[Mongoose9400]

Originally Posted by rhagfo

What brand tire and how old?

Trailer King and last I checked the date code, I’m thinking about 3-4 years, if I recall correctly. I knew they were getting to the age folks like to replace them. I know they are “china bombs” and was planning to replace them after this trip anyways. I did get some good mileage out of them so far, like 15k miles.

I’ve always been diligent with keeping them aired to 100 psi cold, max per the tire. Doubtful it’s overloaded, trailer has 5k pound cargo capacity and my last scale was around 10k on the trailer axels. 2-3k under GVWR.

I was just curious if this is a typical China bomb failure, or maybe it developed a leak in transit and the sidewall failed, or maybe it took a hit to hard on a bridge joint/pothole, etc.

Again, just curious what the tire experts would think caused it.