TrackMaster grenade
On the way back from camping this weekend we had a tire detread and explode. Slight damage to the rim but a good amount of damage to under carriage of camper along with some side body damage around t...
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MM49 wrote:
All these so called experts and not one mention about trailer hitch setup for a level trailer during towing. They tout the same BS; go with a heavier tire until the problem goes away.
mm49
There is a lot of truth in what you say. There is a LOT that goes into tire loading and these failures... (LT tires fail too)
My friend whose tire I posted a pic of earlier was one of two tires that experienced a blow out. Both were on the curb side. The other tire lost the entire tread.
His trailer was a quad slide fifth wheel. The street side had THREE slides and the curb side only had ONE slide.
I could only scratch my head, why did the tires that should have less weight on them fail? The only thing I could figure is UV... Maybe the curb side sat towards the sun and the street side sat in the shade? IDK... The truck and trailer sat pretty level, nothing crazy.
My AWESOME POP UP needs new tires. It's still wearing the original tires that were manufactured in 2007. The PO of the pup has thousands and thousands of miles on these tires, heck the tires still look great!
However, before I tow far I will be buying a new set of tires, I will probably be buying Maxxis M8008 ST tires... Sized 185/80r13... And I will only accept FRESH tires manufactured recently.
I do think Maxxis ST tires are some of the best ST tires available.... I have had a great experience with them in the past. I picked up a nail in one of my previous TT's Maxxis tires, so that proves that the are not immune from road debris. I noticed the leak once I got to the local campground. had I been on the road that Maxxis would have blown as I did not have a TPMS.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
