Tire Blowout
This past weekend we had two tires blowout on our way back from the Outer Banks. The same thing happened two years ago and at that time I replaced all 4 tires. So these on this trip were only two ye...
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Dick_B wrote:
Hard to say without knowing the brand of tires, age, what it says on the sidewall for cold pressure and what weight they are carrying. Sure sounds like they might be heavily overloaded to have two blowouts two years running. What was the cause of the blowouts?
Letting air out is the LAST thing you want to do.
One of the reasons I carry two mounted spares.
Clarification on age of tires. Just because they were installed two years ago doesn't necessarily mean they are two year old. See the DOT info on the tire sidewall.
X2 on carrying two mounted spares. For me, it is well worth the trade-off of less storage space and extra weight of mounted spare.
I also shoot all tires (& wheels) on Truck & 5V with a laser temp gun every time we stop. A tire with a slow leak will usually show a higher temp than an adjacent tire on same side of trailer.
Of course, I check & adjust pressures before I start trip.
