Another Tire Blowout

Ralph Cramden wrote:

time2roll wrote:

vladio wrote:
I checked the pressure last week an hour before it blew, it was right on 50.

'blew' is a very generic term. Could have been a road hazard that reduced pressure until the tire over heated and let go. Then the tire is shredded beyond recognition so the cause is not found.

Couple weeks ago I picked up a screw. I was lucky to notice a bit of tire bulge at a fuel stop. Pressure was down from 65 to 35 in just a few hours. Another couple hours and the whole tire could have 'blew' with no fault of the tire.

And yes I have had a tread come off and another with the tread separating ready to come off. Both still holding full pressure and obvious poor quality tire.

Time2......you know how it goes by now on these boards.....its always the tires fault. Never is it low pressure for whatever reason, overspeed, overload, a curb clip, or constant pull overs on debris filled shoulders of the road.

Going by these RV board tire threads, and knowing that the vast majority of towable RVs have Chinese ST tires OEM, I can't figure out why I don't see 200 people or more pulled over with "blowouts" every Friday and Sunday all summer on a 10 mile section of road here. It feeds 2 state parks and half a dozen private parks from a PA turnpike exit.

So, you are stating that trailer tires are the same quality as a P or LT tire? No way you will convince me of that. I am more diligent about checking tire pressure on my trailers than my cars - tested every trip. And I won't run ST tires any longer than 5 years from manufacture. Yet I still have easily had 5 times the number of tire failures on my trailers than I have on my personal vehicles. Plus, I likely put 30,000 miles/year driving cars/trucks vs towing maybe 8000 miles in a year.

Coming home from the lake/camping yesterday I saw at least 3 trailers on the side of the road with tire issues, but I don't remember seeing a car/truck with the same.

There is NO WAY quality is the same between the tires.