Tire blew--wow

[FunnyCamper]

the damage is wild.

luckily all is fine. no one hurt. left at 3:30 am for beach trip and home at 5:30 am with a mess on our hands.

about 15 miles from home tire blows. fender ripped off, brake line on 2nd axle gone, compartment gone, ripped skirting way back, missing 'something under' floor area hubby said, had to pick up all our junk out of the compartment off the highway and destroyed...tire is insane!

hubby changed to spare, we shored up the hanging metal to the ladder to roof with our long dog leash 🙂 and limped back home with flashers at low speed.

claims is handling it all.
hubby took camper to service and all work is starting.

it is a 'what the ??' day for us. oh so tired.

one thing I know that tire is 2 yrs old and was perfect but life is out of our control on alot of things. How we react to our situation is key. It is what it is and we are dealing.....but this was the time hubby said he wants to downsize. 40 ft toyhauler 5th wheel and he said he is tired of the 'big work' etc with this and we are going smaller 🙂 Less is more is just what we want!

oh boy, more RV shopping in my near future 🙂 🙂

some days right? 🙂

[FunnyCamper]

thanks, true loaded weight I am sure is way more than we guess. toyhauler we bring big things 🙂

oh yes, I walked in tons of them. little weekend Shastas, Class ABC and more. I love exploring rvs 🙂 🙂 heck my mind was off my smaller toyhauler and just wanted to see them all. like you it is just fun to look.

[atreis]

FunnyCamper wrote:
I am guessing here...literally...but it seems my 2 axle big 5th toyhauler is eating up tires. could it be engineered wrong to make the weight (like 11,200 dry) drive hard on those tires. hubby says he swears this camper needs a 3 rd axle.

The only way to know the answer to that is to load up and visit a Cat Scale on your way to wherever you're going in order to find out what it really weighs. Many people end up surprised by the results.

FunnyCamper wrote:
we are just re-evaluating where we want to be now. I sure enjoyed touring rv's today tho 🙂

Enjoy!! (Looking at new trailers can be really fun, including the big ones that I personally wouldn't ever consider buying. It's just fun to look.)

[FunnyCamper]

dave54 wrote:
Is this turning into a "TPMS does not work in every possible situation so why have one at all" thread?

could surely happen 🙂 🙂 🙂

[ReneeG]

bfast54 wrote:

Matt_Colie wrote:
Funny,

Don't fret. When these things happen, they happen just like that.

In this case a TPMS would probably only added to the chaos at the time.

Matt

Okay I am going to be polite here----Respectfully-- that is just ignorant talk
Clearly you do not know how a tire pressure monitoring system works.

By the way tire pressure monitoring systems are on many vehicles this This day and age ---so your statement is just totally off-the-wall .



Anyway for those who do not know --a tire monitoring system TPMS watches parameters a certain pressure range (now most of them have two stages of alerts ).if a tire suddenly blows the pressure monitor reads the 0 and alert you so you can stop As soon as possible.

( right away and not cause damage to your trailer).or MINAMISE it. As having experienced tire separation with a TPMS system in place at the time, this is not true. The TPMS was operational as I had checked the monitor just prior to our incident. No warning. Once the tire separated, then the TPMS warned us AND the damage was not minimal. The steps were damaged, fender was damaged, brake lines were damaged and sidewall along with nearby tire.


Now if you get a pinhole or a failure that causes the tire to drop slowly than it alert you that you are dropping pressure fast --and you can pull to the side of the road and prevent damage .

my tire pressure system has alerted me to a blowout or tread separation and allowed me to get to the side of the road with no damage to my trailer .

Please --once again please know what you're talking about --it will not add to the confusion.

A tire pressure monitoring system let you know that the tire does not have air or is losing air rapidly so you can take corrective action the damage is caused by the tread flapping away and hitting the components. Think about it ,and if a tire pressure monitoring system wasn't worthwhile then why is it on many many new vehicles?????

Please educate yourself--- thank you.

