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Old 09-21-2024, 01:03 PM   #21
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You will only get any extra load capacity if/when you run higher pressure as it it the pressure that supports the load due to stiffining of the tire structure. This stiffness can not be felt with your hands unless you can press at a 2,000 to 3,000 pound level and can feel a difference of 0.20"
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Old 09-22-2024, 04:02 PM   #22
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I replaced 6 tires on an 26ft 2018entegra on a F450 frame. With 34,000 miles. I live in upstate Ny keep wheels covered and they sit on wood blocks. The right front was wearing on the outside when we were gone last fall so I swapped the front knowing I needed an alignment. I always crawl over the bottom of the rig before a trip looking for any problems.
To my Suprise when I pulled the rear tires the right inner had a defect 4x12 inches in the sidewall. That could have been a blowout. So when you check your tires look at that inner sidewall
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Tire "Defect" or Damage?

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I replaced 6 tires on an 26ft 2018entegra on a F450 frame. With 34,000 miles. I live in upstate Ny keep wheels covered and they sit on wood blocks. The right front was wearing on the outside when we were gone last fall so I swapped the front knowing I needed an alignment. I always crawl over the bottom of the rig before a trip looking for any problems.
To my Suprise when I pulled the rear tires the right inner had a defect 4x12 inches in the sidewall. That could have been a blowout. So when you check your tires look at that inner sidewall

Can you post a picture of the damage on the Right rear inner tire?
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Old 09-23-2024, 05:19 PM   #24
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Can you post a picture of the damage on the Right rear inner tire?
I did not take a picture. Additionally the belts on the front tires were also seperating
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OK. Well did you at least file complaints with NHTSA? Without complaints they will not start an investigation. No investigation = no finding No Finding = no recall No Recall = No incentive for tire companies to make better tires. "We have found the enemy and it is US.
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Was unaware of reporting I thought I may have thrown something up off the road to cause damage and tires were 5-6 years old thanks for the tip
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Old 09-24-2024, 02:38 PM   #27
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OK. Well did you at least file complaints with NHTSA? Without complaints they will not start an investigation. No investigation = no finding No Finding = no recall No Recall = No incentive for tire companies to make better tires. "We have found the enemy and it is US.
Even on a 5-6 year old tire? On the roads we drive on at the speeds we drive, and the loads we put on them?

IDK if you could call that a "defect" worthy of investigation. Mine were all covered under road hazard warranties, and I think that's right. My first one to go was the inside passenger dual, and I think the final straw was a particularly bad speed bump in a parking lot in Katy. The 2nd was driver front, and it started to let go after a trip around Dallas; I remember it being pretty bad roads. The last one was passenger side inner dual, and I think it just got old; it was 6 years of ownership, but I don't remember the build date on the tire. All Hankook tires, and we'd taken them all over the place, across some pretty bad roads, some really bad ones...

Now, the first of ours that suffered belt separation, that was a somewhat "young" tire IIRC? That one maybe would have been worth some kind of investigation. It seems like after about 4 years on these motor homes, depending on the tire, you're probably on borrowed time... Not because they're defective, but because we ask so much of them and beat the ever-loving snot out of them...
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