Tire blew--wow

bfast54 wrote:
Buy a Tire Pressure Monitoring system (TPMS)

It will alert you when tire loses air..SO YOU CAN slow down, stop before major damage.


I have the Pressure Pro ,out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

BUT,Get one of the systems

Not necessarily the solution - had TPMS and tire separated on us, no warning from the system. Happened that fast.

ryoung wrote:

2012Coleman wrote:
Get ready for your friendly fellow forum members to start jumping all over you for something you must have done wrong. I see it has already started. Just ignore them.

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ryoung

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ReneeG wrote:

bfast54 wrote:
Buy a Tire Pressure Monitoring system (TPMS)

It will alert you when tire loses air..SO YOU CAN slow down, stop before major damage.


I have the Pressure Pro ,out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

BUT,Get one of the systems

Not necessarily the solution - had TPMS and tire separated on us, no warning from the system. Happened that fast.

Yep, been there, did that. Had TPMS on a Jeep Liberty. When the tire went flat, the TPMS alerted AFTER DW pulled over and stopped. But, every time the temperature dropped below freezing, one or more tires alerted.

Isn't it strange that RV builders can not build a wheel well that can survive a tire blow out!

I remember years years ago that you run the tire until don't have meat on them .Blow tire happen before but not as many as this days.

mowermech wrote:

ReneeG wrote:

bfast54 wrote:
Buy a Tire Pressure Monitoring system (TPMS)

It will alert you when tire loses air..SO YOU CAN slow down, stop before major damage.


I have the Pressure Pro ,out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

BUT,Get one of the systems

Not necessarily the solution - had TPMS and tire separated on us, no warning from the system. Happened that fast.

Yep, been there, did that. Had TPMS on a Jeep Liberty. When the tire went flat, the TPMS alerted AFTER DW pulled over and stopped. But, every time the temperature dropped below freezing, one or more tires alerted.

Isn't it strange that RV builders can not build a wheel well that can survive a tire blow out!

After having a tread let loose a couple of months ago, my wheel well was beat up pretty bad too. I lost the moisture barrier, insulation, part of the subfloor and had shards of debris spread throughout the FW. The tire didn't go flat, but a big piece of it peeled off and slapped the FW pretty bad. Since we lost no air pressure and the tire hadn't over-heated, the TPMS never sounded.

I decided to do the repairs myself and modify the wheel wells so it didn't happen again. Here are some before and after pics:


This photo was taken after putting the spare on and getting to a safe location. The black material showing through the subfloor is the finish flooring inside the FW. The flooring inside was bubbled and wrinked.


After repairing the flooring, subfloor and installing new insulation, I lined the fender wells with 12ga stainless steel plate. If I have another tire failure in the future, this will give me a lot of protection from debris penetrating the FW. I also installed the same protection on the other side. It was very easy to do, and I wonder why manufacturers don't add something similar when they build them?

After this photo was taken, I also took care of all the rust you can see in the picture and next week I'm going to install Goodyear G614 LT tires.

Jim

Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

lawnspecialties wrote:
Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

I use the Good Year "G" rated tires and have not had any tire problems after 5 years of use. I will throw this set away and buy new ones this summer. I don't run tires longer than 5 years:)

thanks guys for definitely understanding the misery of it all :) :)

life happens!

the missed trip is hard. first of the year but heck hubby and I are online looking at smaller toyhaulers.

the visual of shrinking is so hard to accept but we are going for it after all it isn't as much about the rv as the fun we have anyway.

we have been rving for over 15 years and never ever had any major trouble til this and we count ourselves very lucky!!

djgarcia wrote:

lawnspecialties wrote:
Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

I use the Good Year "G" rated tires and have not had any tire problems after 5 years of use. I will throw this set away and buy new ones this summer. I don't run tires longer than 5 years:)

I do the same. Just tossed the 5 year old Good Year G614's. Great tire and zero issues. Kept the air pressure at 110 PSI. Now have 6 new ones installed. Good for another 5 years...

I am glad that the damage was sort of minimal and could have been much worse, and ya'll could have been hurt in the blowout.looks like you got the repairs done in a fine manner as it looks good and is probably better than new.