Blown Tires
Just returned from Overland Expo in North Carolina. On the way down from Michigan we saw six fifth wheel trailers on various parts of I75 and I40 with blown tires. Each one of them had significant d...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:
Keep them aired up and look at them once in awhile, stay off of the road shoulders which are nothing more than debris fields, and keep your eyes open while towing while doing so at a reasonable speed.
Blowout? Horseshit! 99% user error IMO.
Yep. I have never seen a tire blow out while in travel on a trailer. I've ran out of fingers and toes the people I've seen towing with a flat tire. A few times I have seen people happily towing a bare rim on the road with sparks flying. They didn't have a clue. :R
My friends and I have broken every rule in the book when it comes to tires. I've have run for hours at a time at 75 to 80 MPH. Up to a few years ago I have run all China tires. In 35+ years I have been towing I have only had one tire go away; and that was a nail in the tire. Tire went flat and I didn't catch it soon enough.
Ralph you are the only person that I see talking about keeping off of the shoulder of the road. A good friend used to tow a NASCAR all over the US. He said when the driver of the car would drive the tow rig he would get a whole bunch of flat tires but when he drove the tow rig he would never get a flat tire. His friend wanted to know why? My buddy told him; "keep the mutha %#$@#&^& truck and trailer out of the gutter and you won't get flats either!"
Bottom line? Trailer tires get nails in them and go flat. People keep on towing them until they come apart.
