Tredit Tires
Just brought a new Jayco Jayflight with Tredit Tires. Has anyone ever heard of these tires ? Are they any good ?
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I would agree some get dramatic about the tires, me included. But that drama is a result of a real-world experience on a nice FW that was less than a year old. Proper PSI, nice road, running at normal speed. Had a blow out and that's an understatement. It exploded. Ripped some of the aluminum ribbing and the fender. Side of the road replacement. Turned around to head home and within 5 miles blew a second tire exacerbating the damage. Thousands in damage, new skirts, ribbing, paint etc. Replaced with LT tires and never had an issue afterwards. I will also say I have never, in 40 years of driving various vehicles, had an experience like that. Some roll the dice and get by just fine, but the cost of new, decent tires was less than the damage, never mind the risk of an accident. Mine is not an isolated story. I know friends who had an identical issue on a TT that resulted in the TT being totaled in an accident due to a blowout. Luckily, they were fine. If you read the reviews of some of these tires that are spec'd I think there is more risk than necessary. But to your point, some run them for years without issue. I can say, if I ever own another FW or TT, replacing the tires will be the very first thing I do.
On edit, I would also add that experiences like blowouts seem to be more common on newer TTs. Meaning, that running them for 10 years or 6 years, means that your tires may have been spec'd much differently 6 years ago than they are now. I think RV manufacturers have gone cheaper for OEM tires in recent years. Not surprising, given supply chain issues in the past few years as well as an ever-increasing need for greater profit margin.
way2roll wrote:I would agree some get dramatic about the tires, me included. But that drama is a result of a real-world experience on a nice FW that was less than a year old. Proper PSI, nice road, running at normal speed. Had a blow out and that's an understatement. It exploded. Ripped some of the aluminum ribbing and the fender. Side of the road replacement. Turned around to head home and within 5 miles blew a second tire exacerbating the damage.
yup, I had a total blow out with the 5th wheel after 5 years I think it was, insurance covered it luckily. from what your describing I would say with 90% certinty that it was forgin object dammage and they just didn't blow on their own accord like people clame they did. LT tires are definatly an option, but not built to the same specs but will give you a nicer ride down the road. I would distroy LT ties in no time, a quality ST tire is better for myself.
Given that My truck tires track in the same path at the FW tires, why weren't they affected? We also inspected the other tires during the change of the first one, no noticeable objects and PSI was good. And unlike any other blowout I've had on any other vehicle, these literally exploded. I think they are cheaply made and just can't handle the weight and speed. Probably fine for a landscape trailer.
ya I have had total explosions on my LT tire on my vehicles also. if your trailer tires are in the same path as your truck tires you have an extreamly narrow trailer most rv's are 8 foot wide and the outside of the tire is ligned up almost exactly with the edge of the rv on most. so that will put the stance of the rv tires anywhere between 0.5 to 1.5 feet wider than the truck tires depending on the truck, a dualy might be a bit closer but that will still be a little narrower. what normaly happens is the truck tires catch the edge of somthing and pull it into the path of the rv tires, or the truck tires just come close and the trailer tires hit it. My 5th wheel blow out two years ago was a road hazard, although there was no evedence as the tire blew so badly it is the only logical conclusion concidering I was going through a construction zone and that lane went onto the shoulder to make room for the workers.. the 5th wheel just tracked far enough over to catch somthing it happens, luckily my insurance covered everything but the tire its self.
