squaredancer
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jdgreen42 wrote:You stated that the tire was " over 5 years old " and "well worn"- most likely the "wires " were the steel belting of that tire coming through and not the one that you blew out.Regardless, it needed to be replaced .
You sure you're on the right thread Don ? I stated that my tires were about 2 years old (actually they're three years old)and had about 6,000 miles on them. Not sure where you got your info from.
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Matthew_B
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Gale Hawkins wrote:Yes if you shifted all of the weight to the remaining tire. If you did manage to keep the rim off of the flat tire or the road I want to know how to do it.
When I blew a tire on my flatbed trailer, the rim was about 1 inch from the pavement. I was real surprised - I figured it would be on the ground. The trailer has "lowboy" tires. They are short like mobile home tires, but are meant for regular use on highways. So the tire doesn't have much sidewall thickness.
The trailer has REAL stiff springs and the equalizers are fairly limited in their travel. That must have made the difference.
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winkyb
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You all had me thinking about tires made in China but there is a lot of the. I also have a light trailer so either tire would carry it. But if I do have trouble what is wrong with Regular LT type tires?
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RandACampin
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ah another chance to bash chineese tires, gotta love it
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jdgreen42
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Squaredancer: Sorry about that- the comment was actually meant for " You can't Take the fisherman out of this camper". I failed to see that there was another page following and thought the reply would be right after his. Now to your post, if the other tire doesn't show obvious damage I think I would keep running it and watch it a littler closer. Sometimes I engage my mouth before my brain is in gear !! Have a good day !!
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Gale Hawkins
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Make in China is like made in Japan 50 years ago. Folks look at how they are handling the earthquake issues. These people are a world power today and will continue their march to be #1. I expect quality is not harder to find in China than the US if you are willing to pay for it. Your major car and tire companies are there.
However their costs are rising rapidly so jobs will be going elsewhere in the cases where consumers want cheap goods. Outsourcing software development to China and India is coming to a grinding halt in many cases because there are now US developers available that do not cost anymore per line of code then the Chinese or Indians when factoring in all cost factors.
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everymilesamemory
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We had the same thing happen to us, and a month later that tire that rode on with the full weight of the camper had a weird bulge on the side of it and I replaced it before it too could blow out.
We had a dozen emails from people telling us to swap it out right away, and like you, we're very frugal with our money as we full time and are on a strict budget.
Once I saw the bulge, I replace it right away as the first blowout did some damage to the undercarriage and I didnt want the second to make it worse.
I dont know if it's a myth, but I'd keep an eye on it everytime you move the camper just to be on the safe side. $100 on the new tire side is much less expensive than $1000 of fixing the side of the cammper when it blows out the siding or undercarriage
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mtlogger
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Myth. Some tire guy prolly started that one. Any of your buds work for Les Schwab?
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fpresto
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Why bother to replace the flat at all? It appears that everyone who thinks it is a myth doesn't believe you overloaded the remaining tire so save money and just run one tire on each side. We all know how over engineered these RVs are and they would never use the minimum axle and tire combination that they can get away with.
Seriously, only you know how loaded you were and how fast and far you drove with the flat. The tire may be perfectly fine but if it were me I would, at the least, have it dismounted and checked. I have seen the damage that A blow out can cause to a trailer and a few bucks to have it checked is good insurance.
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Jarlaxle
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I would keep an eye on the other tire (probably pull it off the trailer & check it carefully for damage...who knows what blew the other one?), and otherwise not really worry about it. Maybe put the spare on & make it the spare if you're worried.
I have had a flat on a TT, and simply put on the spare, had the flat repaired, remounted it, and kept going. No damage to the other tires.
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