Tire blow out trailer
My buddy just sent me these on the way to Va. From Ct. Trailer is under one year old. Click For Full-Size Image. Click For Full-Size Image. Click For Full-Size Image.
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PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:ReneeG wrote:wmoses wrote:ReneeG wrote:
Couple of things here. We had a blowout on our fifth wheel recently and we have a TPMS system. No warning and I had just looked at the screen, when boom!
Just a little bit of a tangent here since I am in the market for a TPMS - can you tell me what brand / model you have?
TST Systems.
Two things
1) A TPMS would not have warned of the incident in the OP photos. The tire still had pressure. A TPMS could actually increase damage because the driver might not think something was wrong with the noise or what he saw in the mirror because the TPMS showed regular pressure.
A TPMS would have shown the driver if the tire was being run at low pressure or high heat previously. As noted in several posts - the tire could have been damaged by those in the past, and be at normal pressure/ temps at the time the actual tread separation happened.
Running a tire at low pressure for several hours could start a problem which won't reach a failure point for a long time. And with no warning.An excellent point, BUT, the ST tire isn't required to do a low pressure test. So it will most likely not last very long at low pressure. The LT tires ARE required to pass a demanding low pressure test. One of the big differences between the two types of tires. That is why you need to check the tire, by feeling the tread area for bumps and bulges before you start towing.
2) A TPMS warns of a developing problem of pressure and/ or temperature. A road hazard tire failure - i.e. running over a piece of debris - can happen too fast for a TPMS to warn the driver.
If a tire has a blowout and loses pressure, the TPMS will alert, but it may be too late to prevent. If a tread separates - the TPMS will almost always not alert.
Does not matter which brand of TPMS.