[dave54]

Is this turning into a "TPMS does not work in every possible situation so why have one at all" thread?

[bfast54]

Matt_Colie wrote:
Funny,

Don't fret. When these things happen, they happen just like that.

In this case a TPMS would probably only added to the chaos at the time.

Matt

Okay I am going to be polite here----Respectfully-- that is just ignorant talk
Clearly you do not know how a tire pressure monitoring system works.

By the way tire pressure monitoring systems are on many vehicles this This day and age ---so your statement is just totally off-the-wall .



Anyway for those who do not know --a tire monitoring system TPMS watches parameters a certain pressure range (now most of them have two stages of alerts ).if a tire suddenly blows the pressure monitor reads the 0 and alert you so you can stop As soon as possible.

( right away and not cause damage to your trailer).or MINAMISE it.


Now if you get a pinhole or a failure that causes the tire to drop slowly than it alert you that you are dropping pressure fast --and you can pull to the side of the road and prevent damage .

my tire pressure system has alerted me to a blowout or tread separation and allowed me to get to the side of the road with no damage to my trailer .

Please --once again please know what you're talking about --it will not add to the confusion.

A tire pressure monitoring system let you know that the tire does not have air or is losing air rapidly so you can take corrective action the damage is caused by the tread flapping away and hitting the components. Think about it ,and if a tire pressure monitoring system wasn't worthwhile then why is it on many many new vehicles?????

Please educate yourself--- thank you.

[FunnyCamper]

asked hubby and he said ''he thinks'' it came bought new with good year towmasters. when one had bubbles on it, he sent me to buy a new good year towmasters (10 ply)
then when we had bubbles on another we got a new one at the beach, hubby got a 10 ply to just get home, he doesn't remember the name of that one.

we are having tire nightmares recently.

I am guessing here...literally...but it seems my 2 axle big 5th toyhauler is eating up tires. could it be engineered wrong to make the weight (like 11,200 dry) drive hard on those tires. hubby says he swears this camper needs a 3 rd axle. I don't know....we chat about it but have never had so much trouble with tires in our life with our campers. this big 2 axle 5th is chewing thru them like lightening.

we looked at 32-34 ft. travel trailer toyhaulers today. dry weight like 7.5 to 8.5K, what a diff. from our monster we have.

we are just re-evaluating where we want to be now. I sure enjoyed touring rv's today tho 🙂

[TucsonJim]

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[minnow]

Lantley wrote:

Sure we do! It was a cheap OEM tire that came on the rig.
Unfortunately it was not the first or last time the OEM tires have failed prematurely.

Umm, no we don't. From the OP "I think these were not china bombs. but have to ask hubby who is still gone to service. he is a tire man, loves to shop tires etc. and we had 2 from the original buy (2014) that had huge bubbles in them and he bought new. but I am not sure what tire was on what axle?(sorry not a tire gal here)"

Again poeple reading what they want to read and make snap judgements and erroueous assumptions.

[Lantley]

Dave H M wrote:
:h we still do not know what kind/brand of tires it was

Sure we do! It was a cheap OEM tire that came on the rig.
Unfortunately it was not the first or last time the OEM tires have failed prematurely.

[ReneeG]

Crowe wrote:
Put me in the group that's tired of the bashing that happens after these types of posts. You don't like Chinese tires, don't buy them, but don't assume that any other tire won't do the same thing.

🙂

[mabynack]

I blew two tires on my last trip. Both tires were less than a year old and had less than 5000 miles on them. One of the blowouts did $1400 in damage. The RV wasn't overweight and I had checked the air pressure before I started out that morning. I don't drive over 65 mph.

[Crowe]

Put me in the group that's tired of the bashing that happens after these types of posts. You don't like Chinese tires, don't buy them, but don't assume that any other tire won't do the same thing.

Glad everybody is OK. The material things can be fixed/replaced-lives cannot. Your attitude is fantastic-there are many that can learn from you.

[larry_barnhart]

We use good years and not one issue for them in 15 years but new every five.

chevman