Never had a tire issue???

[Bigdomino]

I hear so much about tire problems with travel trailers. I am wondering how many are out there that have never had a tire go flat or fall apart while traveling? Seems like all you hear about are the problems. What % is the problem?

Steve

[Iraqvet05]

4 years of owning our 26BH and I have never had a flat, slow leak or tire explode. Most of my trips over the years have been within 2 hours of home except for one "long" trip across the state.

[bansai]

My stock Raniers have about 2000 miles on them, zero problems as one would hope / expect at this point.. But, thanks to this forum I watch them like a hawk.. checking temps and pressures. I'll swap them out next year if they make it through this one. Speed, heat, low pressure kills them fast.

[mike837go]

Originally Posted by Bigdomino

I hear so much about tire problems with travel trailers. I am wondering how many are out there that have never had a tire go flat or fall apart while traveling? Seems like all you hear about are the problems. What % is the problem?

Steve

Very tough question to define.

Everybody who has had a problem.... Didn't --- on another trip.

So, we would have to consider miles spent traveling in/with our RV's when nothing happened. Then divide that by the number of miles traveled after the tires failed....

Gets messy real fast, don't it?

[Murff]

After reading all the bad about tires, I for one have been fortunate in having zero flat tires and have traveled over 10,000 miles on my "inferior" stock Rainier tires.

This surprises even me as I have been told I have a direct heritage to the "Murphy's Law" Murphy.

Murff

[Bigdomino]

So, is the key to success tire pressure, speed control and checking them all the time?

[fiddlestix]

Originally Posted by mike837go

Very tough question to define.

Everybody who has had a problem.... Didn't --- on another trip.

So, we would have to consider miles spent traveling in/with our RV's when nothing happened. Then divide that by the number of miles traveled after the tires failed....

Gets messy real fast, don't it?

Never had a problem with the tires on my 2006 Eagle fiver . Replaced them after 7 years
"just because" .

[mike837go]

Originally Posted by Bigdomino

So, is the key to success tire pressure, speed control and checking them all the time?

Keep up with that and you are 90% there.

Add: Avoid potholes and road debris.

Anyone else's suggestions on how to get good life from our tires?

[bansai]

Originally Posted by Bigdomino

So, is the key to success tire pressure, speed control and checking them all the time?

I treat my camper the same way I did PMCS in the Army. Find problems before they become problems.

I'll do the same when I upgrade my tires. Since these Raniers are rated for 65mph, I never take them above that. Since they have proven to blow out on people that don't have them aired up properly, I check that. I'm not sure how one would define 'checking them all the time' but unless you have a TPMS system installed, I check them at least once per day, and visually inspect at all fuel stops.

I also have a small 12 volt air compressor in my kit bag so I can air up if needed no matter where we're at. I use it, so I know it works.

When everything is working as it's supposed to, I lose about 4 PSI per month, per tire. I try to make a habit out of ensuring that this 'normal' pressure loss doesn't increase month to month, which would also indicate a problem.

[Jagiven]

I have never had a flat on a trailer (knock on wood). In the past 30 years I have had two flats, both close to 30 years ago, and one was on a company vehicle, that got beat on hard.

My canoe trailer is about 20 years old, with probably over 10K miles, I replaced to original tires two years ago. They looked fabulous, when I changed them out, but I was getting nervous about having a blowout. My htt probably has over 15K miles, I changed the tires last year as I started to see cracking in the sidewalls.

My truck I changed the tires at 7 or 8 years as I started to see cracking.

I would rather change tires on my schedule verses theirs.

[DocBrown]

4 trailers since 1992, 2 popups, 2 hybrids. No flats. Many thousands of miles of travel.

Originally Posted by Bigdomino

So, is the key to success tire pressure, speed control and checking them all the time?

I believe it is. That and replacing them when they age out, about every 6 years.

[Bigdomino]

Doesn't it seem crazy that the manufacturer would build weak tires and the rv builders use them? Would seem like a great selling point if the rv builder put great tires on and advertised how safe they are?

[bansai]

Originally Posted by Bigdomino

Doesn't it seem crazy that the manufacturer would build weak tires and the rv builders use them? Would seem like a great selling point if the rv builder put great tires on and advertised how safe they are?

Jayco is getting the message.. most come with Good Year tires now. I think 2016 was the last year of the Rainier for most (all?) TT's made by Jayco/Thor

[Desert RVers]

We have the original Rainier tires on our TT with no issues. They have about 6-7k miles on them after 2 summer trips to the Pacific Northwest. I have already made plans to get new tires before the summer. I'm leaning towards the Maxxis but might go with the new Goodyears. Maybe the OP's question would be a good topic for a poll?

[jsallman1]

Originally Posted by Murff

After reading all the bad about tires, I for one have been fortunate in having zero flat tires and have traveled over 10,000 miles on my "inferior" stock Rainier tires.

This surprises even me as I have been told I have a direct heritage to the "Murphy's Law" Murphy.

Murff

Same here, Over 10k miles and long 12 hour days in some hot temperature, no evidence of an issue in the Rainiers. I do watch them carefully however, they probably have seen their last cross country trip.


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[bono]

I am wondering whether part of the problem with beloved Rainier does not result from the fact those guys towing the trailers commercially from the factory to dealerships may go faster than max speed and do not check the air pressure.

I towed my trailer from Indiana to California, over 2,000 miles. Max 60 mph with proper pressure. Time will tell how they perform. Now approx. 5,000 miles on them. I am not planning to change them voluntarily too soon.

Originally Posted by bansai

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I'll do the same when I upgrade my tires. Since these Raniers are rated for 65mph, I never take them above that. Since they have proven to blow out on people that don't have them aired up properly, I check that.

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[Pcschwenke]

We have a Jayco BHBE and had a flat last year after 2 years & 3000 miles. While backing into a site, I ran over a small screw... It may have happened with a better tire though. My DW mentioned we should replace them after reading a lot of forums.

[gdiep]

I have owned many boats in the past with crappy old tires that did not have any serious issues but have only had a popup for 2 years and now a ntu hybrid I just purchased. I am replacing all 4 tires on the hybrid tomorrow. The tires are over 6 years old according to their build dates but still look really good. They are Goodyear Marathons from 2010. I am replacing with new Carlisle tires. I figure newer is better. And the cost of replacing the 4 tires is better than having to change out one on the side of the road.

[Force]

I have had various sled, boat, and camper trailers over the last 20 years, and the only tires that have ever give me problems (and I do mean plural) are the ones on my snowmobile trailer.

Here's what a set looks like after about 5,000 miles. Believe it or not these held air for 40 miles after the vibration started!

[Greg&Nancy]

Originally Posted by bansai

Jayco is getting the message.. most come with Good Year tires now. I think 2016 was the last year of the Rainier for most (all?) TT's made by Jayco/Thor

Nope. We just got a 2017 Jayflight 28RLS last September. It came with Rainier tires.

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