have specified so. But then, some MBA might say not to go overboard on tire cost.
1. If all four rear tires are same diameter and pressure (and they must be) a crowned road puts just a little more load on both inners.
2. Inner duals don't see the air flow that outers do, and probably run a little hotter. But the passenger side inner on E-Series receives heat from the tailpipe.
3. If we drivers drop the outer dual off the right shoulder of the road, ALL of that side's weight gets thrown to the inner dual.
I like to think that if some college graduate engineer thought the design called for "more" tire, s/he would have specified so. But then, some MBA might say not to go overboard on tire cost.
