Pmedic4
06-17-2015, 12:34 PM
Just took a non-RV vacation to Florida this past week, and drove the 1100 miles in my car. Didn't notice any RV's with flats on the way there, but noticed quite a few blown truck tires and tire pieces on the road (road Alligators - if anyone else has heard that name), but on our return trip on I-65 saw 3 5thwheel RV's with blown tires pulled over. Uggh! Fortunately not me, but felt bad for the people trying to fix their flats.
The bad news was it seemed like for 2 of the 3, with the double rear axles, one tire was blown, and in shreds, while the other tire on that side was flat! Of course, we all know we only carry one spare so your going to have to go get a replacement somewhere. The other RV was a 3 axle toyhauler, and it just had the rear tire shredded so at least 2 tires seemed to carry the load. The other interesting point was on all 3, it was the rear tire that was blown? Anybody's experiences say it's usually the rear tire that goes first?
Couldn't stop to ask if they had tire monitoring systems?
Also, made the DW think about upgrading our 5ver's tires sooner rather than later.
The bad news was it seemed like for 2 of the 3, with the double rear axles, one tire was blown, and in shreds, while the other tire on that side was flat! Of course, we all know we only carry one spare so your going to have to go get a replacement somewhere. The other RV was a 3 axle toyhauler, and it just had the rear tire shredded so at least 2 tires seemed to carry the load. The other interesting point was on all 3, it was the rear tire that was blown? Anybody's experiences say it's usually the rear tire that goes first?
Couldn't stop to ask if they had tire monitoring systems?
Also, made the DW think about upgrading our 5ver's tires sooner rather than later.