A different video of a tire failure problem

CavemanCharlie wrote:
Here is a video of a tire failure that I have not seen before. I have nothing else to do right now so I thought that I would post it on here to see if anyone wanted to comment on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQJ6dQsEqj0

looks very familiar.
With five various size trailers on the road and 26 tires on the ground on those trailers the pic looks like most blow outs, from impact damage or partial tread separation, and ran awhile till the tread begins coming off.....usually around the hole.

gmw photos wrote:
We now live in a society where that approach is typical.

An example is, people that can only navigate to a destination if they have GPS to guide them. Many can't read a paper map. Most have no idea what a topo map is showing them.

While it is drifting away from the subject of tire failure, I certainly can agree with you about the maps (charts if you are an aviator or sailor). I obtained my private pilot license in 1978 and had to learn aeronautical charts (mostly sectionals, and also WAC charts) and have no difficulty with a printed map. Possibly this is why I am seeing such large stacks of printed state maps at welcome stations. Its not that the state budget increased for printing maps, its that fewer and fewer people take them, because they just don't know what they are.

Charles

What was he expecting the dealer to do for him? Sure, they'll talk to you. But when you have a flat on the side of the road and inadequate tools, you call Roadside Assistance and pay what ever the cost happens to be.

So who is the dummy here, the guy with the tools doing the work, or the guy standing back playing with cameras?

I saw the same thing a few years ago. At a turnpike wayside, a truck with a huge travel trailer parked right beside me. Turned out that he was in the same organization as me going to our Campout. He went into the diner and I walked around his new trailer and found a China Bomb had detonated. He was in disbelief when I told him. He needed my jack and wrench to change it. No, the low information RV folks will get no free labor from me unless they are disabled.

westend wrote:
That family is only going to have a good time if their cell phones have good batteries or a Good Samaritan is there. The guy is clueless. "Is there too much air?", "I dunno".

We now live in a society where that approach is typical.

An example is, people that can only navigate to a destination if they have GPS to guide them. Many can't read a paper map. Most have no idea what a topo map is showing them.
That's all fine with me if they choose to approach it that way, but they should expect some difficulties along the way they cannot get themselves out of.

I am old, and come from a different background. A background where certain things ( tools and knowledge ) are mission critical. "6P".

I wish those folks good luck in their travels.

That family is only going to have a good time if their cell phones have good batteries or a Good Samaritan is there. The guy is clueless. "Is there too much air?", "I dunno".

There are many low information RVers out there. Some of them live their lives with a minimum amount of information.

My wife supports me completely, but has asked a few times, "do we really need that for this short trip"? She does not ask now other than to remind me of something I mentioned I wanted to have along and had forgotten... I relax more when I have the tools and accessories to enjoy RVing.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Tire thread separation......very common.
New trailer/junk OEM tires ...

My boat trailer came with Carlisle tires. I had tread separation on one after less than 1 year and probably less than 2,000 mile.

Replaced both with Nanco bias ply which are now about 10 years old.

If people want to skip all the narcissism and get to the flat tire part, it's at about 7:45.
But theres nothing different about that kind of tire failure.

Sadly, a typical "low information" RV owner. Not having correct tools, stopping in an unsafe place, and using low quality tires for a critical job.
All preventable with prior planning and thoughtful research.

EDIT: I had to chuckle when he said his salesman told him trailer tires are notorious for failing. Uh-huh. They sure are.
"Stop using cheap-azz tires".