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? 🙂

[Cummins12V98]

djgarcia wrote:

lawnspecialties wrote:
Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

I use the Good Year "G" rated tires and have not had any tire problems after 5 years of use. I will throw this set away and buy new ones this summer. I don't run tires longer than 5 years:)

With those tires I would go a minimum of 6 and possibly 8 years if they still look good. That is how confident in the GY "G" or "H" tires.

[TucsonJim]

FunnyCamper wrote:
I think nineoaks saw Jim's damage pics and repair 🙂

wish mine was smaller like that (not saying it wasn't nasty and tough cause it was, just my side of the rv got ripped off in a bad way, alot of ordering panel parts for body for us LOL)

but the service guy says he sees way worse of tire damage than mine. yikes. it is crazy what a tire can do!! alot of force there

Yeah, all my damage was confined to the wheel well. I had one dent in the fender skirting which I was able to pound out.

Jim

[ryoung]

we still do not know what kind/brand of tires it was

Why the need to know?

It will just start the tire brand bashing side show.

ryoung

[Dave_H_M]

:h we still do not know what kind/brand of tires it was

[Lantley]

Once you get over the shock of it all, you will understand while many upgrade to LT tires. ST tires are marginally adequate.
Downsizing is not necessarily the solution to a tire problem. The smaller rig is not immune to blow outs.
Research Goodyear G614 and Sailun S637. THese are both G rated tires with stellar reputation.
The risk of running the marginal OEM ST tires is no so much getting a blowout and being stranded on the roadside. The real issue is the collateral body damage
caused by the blowout.
Have you ever taken your toyhauler to the CAT scale.
Knowing your real weights will give you an idea of how much weight your tires are carrying. ST tires carrying close to their rated loads are more likely to blowout vs. a G or even H rated tire with more capacity. Knowing where you stand within the tire ratings is important.
Sorry for your trouble, but consider it a lesson learned. You are finding out the hard way that the OEM tires used on most RV's are not adequate and may fail in a catastrophic way. The solution is to become proactive and upgrade your tires before the nightmare happens. Many will get rid of brand new ST tires on day 1 and upgrade to a better LT tire. It is a shame the manufactures are allowed to use marginal tires.

[FunnyCamper]

I think nineoaks saw Jim's damage pics and repair 🙂

wish mine was smaller like that (not saying it wasn't nasty and tough cause it was, just my side of the rv got ripped off in a bad way, alot of ordering panel parts for body for us LOL)

but the service guy says he sees way worse of tire damage than mine. yikes. it is crazy what a tire can do!! alot of force there

[nomad_297]

nineoaks2004 wrote:
I am glad that the damage was sort of minimal and could have been much worse, and ya'll could have been hurt in the blowout.looks like you got the repairs done in a fine manner as it looks good and is probably better than new.

You didn't read the thread.

Bruce

[nineoaks2004]

I am glad that the damage was sort of minimal and could have been much worse, and ya'll could have been hurt in the blowout.looks like you got the repairs done in a fine manner as it looks good and is probably better than new.

[YnotTurbo]

djgarcia wrote:

lawnspecialties wrote:
Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

I use the Good Year "G" rated tires and have not had any tire problems after 5 years of use. I will throw this set away and buy new ones this summer. I don't run tires longer than 5 years:)

I do the same. Just tossed the 5 year old Good Year G614's. Great tire and zero issues. Kept the air pressure at 110 PSI. Now have 6 new ones installed. Good for another 5 years...

[FunnyCamper]

thanks guys for definitely understanding the misery of it all 🙂 🙂

life happens!

the missed trip is hard. first of the year but heck hubby and I are online looking at smaller toyhaulers.

the visual of shrinking is so hard to accept but we are going for it after all it isn't as much about the rv as the fun we have anyway.

we have been rving for over 15 years and never ever had any major trouble til this and we count ourselves very lucky!!

[MarkTwain]

lawnspecialties wrote:
Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

I use the Good Year "G" rated tires and have not had any tire problems after 5 years of use. I will throw this set away and buy new ones this summer. I don't run tires longer than 5 years:)

[lawnspecialties]

Been there, done that for the OP.

Its bad enough you have to replace tires. Its bad enough you have to repair the camper. But why don't the tires blow out 15 minutes FROM returning home from a trip!

Ruining a vacation probably hurts the most for me.

I had the dealer install six new G614s on the Vengeance before we signed papers. Primarily for more peace of mind and less chances of a ruined trip.

[TucsonJim]

mowermech wrote:

ReneeG wrote:

bfast54 wrote:
Buy a Tire Pressure Monitoring system (TPMS)

It will alert you when tire loses air..SO YOU CAN slow down, stop before major damage.


I have the Pressure Pro ,out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

BUT,Get one of the systems

Not necessarily the solution - had TPMS and tire separated on us, no warning from the system. Happened that fast.

Yep, been there, did that. Had TPMS on a Jeep Liberty. When the tire went flat, the TPMS alerted AFTER DW pulled over and stopped. But, every time the temperature dropped below freezing, one or more tires alerted.

Isn't it strange that RV builders can not build a wheel well that can survive a tire blow out!

After having a tread let loose a couple of months ago, my wheel well was beat up pretty bad too. I lost the moisture barrier, insulation, part of the subfloor and had shards of debris spread throughout the FW. The tire didn't go flat, but a big piece of it peeled off and slapped the FW pretty bad. Since we lost no air pressure and the tire hadn't over-heated, the TPMS never sounded.

I decided to do the repairs myself and modify the wheel wells so it didn't happen again. Here are some before and after pics:


This photo was taken after putting the spare on and getting to a safe location. The black material showing through the subfloor is the finish flooring inside the FW. The flooring inside was bubbled and wrinked.


After repairing the flooring, subfloor and installing new insulation, I lined the fender wells with 12ga stainless steel plate. If I have another tire failure in the future, this will give me a lot of protection from debris penetrating the FW. I also installed the same protection on the other side. It was very easy to do, and I wonder why manufacturers don't add something similar when they build them?

After this photo was taken, I also took care of all the rust you can see in the picture and next week I'm going to install Goodyear G614 LT tires.

Jim

[buc1980]

I remember years years ago that you run the tire until don't have meat on them .Blow tire happen before but not as many as this days.

[mowermech]

ReneeG wrote:

bfast54 wrote:
Buy a Tire Pressure Monitoring system (TPMS)

It will alert you when tire loses air..SO YOU CAN slow down, stop before major damage.


I have the Pressure Pro ,out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

BUT,Get one of the systems

Not necessarily the solution - had TPMS and tire separated on us, no warning from the system. Happened that fast.

Yep, been there, did that. Had TPMS on a Jeep Liberty. When the tire went flat, the TPMS alerted AFTER DW pulled over and stopped. But, every time the temperature dropped below freezing, one or more tires alerted.

Isn't it strange that RV builders can not build a wheel well that can survive a tire blow out!