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07-17-2014, 10:50 PM #1
Blew a tire today.
Driving down I-40, I blew the rear drivers side tire. I used the jacks to lift it up and change it. Looked like a sidewall blowout. There was a defect on it earlier that my service team thought was RTV. May or may not have been. Ripped the underbelly and the insulation a bit, broke the fender and the fender mount. The under slide is also ripped. Duct tape has fixed it so far. I'm at about 6700 miles. We have another 3600 miles on this trip.
Ct..Chris Tretta
Albuquerque, NM
2013 Ram 3500 Megacab 4x4 6.7L Cummins
2019 Grand Design 385GK
2014 Grand Design 369RL - Sold
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07-18-2014, 06:24 AM #2
Where you running the China tires?
Chris and Debbie
St. Charles County, MO
2007 Dodge Ram Cummins DRW
2015 369RL Solitude
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07-18-2014, 08:18 AM #3
Yes, I am. 6700 miles on them.
Chris Tretta
Albuquerque, NM
2013 Ram 3500 Megacab 4x4 6.7L Cummins
2019 Grand Design 385GK
2014 Grand Design 369RL - Sold
Class A CDL, Doubles/Triples, Hazmat and Tanker endorsements
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07-18-2014, 08:36 AM #4
Thats very sad. A tire that cant go more than 7000 miles without doing 1,000's in damage. It's a well known issue and a safety issue yet continues to be ignored industry wide. Hopefully one day soon someone in the industry feels the pain financially. Appears just doing the right thing and supplying a safe, well made product in the RV industry doesn't happen anymore. Hope it gets all fixed up good as new.
Chris and Debbie
St. Charles County, MO
2007 Dodge Ram Cummins DRW
2015 369RL Solitude
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07-18-2014, 12:26 PM #5
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How fast were you going Chris? I hate hearing about all these tire failures on the different forums. Makes me think about changing tires on mine. I've got about 7,000 miles or so on mine now.
Good luckJim and Kerry
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07-18-2014, 01:07 PM #6
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Andy & Julie
Gig Harbor, Wa
2014 Solitude 369RL S/N 104
2012 F350 SWR 4x4 CC 6.7 Diesel
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07-18-2014, 02:31 PM #7LidreauxGuest
I am also interested because we have faulty tires on our unit and would not have noticed but we had a flat on the day we purchased and then saw someone else on this forum had issues with faulty tires, too. We discovered our VIN #'s are only 2 numbers apart, so ours are definitely faulty tires from factory. Getting ready to call them now. We just bought our unit a week ago and looking into a TPMS but want to make sure we get the best one we can get. Check your valve stems on your tires.
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07-19-2014, 05:21 PM #8DennisKGuest
@Lidreaux, it was my valve stems that wre faulty, not the tires (yet). I took the unit to a tire dealer and had them replace all 4 valve stems with metal ones and the problem is resolved. I sent the bill to my dealer and they paid immediately.
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07-18-2014, 08:25 PM #9
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I was on I-40 3 weeks ago...in Ark and TN....worse roadway I have ever been on. If that wont take out a set of tires I don't know what will. Where on I-40 were you? I hate driving that Interstate.
Dean and Cindy
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07-18-2014, 09:03 PM #10
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I hope everyone was all right. The trailer can always be repaired.
How did your rig handle when the tire blew and how easy were you able to safely stop on the side of the road? I have never had a flat yet and wonder what its like. Obviously I will never know until I have one but it would be nice to have an idea to be better prepared if and when it happens to me. Any suggestions what to do when a tire blows?Aaron & Donna
2014 Solitude 369RLS #1067
2010 Dodge RAM 3500 SLT Mega-Cab 4x4 SRW 6.7L Cummins Diesel
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