For those that have had a blowout when towing
I passed three travel trailers along the highway yesterday with blowouts on my way home from a weeks camping. I'm pretty diligent about checking my air pressure but I was wondering what was your fi...
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Had 2 blowouts on 5th wheel
I am anal about checking tire pressure in the AM on travel day....truck/trailer
1st blowout....
Northbound I-15 90 miles south of St. George UT on a HOT day traveling at 65 mpu.
BOOM!! Heard it, like a shotgun blast. Rear tire/passengers side
Tore up slide out floor, electrical and skirting
Tire was a GY614. Goodyear reimbursed me for new tire and all of the damage repairs.....defective tire (had to ship carcus to them....they set up shipping/paid for it)
Tire was 3 1/2 yrs old
2nd blowout was roughly a year later
Northbound on I-35 somewhere south of Wichita, KS
In the middle of a construction zone, lane shifting, K-rails and Traffic cones
Going about 45 mph when WHAM/BOOM ....sounds reverberating off the K-Rails
ANd as I looked back in my drivers side rear mirror I saw a HUGE Brown Cloud/Mist-----see I had't dump waste tanks that AM as they were not full enough.
Front tire drivers side thread separated and ripped off the common 3" drain header and valves for grey & black tanks.
POOP mist everywhere.
As I got pulled over a KS DOT truck pulled up behind me.
Guy got out of the truck reached in back and then walked towards me with the intact drain header....."Looks like you might need this"
He then went and got his battery powered impact gun and proceeded to remove the lug nuts, help me swap spare on and partially tightened the lugs. We finishe up with torque wrench and he bid me adios.
Again....GY614----defective/GY paid for all new tires and I haen't had any issues since (2010/2011)
I am anal about checking tire pressure in the AM on travel day....truck/trailer
1st blowout....
Northbound I-15 90 miles south of St. George UT on a HOT day traveling at 65 mpu.
BOOM!! Heard it, like a shotgun blast. Rear tire/passengers side
Tore up slide out floor, electrical and skirting
Tire was a GY614. Goodyear reimbursed me for new tire and all of the damage repairs.....defective tire (had to ship carcus to them....they set up shipping/paid for it)
Tire was 3 1/2 yrs old
2nd blowout was roughly a year later
Northbound on I-35 somewhere south of Wichita, KS
In the middle of a construction zone, lane shifting, K-rails and Traffic cones
Going about 45 mph when WHAM/BOOM ....sounds reverberating off the K-Rails
ANd as I looked back in my drivers side rear mirror I saw a HUGE Brown Cloud/Mist-----see I had't dump waste tanks that AM as they were not full enough.
Front tire drivers side thread separated and ripped off the common 3" drain header and valves for grey & black tanks.
POOP mist everywhere.
As I got pulled over a KS DOT truck pulled up behind me.
Guy got out of the truck reached in back and then walked towards me with the intact drain header....."Looks like you might need this"
He then went and got his battery powered impact gun and proceeded to remove the lug nuts, help me swap spare on and partially tightened the lugs. We finishe up with torque wrench and he bid me adios.
Again....GY614----defective/GY paid for all new tires and I haen't had any issues since (2010/2011)
