Dodged a bullet (tire failure)
Traveled from Md to Va and went camping for a week. While at the campground I climbed under the camper for something and found this bubble on my tire! There is no road hazard damage or marks by the bu...
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Traveled from Md to Va and went camping for a week. While at the campground I climbed under the camper for something and found this bubble on my tire! There is no road hazard damage or marks by the bubble that caused this. I religiously check my tires before every camping trip and don't go over 60mph. (Except for the occasional 65/67mph coast down large straight hills) They have less than 5-6k miles on them.
I'm so glad I saw it before it blew. A blow out could have destroyed my camper. Luckily I had the gear to change it and a 12V air pump to get the spare tire back to 50psi.
The tire is a Power Touring Trail Express (load range C) Date code is 2011. 205 75 r14
Since my camper is a small TT and has only one axle. I"m going to replace the two tires and keep an older tire as a spare for now. (little low on funds to get all 3).
I am considering the Maxxis. Are these good and is discounttiredirect a good place to order these from?
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/tires/maxxis/size/bySize.do?cs=205&ar=75&rd=14
It doesn't matter whether you are coasting or not.Just merging onto the freeway, or passing a car.. Over 65 is too fast. Everytime you do it, you are damaging the tires. The damage is not visable, and is cumulative. At some point it will result in a failure..
This is one reason why I am not a fan of ST tires. I don't think that ANY piece of equipment should be run close to it's max.
