Tire pressure & too many blowouts
Hi, I have a 2000 Fleetwood Terry 26' trailer camper and only used 4 times in four years i had a blowout on each trip! My camper has a tandem axle. The factory sticker on the camper states: GVWR:...
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Heat is a prime cause of blowouts. A higher speed rating tires can handle heat better. Whether from under inflation, road surface temperature, driving with locked trailer brakes, etc. heat is what you want to avoid.
Get a highway speed rated truck tire with a load range over 100 and a speed rating as far above Q as you can find (Most ST tires are rated N). Most any tire shop has such tires for less than $100. I run a 109 load range (2700lbs) speed range T tire through the desert 110 degree heat with no blow outs, where a Maxxis E load range ST tire blew out with less than 600 miles on the wheel.
BTW: Check the weight on your axles at a scale and buy the tires that will carry that weight plus a bit for those fully loaded trips. Do not rely on the factory sicker weights as being anything to go by.
Get a highway speed rated truck tire with a load range over 100 and a speed rating as far above Q as you can find (Most ST tires are rated N). Most any tire shop has such tires for less than $100. I run a 109 load range (2700lbs) speed range T tire through the desert 110 degree heat with no blow outs, where a Maxxis E load range ST tire blew out with less than 600 miles on the wheel.
BTW: Check the weight on your axles at a scale and buy the tires that will carry that weight plus a bit for those fully loaded trips. Do not rely on the factory sicker weights as being anything to go by.
