Blowout Albuquerque

[Atom_Ant]

Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.

Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me.

Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.

[JIMNLIN]

One thing I've found is as a tire tread wears down it runs hotter or put another way my new tires ran cooler when new as they sit up on the treads blocks/grooves for more air circulation .... after the tires wear in period.
As a young man in the '50a/'60s the trend was to run tires down to the cords. Boy did they ever get hot at speed.

The picture of the tread of a ST looks like several ST brands.

Some one says don't get hung up on details about a tread pattern. Good advise as there are several LT tires out here with different A/S tread patterns that make excellent tires for a road trailer.

[Me_Again]

Design 1 General OTR Trailer Tire

Design 2 Goodyear OTR Trailer Tire

Design 3 Yokohama OTR Trailer Tire

Design 4 Bridgestone OTR Trailer Tire

Design 5 Bridgestone tire suitable for RV Trailer service Wow, same tread as the OTR trailer tire above!

Design 6 Michilen tire suitable for RV Trailer service

Design 7 Goodyear RV Trailer Tire

Anyone notice that all of these tires have similar tread patterns that are nothing like ST tires? Not one of these tires has a broken outer rib like most ST tires.

Chris

[FastEagle]

Atom Ant wrote:

thomasmnile wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Brand didn't matter, it was the universal tread pattern for the ST. No rocket science involved.

:h I have ST tires (Chinese, no less) on my TT. Tread looks nothing like the photo posted. So, how is that a "universal" tread pattern?

Don't get hung up in the details. I'll put it another way for you - You won't find that tread on anything but an ST tire :R

ST tread designs should not be stereotyped. Here are a few examples you may have overlooked. With any other tire there are tread designs that are most favorable for the conditions the tire is designed for. The shallow tread found on ST tires are designed - in part - to help cool the tire.

Design 1

Design 2

Design 3

Design 4

Design 5

Design 6



FastEagle

[Atom_Ant]

thomasmnile wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Brand didn't matter, it was the universal tread pattern for the ST. No rocket science involved.

:h I have ST tires (Chinese, no less) on my TT. Tread looks nothing like the photo posted. So, how is that a "universal" tread pattern?

Don't get hung up in the details. I'll put it another way for you - You won't find that tread on anything but an ST tire :R

[thomasmnile]

Atom Ant wrote:
Brand didn't matter, it was the universal tread pattern for the ST. No rocket science involved.

:h I have ST tires (Chinese, no less) on my TT. Tread looks nothing like the photo posted. So, how is that a "universal" tread pattern?

[brownmht]

I had 2 tires shred on me just after we headed home from TN. I just happened to look over at the wife just in time to see the tread fly off. It kept the air in the tire and I was able to get off the highway and into a parking lot to change the tire. The other one shed the tread and I didn't notice until a day or two after I got home and found the tire was flat.

[jwduke]

{Quote}Maybe, someday..........there will be millions of Redwoods sold and the light truck tires will be normal. Right now light truck tires on fifth wheel trailers are uncommon.{/Quote}

Hitchhiker (NuWa) & Excel (Peterson Industries) have been using LT tires for several years. Our '03 Hitchhiker came with LT's on it new.

[Swamp_Man]

Back in 2006 when we ordered our 2007 Arctic Fox, we ordered the then rarely used 16 inch rims. We were pleased when the trailer came in with LT tires. They lasted and were replaced this year due to age.

[kakampers]

Atom Ant wrote:

Infinityrver wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.

Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me.

Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.

I can understand your concerns when you're running light truck tires on your Redwood. I believe all Redwoods, approximately all 5,000 or so that that have been built to date, are running light truck tires due to their weight. Apparently, no manufacturer makes an ST tire that can handle the weight of a heavy Redwood.

I believe that there are maybe millions of travel trailers, 5ers, equipment trailers, and the like out on our roadways on a daily basis. I know our safety is at risk. Its all in the numbers.

Maybe, someday..........there will be millions of Redwoods sold and the light truck tires will be normal. Right now light truck tires on fifth wheel trailers are uncommon.

Keep pluggin' you may be able to change all that:)

Actually Redwood came standard with the ST Goodyear Marathon, and until this month, the G614 was an option. It is now standard. Probably less than 20% of the Redwoods out there have the G614, therefore they are also plagued with the vulnerability of ST tires.

Landmarks have come standard with G614 for years now, and just this year Heartland added 17.5 tires and rims with disc brakes as an option....at least manufacturers are starting to be proactive.

[Infinityrver]

Woops! Meant to write "banned" not band. On my previous post. Must be early.

[Infinityrver]

Atom Ant wrote:

Infinityrver wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.

Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me.

Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.

I can understand your concerns when you're running light truck tires on your Redwood. I believe all Redwoods, approximately all 5,000 or so that that have been built to date, are running light truck tires due to their weight. Apparently, no manufacturer makes an ST tire that can handle the weight of a heavy Redwood.

I believe that there are maybe millions of travel trailers, 5ers, equipment trailers, and the like out on our roadways on a daily basis. I know our safety is at risk. Its all in the numbers.

Maybe, someday..........there will be millions of Redwoods sold and the light truck tires will be normal. Right now light truck tires on fifth wheel trailers are uncommon.

Keep pluggin' you may be able to change all that:)

Actually Redwood came standard with the ST Goodyear Marathon, and until this month, the G614 was an option. It is now standard. Probably less than 20% of the Redwoods out there have the G614, therefore they are also plagued with the vulnerability of ST tires.

Like I said, "Keep pluggin". Maybe, you can get ST tires band across the nation.

[Me_Again]

Atom Ant wrote:
Brand didn't matter, it was the universal tread pattern for the ST. No rocket science involved.

And Barry disagrees with me, but I think that A/S type thread is causing ST to rip their cap off! Chris

[Atom_Ant]

Brand didn't matter, it was the universal tread pattern for the ST. No rocket science involved.

[Atom_Ant]

Infinityrver wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.

Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me.

Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.

I can understand your concerns when you're running light truck tires on your Redwood. I believe all Redwoods, approximately all 5,000 or so that that have been built to date, are running light truck tires due to their weight. Apparently, no manufacturer makes an ST tire that can handle the weight of a heavy Redwood.

I believe that there are maybe millions of travel trailers, 5ers, equipment trailers, and the like out on our roadways on a daily basis. I know our safety is at risk. Its all in the numbers.

Maybe, someday..........there will be millions of Redwoods sold and the light truck tires will be normal. Right now light truck tires on fifth wheel trailers are uncommon.

Keep pluggin' you may be able to change all that:)

Actually Redwood came standard with the ST Goodyear Marathon, and until this month, the G614 was an option. It is now standard. Probably less than 20% of the Redwoods out there have the G614, therefore they are also plagued with the vulnerability of ST tires.