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kep5niner
Explorer
Aug 09, 2016

Solution for damage from flat tires - thoughts?

Anyone who has owned an RV for some time, or has perused this (or any) RV forum for any amount of time has learned of the trials and tribulations associated with flat tires and blow-outs, more specifi...
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time2roll
Nomad
Aug 25, 2016
myredracer wrote:
Good article from a tire engineer: Can you "contain" a tire failure?
500 pounds of steel is an exaggeration. I added 20 pounds of diamond plate to each side. Just used screws to hold up onto the wood floor and existing steel frame. May not prevent all damage but should provide more strength against ripping the wood floor from underneath along with any plumbing and electrical in the vicinity.

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