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04-25-2016, 09:37 AM
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Tire Grenade..Not good..
 So this last weekend was going to be the second time we used our 2014 28 DBUD that we purchased used in late December. Hauled it down to the Hunting lease in January, about a 1000 mile round trip. So we were off to the lake on Thursday after loading everything up, got about 45 miles from home, and this happened.. I had to go about 3/4 mile to get off the highway due to no shoulder to pull on to... I checked all tire pressure before we left, and did not have very much stuff in the rear, all tanks empty.. so needless to say I was the guy standing on the side of I-30 crying.... Yes that is a hole in the sub floor.. and all the main electrical hanging out of it...
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04-25-2016, 09:39 AM
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Ouch, that sucks to say the least!!
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04-25-2016, 10:03 AM
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Was that a spare tire that blew? I noticed the rim is different than the other one in the pic.
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04-25-2016, 10:09 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Crew
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It would be best to replace all four tires, but for the short term replace the two on that side. The second tire was over loaded when the first one "blew out" and will fail shortly. 
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04-25-2016, 10:19 AM
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Site Team
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Man, that's ugly. I hate it.
Did it actually rip that fender skirt all the way off to the rear of the trailer or did you have to do that to gain access to the tire/wheel?
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04-25-2016, 10:38 AM
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That was the wheel that was in that spot when I purchased it.. and I also noticed that it is a different wheel than the rest, but htought nothing of it. tread was fine, no dry cracking or anything. And the fender skirt was ripped off save one last screw holding it on.. skidding down the highway. And if and when I get it back, it will surely have all new rubber under it!!
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04-25-2016, 10:46 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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How long were you dragging it down the road like that? Looks like the rim/wheel took a lot of damage, too.
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04-25-2016, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member
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Speed, ST tires, age, overloading, underinflating, can all contribute to this sort of failures.
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04-25-2016, 11:06 AM
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Don't Camp Enough
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Florida
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Had a similar experience 3 years ago. Blew a china bomb on way to campsite, bought a replacement tire and had to use it on the other side of the trailer on the return trip home. A few miles from home another tire goes egg shape but doesn't blow. Had damage in both wheel wells.
Went to E rated tires w/steel stems.
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04-25-2016, 11:09 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
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I hate to be the one to tell you, but it looks like you may have more problems on your hands. That plywood appears to be rotted, which means water infiltration somewhere.
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04-25-2016, 11:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AquaMan
I hate to be the one to tell you, but it looks like you may have more problems on your hands. That plywood appears to be rotted, which means water infiltration somewhere.
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X2 Agree
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04-25-2016, 11:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
How long were you dragging it down the road like that? Looks like the rim/wheel took a lot of damage, too.
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3/4 mile or so.. no shoulder .. I was amazed that the front didn't take more weight.. that wheel was on the ground the entire time.. with the wife, kids, and dogs in the truck, I was just grateful it wasn't worse.. definitely scary to get it over and get stopped.
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04-25-2016, 11:36 AM
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Senior Member
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Well that just plain sucks
What AquaMan & B&B said...I don't like the looks of your subflooring either. Have you noticed and "soft" spots in the floor of your camper closest to the area that the tire blowout damaged?
Like it was said, you need to plan on getting a whole new set of tires (maybe rims too). Another thing to budget for is a Tire Pressure Monitor - a lot of the folks on the Forum use the ones sold by TST [ http://tsttruck.com/]
Best of luck and keep us informed on how the repair goes.
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04-25-2016, 11:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AquaMan
I hate to be the one to tell you, but it looks like you may have more problems on your hands. That plywood appears to be rotted, which means water infiltration somewhere.
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It is all in good shape.. I thought the same thing, so i did the pull check.. see what you can pull off!! It ripped a drain line off of something, so that is water making it look like that. Speaking of that.. does anyone have any idea how they can go about repairing that?? Surely they aren't just going to screw some more plywood up there and and call it good..
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04-25-2016, 11:48 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Most likely will pull out anything inside (cabinets, flooring, furniture, etc), then cut out the flooring. The tough part will be where it meets the wall. May have to do some kind of splice in that area. Trace the water damage, so it doesn't happen again.
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04-25-2016, 12:14 PM
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Carknocker Family
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Saw lots of folks on side of I30 yesterday. Hope I didn't pass ya.
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04-25-2016, 12:31 PM
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Camp Bartender
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Location: York, PA
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Glad everyone is safe. That's one of my biggest fears about towing. I have always felt that Forest River put some REALLY skinny tires on a pretty heavy trailer in the 28DBUD model. Mine is a 2015.
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04-25-2016, 01:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: bensenville IL
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Tire Grenade..Not good..
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Originally Posted by Jonpbarry
That was the wheel that was in that spot when I purchased it.. and I also noticed that it is a different wheel than the rest, but htought nothing of it. tread was fine, no dry cracking or anything. And the fender skirt was ripped off save one last screw holding it on.. skidding down the highway. And if and when I get it back, it will surely have all new rubber under it!!
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A different wheel, I wonder how old that wheel was. The tread could be new but if the tire is old that could cause problems. I just reframed a back wall that had a lot of rot, it's not that bad. I recommend you watch a lot of YouTube videos and open a thread when you start. I got a lot of tips from the guys at the Rv shop. He even took me into the back of the shop twice to show me how they do it, they had a 1957 tt that was being completely restored, these guys know what they're doing looks like.
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04-25-2016, 01:48 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
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Blowouts suck no two ways about it. They almost always cause damage.
but.... having said that- I gotta wonder how fast were you towing on that flat?? For the tire to be that shredded and the rim to be that bent- seems like maybe you should have slowed down some more??
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04-25-2016, 02:27 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonpbarry
3/4 mile or so.. no shoulder .. I was amazed that the front didn't take more weight.. that wheel was on the ground the entire time..
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Wow. Yeah, I had a fair amount of time to get to the shoulder with my tire before any damage occurred.
You're right- it's definitely a big fear of mine.
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