Damage after a tire blow out
Hello, Just wanted to start of by saying i'm brand new to travel trailers and have been learning lots in the past 2 weeks. Me and my girlfriend purchased 2013 Jayco Jay Flight SLX so we went out la...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
Good advice for anyone.
I would add the net search brings up all types of forums (RV and non RV) that use some type of trailer. Its not a pretty picture.
For all new folks I would suggest http://www.rvtiresafety.com/.
Roger has pages of LT vs ST in his blog. He eliminates lots of myth on the subject that we see on RV forum mostly.
Wow.. Just read some of Roger's articles. Very interesting, and at the same time, easy to get information overload. Bottom line from what I gathered, is there are a lot of variables that affect how a tire performs and just "blaming" brand"x", or "assuming" equal weight distribution across all four tires (in dual axle config)without valid information or facts can give you a false sense of security.
Reading his article on individual tire load/weight makes me want to re-weight my trailer at the local CAT scales. I've weighed it twice now, but I will probably at least get individual axle weight for the trailer itself. Not sure I can get individual tire weight. My travel trailer is configured how I intend on hauling (having just got back this weekend). So, at least, at a min, I will have individual axle weight and can make some educated judgements based on that.
All I can say is there are a lot of variables that contribute to tire failure. And I tend to want to believe someone like Robert, who has 40+ years of experience in the tire industry.
Mike
