Blow out

[tinkerreknit]

I had a blowout on the left rear of my 5th wheel. It damaged my lower skirting and the plastic wheel fairing, or wheel well. Also trashed my black and #1 gray valve handles.
Nobody was hurt and I rolled slowly for a mile to a great spot to work on it. I had tools to change out to the spare tire. The FR tire tool is absolute junk and I ruined it in 5 seconds. Fortunately, I had other tire tools.
So, do I need to replace all tires at this point? 5000 miles and very good thread. Are these tires inherently dangerous, or is this incident just a normal event?

ST225/75R15 Provider Radial ST.

[MrNiceGuy]

Had a tire go down on our 5th wheel like you left rear. The first thing I would do is check the left front tire. Due to the shift of weight to the left front tire it ended up with a bulge on the inside of the tire. I ended up changing all the tires. I would suggest if you do change out all 4 tires you go to Goodyear G614s or Sailun 637s.

[shorthorn]

Those seem like really small tires for a fiver....???

[tinkerreknit]

Originally Posted by shorthorn

Those seem like really small tires for a fiver....???

Not sure what you mean. That is the standard size that my unit came with. It's the type indicated on the frame decal. I decided to used a mobile tire service on the recommendation of a neighbor. He'll come in a few days and mount new tires at my house. I got a grade higher, and they will be about $90 each, plus $3 to haul off the old. I hope some farmer ends up with my old tires on the cheap!

[Bikersarge]

When we bought our Toy hauler this year I checked the dates on the tires when they were made, we bought a good used 2013 and the tires where dated 17/12 which means they where made the 17th week of 2012. I Had the tires replaced before I even hooked up to it, had sailun G rated 14 ply tires put on her because they have heavy durable sidewalls. I have been told a lot of TT have cheap E rated Chinese tires, but anyway you should change your tires out every 5 years or sooner if you are constantly putting several thousand miles a year on them. Also cheap tires will heat up faster and blow out if you pull at high rates of speed.

[Oakman]

Originally Posted by tinkerreknit

I had a blowout on the left rear of my 5th wheel. It damaged my lower skirting and the plastic wheel fairing, or wheel well. Also trashed my black and #1 gray valve handles.
Nobody was hurt and I rolled slowly for a mile to a great spot to work on it. I had tools to change out to the spare tire. The FR tire tool is absolute junk and I ruined it in 5 seconds. Fortunately, I had other tire tools.
So, do I need to replace all tires at this point? 5000 miles and very good thread. Are these tires inherently dangerous, or is this incident just a normal event?

ST225/75R15 Provider Radial ST.

First off, Forest River doesn’t provide a tire tool with trailers. Are you sure you didn’t ruin the tool for the rear stabilizers or the tool to manually retract the landing gear.

Your trailer is a 2011 year model so there is a high probability it was built in 2010. As far as I’m concerned once ST tires are 4 years old it’s time to replace them regardless of miles. Which brings me to this question. You only have 5000 miles on a 2011 model year trailer?

Sorry for your issues but yes, replace all the tires.

[tinkerreknit]

The tire tool was thrown in to sweeten my purchase deal, along with a spare tire cover. My tires were manufactured March 2010, so as I have learned, they are at the end of dependable service even though they look perfect. The 5er is kept under a carport, and proper pressure is maintained constantly.
The total mileage is an estimate. We make up to 12 trips per year of about 100 miles.
I am going to get a TPMS soon. I've heard that they can help you avoid problems like this.