rgatijnet1
Florida
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I once had a slow sidewall leak because I installed one tire chain wrong and it chaffed the sidewall. Side wall repairs, even small ones, are not repairable so that was an expensive oops. At every stop I do a quick walk around with the heat gun to see if I have a tire running hotter than the others. This saved my slow leak from becoming a blowout.
Since I run my tires 5-10 PSI over inflated, when I check the air they may be down to just a little above the "recommended" air pressure. I feel that this is better than inflating to the recommended tire pressure with the knowledge that if I lose any air whatsoever, the tires is now running under inflated.
I have had good luck with both Michelin and Goodyear tires and I will wear them out(60,000 miles is when I buy new tires) long before they age out.
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btilfan
springfield NE
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two blowouts within two days of each other. old tires.
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vcallaway
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Road debris for me.
Some clown whipped in front of me and junk fell out of the back of his truck. The 20,000lb sprint car I'm driving could not avoid it. Few miles later a tire blew. Upon inspection it appeared to have suffered a small cut in the sidewall. Just enough to let the air out slowly. Once it overheated it went boom.
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Roadpilot
Lakes Region of New Hampshire
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I've had one blow out and it was on the tag. I know the inflation was correct because I checked it that morning and it was the tread that peeled off. The tire was still correctly filled after the tread peeled off. The cause, in my opinion would be age.
We bought the MH used a few of months prior to the blow out and the tires were checked by Millennium and Prevost (not pulled off for internal inspection). Both said the tires were good. The tires were flipped so difficult to read date code. The tire that blew was dated 2003 and was 7 years old at the time.
I now know Michelin says replace the tires after 5 years or pull them and inspect the inside every year. Toss them at 10 years.
2006 Millennium Prevost
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tommy g
Georgia
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The previous owner of my unit had replaed the original tires(Michelin XPS Rib) with cheap Dunlop from Sears. 2 blew in Wyoming. I check tire pressure regularly, so it was ok. My '98 Bounder has 16" tires on a 20k 37' rig. I think this was a bad idea, even with a tag. The steel encased Michelins are designed for excessive heat, so no trouble since(15,000+mi).
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Canadian Rainbirds
Vancouver Island (Winter: Mainland Mexico)
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Inside right dual, 6 year old tires. Inspection later showed all other tires checked to varying degrees, replaced the lot.
Was told that the inside right dual is the most common failure as it is the one that takes the heaviest load most often as the outside dual sometimes drops off the pavement on narrow roads, tight corners etc, leaving the inside dual to carry the full load.
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Pogoil
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Driving for 33 years, 7 years driving truck no flats no blowouts.
Personal vehicles 1 blowout car tire unknown reason and one blowout on 5th wheel, cracked tire 7 years old. Motorhome for 2 years no tire problems. Front Toyos 2 years old Back Toyos 5 years old. Will replace at 7 years old.
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ALBQ
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peaches&cream wrote:Daveinet wrote:The reason I had 3 tires let go is because they were Goodyears.
Boy that is a great explaination  Considering there are 1,000's of MH running around with Goodyear tires on them. Maybe all of them should stop in their tracks and replace each one with ????????
I'm not to sharp but I think it would be very,very hard to have a blowout on another brand if you are running Goodyears
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wa8yxm
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Have had many flats over the years.. Will list the last few and the reason.
RV: Something sliced the sidewall.. Most likely a rock in the desert, speed was single digit till I found it was flat so I really did not notice till I re-fuled and noticed it was flat. (About a thousand yards from where we think it happened)
Trailer last three, Two bad valve stems, one pot hole (Bent the rim)
car Towed, While trying to figure out why it would not start, Wife locked the sterring (I did not know) so it did not trail properly. Took out two tires.
Car other, Assorted, Nails or screws, road hazard, (Debris in road) pot holes, and the like, Even one faulty tire, Only one tire actually wore out in the last 30 years.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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Daveinet
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ALBQ wrote:peaches&cream wrote:Daveinet wrote:The reason I had 3 tires let go is because they were Goodyears.
Boy that is a great explaination Considering there are 1,000's of MH running around with Goodyear tires on them. Maybe all of them should stop in their tracks and replace each one with ????????
I'm not to sharp but I think it would be very,very hard to have a blowout on another brand if you are running Goodyears Except that since then I have been running Firestones for the same amount of time and they have not blown. Except for running the Firestones at higher speed, they have been run under the same conditions and routes that the Goodyears were run.
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