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 co...
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Well, a majority of tire failures happen from misuse.
This may be true with the general public with a car/suv or even a pickup going to work every day and the usually daily runs around town.
I made a living towing heavy trailers for over 11 years and 800k+ miles.
We baby our tires as we depend on them to make our living 24/7. Their checked at each stop for heat differences and thumped with a tire thumper listening for a difference in sound. They are checked for max pressure each morning....and we still had tires suddenly blow or tread separation or sidewall zippers.
I changed tire types to all LT tires which eliminated 90 percent of tire issues on my trailers.
This from one of RV.net toy hauler members some years back;
rocmoc
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We also have a 3612. After having 11 (ELEVEN) Maxxis fail we have upgraded to 16" BFGs. Just put them on the trailer TODAY. What a difference. There is a big difference in the two combos. We finally gave up on the 15s. After 11 failures in 3 years (and lucky enough to catch them before they blew, just separated) we gave up. We finally were carrying 3 spares and have come back with them all on the trailer. Maxxis did make a warranty adjustment (pennies on the dollar) on the first 6 but not anymore after that. Spend the money now to save more money in the long run. To put the 11 tires in prospective, we have over 95,000 miles on our Raptor in 4 years & we do max the load limits at times.
rocmoc n AZ/Baja
