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Old 03-24-2015, 04:09 PM   #1
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Tow Max Tires fell apart

Howdy folks, i'm racking my brains and I hope that one of you RV guru's can help me out on this one. This past weekend I took a trip with the family (destination approx 140 miles away) and about a quarter of the way into our journey, we suffered a nasty blowout on the passenger side of my 2012 Jayco Swift SLX 18BH. I have the original tires on there (Tow Max STR ST205/75R14) which had plenty of tread and no dry rotting of any kind. Both tires were filled to the recommended 50 PSI (cold). So after a brief delay, I changed the tire with the spare of the exact same kind, verified that it was at 50 PSI and we were on our way and arrived at our destination without any further incidents. A few days later, on our trip back, we made it 3/4 of the way before suffering a blowout on the same side. I checked the area around to the tire to make sure that nothing was rubbing and all appeared to be clear. The tire looked exactly like the first, it looked like someone took a giant cheese grater and peeled the center like a giant orange. I called Jayco and was very disappointed with their service, they basically pawned it off on the tire manufacturer and stated that they would call me back. No call as of yet .....
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Sounds like both blowouts were in same area?Lol
How fast were you going?
How much weight in back of trailer?
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Old 03-24-2015, 04:20 PM   #3
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RV manufacturers put on the cheapest tires possible. I asked my Jayco dealer his opinion and he stated what I put in my first sentence. If your trailer wasn't overloaded, it was the tire manufacturer that should stand behind their product. I hope you saved the two tires for evidence. Good luck.

If you buy new tires, after much research, I found Maxxis brand to be the best trailer tires.

EDIT: One more thing, once you get new tires, have the tire dealer balance them! It will keep the trailer from bouncing and wearing the tires out to fast!


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Old 03-24-2015, 04:22 PM   #4
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X2 What Murff said!!!
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We have TowMax tires on several trailers at work; they are a two year tire in my opinion. It doesn't help that the manufacturers put range C tires on these rigs which puts them right at max. A rig your size should really have range D tires to provide a margin of safety.
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Thanks guys! Dennis we pack pretty light, i'd say we had less than 200 lbs in the camper and the GVWR is 3500. We were doing about 65 mph. I still can't believe that they fell apart the way they did....scary!!!
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For what its worth I've had good luck with Hercules Tires. They aren't as good as Maxxis, but in Range D they are pretty stout tire and considerably cheaper.
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Welcome to the forum. I had a blowout last Fall with a G/Y Marathon. Went with MAXXIS tires and up a load range.

Here is my thread.
http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f1...out-23566.html
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Old 03-24-2015, 04:50 PM   #9
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Tow Max

If you do any research on trailer tires, you will find that they do not have a good reputation. The Jayco puts them on but any problems are on the tire manufacturer. The other name used to refer to them is Blow Max.
IMO the tires are on there to get it to the dealer, after that who knows? It's crazy to buy a rig and have to worry about tires but it is pretty common on all brands.
Most upgrade a load range at the earliest convenience. As mentioned , Maxxis tires have a good reputation.
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New Jayco tires (at least on the Whitehawk) are Rainier ST made by a company called Tredit Tire & Wheel Co. Headquartered in Elkhart, the tires are made in China.

Tredit claims to have a quality trailer tire. Time will tell!

