Finally Happened . . .
That dreaded tire blowout finally happened to us. We were headed out of town for a four day holiday weekend and boom! View in the side mirror shows the fender flying off! That was the bad news. The go...
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ReneeG wrote:
What we find interesting is that the TPMS on that tire registered a reading, but did not warn us. Can't explain that one. We purchased this system to prevent a blowout, by being warned in time, but that was not the case.
The only thing a TMS can do it show when a tire is low on air. If a catastrophic tire failure occurs the TMS won't warn you. Yes, tire failure does happen that fast.
That is why I don't like SBR. I ran rag tires for years and only had one tire blowout in 35+ years of trailering. With the rag tire there was no steel belt whipping around at 70 MPH tearing your trailer up like a mad dog.
Glad you're getting it fixed and are going camping again.
