it was one of those oh crud moments (Tire recall see p.5)

Buzzcut, I'm really glad to hear you are okay, and that is the extent of the damage and nobody got hurt.

Bob in Calif.

Wow, glad your OK Buzz. Be careful out there.....

Is that the truck you had snow chains on at Yosemite a few weeks ago? Just curious, Can they damage tires? I don't have much experience with chains.

There is a new Schwab TOYO tire at bottom of list with a 3750 SRW weight rating. Those will be my next tires. We currently have the ones rated at 3415 SRW. Our OE Tire was the one rated at 3042 SRW and it developed bulges on the sidewall. Our current upgrade tires are working flawlessly with 4 years on them.



LT235/85R16 120/116Q E TD BSW 364010 6.0-6.5-7.5 44 15.9 31.6 9.2 3042 / 2778 80 / 80 N/A 657 2P+3S 2P
LT245/75R16 120/116R E TD BSW 364020 6.5-7.0-8.0 45 15.9 30.6 9.9 3042 / 2778 80 / 80 N/A 680 2P+3S 2P
Current:
LT265/75R16 123/120Q E TD BSW 364030 7.0-7.5-8.0 50 16.3 31.6 10.6 3415 / 3085 80 / 80 N/A 658 2P+3S 2P
New Schwab offering and my next tire:
LT285/75R16 126/123Q E TD BSW 364040 7.5-8.0-9.0 55 17.1 32.8 11.3 3750 / 3415 80 / 80 N/A 632 2P+3S 2P

No worries Fancesca, and thank you for the belly laugh from Buzz's response. I was wondering too and almost asked before I saw it. Not that there is any statistical significance, but I went back and forth between Toyo and Hankook this time around and bought Hankook. I feel way better knowing those were Toyos :) (I'm kidding) and I'm just as stupid not catching the SIZE of them. From the picture I thought they looked like 19.5's and ajcal's were 19.5s...doh!

Buzzcut1,

Wow! I'm sure glad you all are okay after that one. Just don't let the tire shop charge you for tire disposal. It's already shredded! :W

Bill

Buzzcut1 wrote:


probably because the brand, model, and tire size are listed in my sig.

:S
I'm so stoooo-pid... plus blind as a bat. Sorry!

Francesca Knowles wrote:
:h

Thread's two-and-a-half pages long and nobody's asked what brand the blown tire was-?

Is brandwars a verboten subject here in the TCers Forum, or are you guys just more polite than some folks that post elsewhere here at RV.net? ;)

probably because the brand, model, and tire size are listed in my sig.

:h

Thread's two-and-a-half pages long and nobody's asked what brand the blown tire was-?

Is brandwars a verboten subject here in the TCers Forum, or are you guys just more polite than some folks that post elsewhere here at RV.net? ;)

Glad to hear your ok and no one was hurt. I had my rear driver side blow on I-40 doing 65 and pulling my cargo trailer. A scary slip sliding stop for sure. Cost $3,900 for the chevy dealer to repair the bed side.