Blow Out What To Expect

JIMNLIN wrote:

spoon059 wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
You will here a blowout unless your the brain dead type

Kind of ironic, no?

and your point is if any ???

It should be:

You will hear a blowout unless you're the brain-dead-type.

I guess that's the irony.

Bruce

spoon059 wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
You will here a blowout unless your the brain dead type

Kind of ironic, no?

and your point is if any ???

spoon059 wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
You will here a blowout unless your the brain dead type

Kind of ironic, no?

????

1L243 wrote:
Thanks for all the good input and experience. I have learned that I will probably hear it and look for a place to get off the road.Flying rubber will be too late.... A tire monitoring system is on my list..

You won't necessarily hear it when it blows; I didn't on my last 2 blowouts. One advantage to a TPMS system is you "might" be able to save a tire that picks up a nail and is slowly going flat.

JIMNLIN wrote:
You will here a blowout unless your the brain dead type

Kind of ironic, no?

1L243 wrote:
I have never had a blowout. I can't really see my tires back there. My trailer is 36' long and weighs in around 12k. For those of you who have had blowouts did you feel it right away or was it the horified look on the peoples face that were passing you?

Your asking about a blow out on the trailer.
Horrified look ?? Never saw that kind of look from folks passing me when my tires were flat. Its really not that big of a deal.

You will here a blowout unless your the brain dead type with the stereo cranked up. Depending on the size of the tow vehicle I can feel a sudden lurching as the flat tire rolls along at first especially with a lighter truck. If its say my 3500 DRW pulling my 16k trailer I may not feel a thing. Thats one good reason to check the mirrors every couple of miles. At nite you look for a spectacular spark show behind the trailer.

I've had more than anyones share of blown/shredded tires on my construction trailers. Most of the time the tire slowly leaks air which causes it to run hot. In a short time the tire starts to lose the tread (steel and fabric belts) which does all the damage. Once the tread belts is gone the tire continues to shed casing belts which do little damage. Once the casing is gone then the steel wheel makes contact with the pavement creating puts on the spark show I mentioned.

I still use my old tire thumper and a quick visual on my trailer tires every time the truck is stopped and were getting out. The visual can show sodewll blisters/tread bulges caused by belt separation/etc.
TPMS are nice but remember the tread may shed and the air pressure remain the same which is the reason I do a visual.

I've not experienced a blowout on any of our RVs, but was next to one once--it is an explosion. We were in a Toyota Avalon on a downhill grade on CA-14 approaching Santa Clarita from Palmdale about to overtake a tractor trailer. The left rear tire on his trailer blew just as we were getting to it. We were covered up with smoke and pieces of rubber. Our car only had marring damage to the right front, but it was terrifying for a couple of seconds.

Lauren wrote:
Hey, BobsYourUncle, only time we have heard that term is from our daughter who has lived in London for 26 years.

I've known the term for many years, so it was a natural for me, as I have a whole bunch of nieces and nephews who call me Uncle Bob

One thing I do to minimize the chance of blowouts is to go 55-60. The max rated speed is 65, and I don't want to risk overheating them, so I keep it well below that. Only exception is going on 130, because given the choice between getting to the RV dealer via that road versus trying to head through Austin... I'll take 130 since I can pull to the breakdown lane to let people pass if they start piling up.

I have never had a tire blow on a trailer .
Because it has been easy to upgrade trailer tires I have avoided that problem .
But I did have a diesel pusher motorhome blow the INSIDE left rear tire near Edwards AFB in the desert .
When that tire blew it also disabled the air bag suspension .
The whole coach lowered to the ground and I was able to pull off safely .
I had recently purchased the DP used and the front and outside rear tires were new .
It turns out that the inside rear tires had not been replaced when the outers were .
I never bothered to climb underneath and examine the inner rear tires .
Lesson learned , the hard way .