A story of 6 blown tires.
I will attach some pics and a short video. I have been in the automotive/tire business for over 20 years. When i first purchased my toy hauler a lot of people warned me about the ****py tires they come with. My toy hauler had towmax tires on them.
Well, a majority of tire failures happen from misuse. So, i went about my business. Every trip i made sure my tire pressures were perfect when we left, during, and on the way home. I never overloaded and i never went over 60mph. I have had the trailer for about 2000 miles since march 2014.
Last month we went on a 360 mile round trip. On the way there we had zero issues.. On the way back all hell broke loose. It was 100 degrees out. We were about 75 miles from home. As we were coming up on some traffic as we slowed down i started to feel a pulsation. As we almost came to a stop the rear of the trailer was hopping. I pulled over on the side of the road and as i got out i noticed the left front tire had 2 softball sized bumps in them. I was a bit relieved thinking i only had to replace a tire and be on my way. Thats when my wife said "ut oh" I walked to the right rear of my trailer and the two rear axles (triple axle)tires were touching. This is what i saw. The only difference is the two tires were physically touching.
The trailer was hopping because of the contact. I figured my axle had jumped/broke/moved or something. I managed to change my spare and shift the axle forward and i strapped it to the front axle and limped home the remaining miles.
I took the camper in and had them see what was going on. After a month of being in the shop they call and say my tires are bad. I asked which tires. All of them.... They ran frame and axle measurements and everything was within spec. I couldnt believe that all 6 tires had failed on the same trip at the same exact time. THe tires had ballooned and were touching.
The rv place stated they dont deal with tire warranties so they called the manufacturer for me and then had them call me. They were very nice and very fast. I spoke with the tire manufacturer and they ended up crediting me 80% of the tire replacement cost minus labor. Not to bad of a deal i guess. I ended up dragging the trailer home and replacing all six tires myself. I have NEVER seen a tire do what these tires did. Every single one was delaminating. When i let the air out of the tire it collapsed. I added a pic and a video. THe tires looked like old balloons when you let the air out of them. They were SOOOOO soft also.
****py video but hopefully you can see how out of round this was. This was just one of the tires. The other 5 were just as bad if not worse.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v675/jcemerson/Bella/20150820_130528_zpshr1tfgbk.mp4
THe tire manufacturer and the Les Schwab guy who went out and measured my tires both stated they have never seen tires do this. I dont really know how much truth is invloved in that statement. I just feel like i got lucky and i caught the problem before one exploded and hid the evidence. I know have a set of Maxxis on there now.
Edit: Does this site really block the word c r a p p y? What are we 12 years old.
Mod Edit: Adjusted photo width.
Well, a majority of tire failures happen from misuse. So, i went about my business. Every trip i made sure my tire pressures were perfect when we left, during, and on the way home. I never overloaded and i never went over 60mph. I have had the trailer for about 2000 miles since march 2014.
Last month we went on a 360 mile round trip. On the way there we had zero issues.. On the way back all hell broke loose. It was 100 degrees out. We were about 75 miles from home. As we were coming up on some traffic as we slowed down i started to feel a pulsation. As we almost came to a stop the rear of the trailer was hopping. I pulled over on the side of the road and as i got out i noticed the left front tire had 2 softball sized bumps in them. I was a bit relieved thinking i only had to replace a tire and be on my way. Thats when my wife said "ut oh" I walked to the right rear of my trailer and the two rear axles (triple axle)tires were touching. This is what i saw. The only difference is the two tires were physically touching.
The trailer was hopping because of the contact. I figured my axle had jumped/broke/moved or something. I managed to change my spare and shift the axle forward and i strapped it to the front axle and limped home the remaining miles.
I took the camper in and had them see what was going on. After a month of being in the shop they call and say my tires are bad. I asked which tires. All of them.... They ran frame and axle measurements and everything was within spec. I couldnt believe that all 6 tires had failed on the same trip at the same exact time. THe tires had ballooned and were touching.
The rv place stated they dont deal with tire warranties so they called the manufacturer for me and then had them call me. They were very nice and very fast. I spoke with the tire manufacturer and they ended up crediting me 80% of the tire replacement cost minus labor. Not to bad of a deal i guess. I ended up dragging the trailer home and replacing all six tires myself. I have NEVER seen a tire do what these tires did. Every single one was delaminating. When i let the air out of the tire it collapsed. I added a pic and a video. THe tires looked like old balloons when you let the air out of them. They were SOOOOO soft also.
****py video but hopefully you can see how out of round this was. This was just one of the tires. The other 5 were just as bad if not worse.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v675/jcemerson/Bella/20150820_130528_zpshr1tfgbk.mp4
THe tire manufacturer and the Les Schwab guy who went out and measured my tires both stated they have never seen tires do this. I dont really know how much truth is invloved in that statement. I just feel like i got lucky and i caught the problem before one exploded and hid the evidence. I know have a set of Maxxis on there now.
Edit: Does this site really block the word c r a p p y? What are we 12 years old.
Mod Edit: Adjusted photo width.