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Jay flight, do you know the date code on the tires? What I read is 3-5 yr from mfg is the "change it now" mark. Haven't read of a TT tire failing due to tread wear.
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I inquired, a LOT about the Rainier tires on our Jayco, with Tredit Tire & Wheel. Several emails into it, Tredit pretty much couldn't say much more than they didn't have a lot of real world test data to provide as they were very new. Tredit owns the mold, or patent to it yada yada, manf in china and on the story goes. In other words, we're the ones testing the tires, in the real world. I have a thread somewhere on here on those tires.
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Jayflight Swift, there are plenty of threads on TT tire inadequacies. My takeaway: get quality tire (only one or two quality ST rated manufacturers), go up in capability (size and/or load range). A more capable tire means less heat build-up, no blow out. I suggest a TPMS - no tire is puncture proof, lots of junk on the road.
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I have had Goodyear Marathons 2 times and Maxxis once on my boat trailer, its a 26' weighing at 5000lbs, and hated them both, Goodyears dry rotted both times after 1 year, Maxxis lasted 2 years, we tow a lot during the summer months, pretty much every weekend, I have had Towmax on my boat trailer now for the 5th season and very happy, I also have Towmax on our 2014 Eagle, but we don't tow it, it sits on our land, our old trailer sat for 10 years on our lot, which had Goodyear marathons and they were like new when we traded it in, The one thing I figured is, when I had Marathons on my boat trailer, it was stored in a building with a concrete floor, tires only lasted 1 season, camper sat 10 years on class 5 gravel, looked like new after 10 years, so as of now I have been happy with the Towmax tires.
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Thanks guys! Dennis we pack pretty light, i'd say we had less than 200 lbs in the camper and the GVWR is 3500. We were doing about 65 mph. I still can't believe that they fell apart the way they did....scary!!!
65mph is top end.
I had GY marathons c on mine just replaced with Maxxis D
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I inquired, a LOT about the Rainier tires on our Jayco, with Tredit Tire & Wheel. Several emails into it, Tredit pretty much couldn't say much more than they didn't have a lot of real world test data to provide as they were very new. Tredit owns the mold, or patent to it yada yada, manf in china and on the story goes. In other words, we're the ones testing the tires, in the real world. I have a thread somewhere on here on those tires.
I noticed the diff tires too at a show.
Makes ya wonder if RV manufactures get enuff complaints that they just seek out another cheap tire Co!
Why not just put a better over rated tire on in the first place/
Oh! never mind I forgot that they get to keep the dealers into repair work and sell more parts due to Trailer damage! ha ha!
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This thread is making me nervous. I have the Tow Max King ST 205/75R15 on our new 2015 24 FBS. We picked it up this past September. We are driving to South Dakota in August and I am very concerned about these tires. C load tires is what really makes me nervous. My DW will kill me if I tell her I want to upgrade the tires . Maybe i'm worrying too much.

I did however have the tires balanced when we got it home. I took the tires to Discount Tire. They didn't charge me a dime. I was really suprised.
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In case anybody is curious on the Rainier, which seems to be what some Jayco's come with now, here's a thread on them, and below the link is Tredit's reply to one of a few emails.

http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f7...g-23798-2.html

John,

The Rainier tire is a tire specific to Tredit, manufactured by a company called Wanda in China. We own the rights to the mold, so anyone with a Rainier tire got it from Tredit originally.


As for the speed rating, they are indeed 65mph. The reason you won’t find any reviews online quite yet is that the tire has been distributed for under a year so the “real-time” test data from consumers haven’t been reported yet. From my end I have seen few issues with the tire, and of those even less were true manufacturer defects.

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This thread is making me nervous. I have the Tow Max King ST 205/75R15 on our new 2015 24 FBS. We picked it up this past September. We are driving to South Dakota in August and I am very concerned about these tires. C load tires is what really makes me nervous. My DW will kill me if I tell her I want to upgrade the tires . Maybe i'm worrying too much.
Camping Couple: I just finished a 2100 mile round trip to FL with mine, and I have the exact same tires and size as you. I will admit that I did think about it, but in the end they performed perfect.
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This thread is making me nervous. I have the Tow Max King ST 205/75R15 on our new 2015 24 FBS. We picked it up this past September. We are driving to South Dakota in August and I am very concerned about these tires. C load tires is what really makes me nervous. My DW will kill me if I tell her I want to upgrade the tires . Maybe i'm worrying too much.
I would check the date of manufacture on side of tires.From what I understand manufacturers state that Trailer tires should be replaced about every 3 years.
On my 2011 the date on tires were 5/2009. So it depends how they pull off shelve too!
Not to worry you only to inform you.

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