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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 08:29 PM
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Tire time

Yet another thread on tires.

So outside of Harrisburg, PA today I lost the drivers side rear tire. Well not all of the tire, just the surface that is suppose to touch the asphalt.

Just goes to show that even with proper tire management, correct air pressures, no cracks and no more than 65 mph they still fail.

Minimal damage as I got her off on the shoulder pretty quickly.

So a tire, a gas line and some underside insulation and I guess it some of the belly wrap stuff.



view in front of the tire





view from behind. See the tit with duct tape to keep it clean





from the tire looking up.





nipple for the gas line connection coming from the propane tanks.





field expedient tying up the loose gas line to get er home.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 08:53 PM
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Wow, that sucks. LT tires in your future?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 08:57 PM
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Lt has always been the plan. Just not this soon
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 05:22 AM
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Wow! Good to hear you got pulled over rather quickly. I imagine that when this happens it makes on hell of a sound. Sorry to hear about it.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 05:27 AM
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the sound was not too loud. A small bang/thumping sound. What I saw in the side mirror though was some chunks coming off and the gas line flying around.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 06:54 AM
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As one of my dealers says, he spends more time looking in his mirrors than looking ahead when towing due to the blow-outs. Sorry it happened.

You repairs should be minimal in terms of expense, but any damage is always a "B". There is a new tape out that is supposed to work wonders when piecing in belly wrap as historically nothing worked to well on it. I don't have the name of it as I don't have it on my truck yet.

Glad it didn't do body damage!

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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 07:24 AM
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I am hoping that is all. Near as I can figure. Biggest issue (well not too big is the gas line hose).
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 10:03 AM
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Another good reason to travel with the propane off, I suppose.

Do you think you hit something? Pot hole? What stretch of road were you on? I am passing by Harrisburg Friday on my way to Ocean City, MD.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 10:08 AM
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Another good reason to travel with the propane off, I suppose.

Do you think you hit something? Pot hole? What stretch of road were you on? I am passing by Harrisburg Friday on my way to Ocean City, MD.
I 83, where it splits with I81S.

That portion is fairly good. I don't think I ran over anything. No potholes there.
 
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I think the tread just started coming off the casing. Typical RV tire from the looks of it.


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Now I know why my Arctic Fox came with LT's stock!
 
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You know a lot of this could be prevented or at least minimized if they would put in some inner fender skits
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 12:13 PM
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You know a lot of this could be prevented or at least minimized if they would put in some inner fender skits
Absolutely right, but that would not help sell more RVs except to a narrow band of buyers i.e. those who do not buy based on price alone. An inner skirt would increase selling price a bit and now adays all folks seem to see is the bottom line.

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We were looking at a Cougar (I think???? there were several other brands too) today and it had Freestar tires. I looked them up - Nanking Tire company - China. My list of needs for a new(er) trailer is growing and along with frame manufacturers(no Lippert) and axle types(no Nevr-Lube), includes tires (must be LTs)

I realize that RV manufacturers try to put as cheap a tire on their products as possible to help their bottm line. False economizing as the tire will get a bad rap, but so will the RV company for cutting corners on safety. Even GY Marathons were decent until they were sourced from China. Now - junk (and as far as I'm concerned so are most of the rest of GY tires)
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Irelands child
We were looking at a Cougar (I think???? there were several other brands too) today and it had Freestar tires. I looked them up - Nanking Tire company - China. My list of needs for a new(er) trailer is growing and along with frame manufacturers(no Lippert) and axle types(no Nevr-Lube), includes tires (must be LTs)

I realize that RV manufacturers try to put as cheap a tire on their products as possible to help their bottm line. False economizing as the tire will get a bad rap, but so will the RV company for cutting corners on safety. Even GY Marathons were decent until they were sourced from China. Now - junk (and as far as I'm concerned so are most of the rest of GY tires)
Very hard to find any frame manufacturer that Lippert does not own. They buy so many companies it is hard to keep up.

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