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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colliehauler wrote:dclark1946 wrote:There are no load range E or LT tires in 14" tires, that I'm aware of.LadyRVer wrote:
Certainly no expert, but I had two blowouts on trip at Thanksgiving. One down, one back. Fortunately had spare each time. But, method of elimination:
Age OK according to your statement
PSI OK ditto
Speed OK but, I don't drive over 60
Weight????? Have you pulled on scales at a truck stop? That would be my first guess.
The tire shop upgraded all 4 new tires with load range E, I have 15" wheels and 3 different places said no to light truck tires on a 15"wheel.
Edited by Barb
I have been running LT (load range C currently Yokahamas)tires on my last two trailers with 15 in. wheels with no problem for 8 years with no tire failures. LT tires if they can be found for your load range and wheel size are acceptable and are much better and consistent quality compared to most generic ST tires.
Yes the selection is pretty thin in the 14" size.
It gets a little better in 15"
Once you get to 16", there are more choices than you can imagine.
My solution for a TT I owned that came with 14" was to switch it over to 16".
I unfortunantly did not do it all at once... In retrospect it would have been far cheaper to bite the bullet and just go all the way.
Instead I did what many do. I upgraded one step at a time thinking that a "baby" step would solve my problem. That didn't work.
Many thousands of dollars later, I ended up with 16" LT tires. That was in 2006, and I have never had an LT tire fail on my TT.
My advice to all who have an under tired rig sporting ST tires is to bite the bullet and do whatever it takes to get 16s and LTs.
Yes the intial cost will be high... But it will pay off over time... AND more importantly you won't be dealing with tire issues while on a trip.
Everybodys recreation time is precious. It is the time that counts, when great memories are made.
Work time is just how we make the money to pay for it. You can always make more money. The memories lost due to tire problems is something that you will never get back.
