Truck camper question, rear tire blew?
While on vacation last week in Nova Scotia, Canada, we blew a driver side rear tire on our Chevy 3500 SRW. We where driving down the highway when the 19.5 tire blew. The tire had about 20 thousand mil...
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Not long ago we had a Nitto Dune Grappler, not one of our 19.5" tires, blow out on the right rear. It was inflated to 80 psi. Our tire guy, Dan at Rickson, after inspecting it, said it was a road hazard. A large chunk of something we ran over.
I had just seen a piece done by Michlien, I think. It was stated that if a tire blows, don't hit the brakes immediately, accelerate a bit, to reduce the oscilation, then slow down. It worked fine. The tire destroyed a brake line, no other damage.
Back when our rig was new, I aired down the 19.5" tires to drive on the beach a Assateague Island. One of the tires came off of the wheel. I was able to remount it on the beach with a hand pump and aired it up at the air station at the beach entrance. Evidently the wheel damaged the steel chords before we discovered the problem. It also blew out with no damage to the truck. It was determined that the 19.5" tires were not suitable for airing down due to not having a bead to hold them on the wheel when the pressure drops too low.
We now have 70,000+ miles on our 19.5" tires with no other problems. We will soon replace them due to age, not milage. They still have plenty of tread. We have a heavy SWR rig.
I had just seen a piece done by Michlien, I think. It was stated that if a tire blows, don't hit the brakes immediately, accelerate a bit, to reduce the oscilation, then slow down. It worked fine. The tire destroyed a brake line, no other damage.
Back when our rig was new, I aired down the 19.5" tires to drive on the beach a Assateague Island. One of the tires came off of the wheel. I was able to remount it on the beach with a hand pump and aired it up at the air station at the beach entrance. Evidently the wheel damaged the steel chords before we discovered the problem. It also blew out with no damage to the truck. It was determined that the 19.5" tires were not suitable for airing down due to not having a bead to hold them on the wheel when the pressure drops too low.
We now have 70,000+ miles on our 19.5" tires with no other problems. We will soon replace them due to age, not milage. They still have plenty of tread. We have a heavy SWR rig.
