Fifth Wheel tire blow outs.
Just an observation. Traveling south on route 81 from New York to North Carolina with our travel trailer. Within 100 miles I saw two large fifth wheel trailers with left rear tires shredded.?? Do f...
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donn0128 wrote:
All, or any RV can be either balanced or one side heavy. It all depends on design. A properly designed RV should be pretty well balanced. Shredded tires normally is caused by,
1, wrong tires,
2, cheap ST tires run above rated speed,
3, nails, screws, etc. In other words a flat tire,
4, poorly maintained tires,
5, out dated tires,
And the list can go on. Bottom line, there is no way to determine what caused the tire failure.
.. and #4 above includes tires without proper air pressure. Check your tires once in awhile, you'll save yourself some issues down the road.
