China bomb believer now

[larryi]

Last night I went to move the FW to do some maintenance before an upcoming trip. Its a FR Salem Hemisphere 370BL that is one year old now and we've put approx. 3000 miles on it so relatively young OEM CastleRockST tires. I live in SC and we've seen several days at 100 degrees so its warm. I am a believer in tire maintenance so I always check pressures before trips.

I went to pull the chock blocks and see the tire flat. Oh darn.... I look further and see the belts shooting out of the tire. What jerk vandalized my tire? Then I realize no way slashing a tire is going to push the steel belts outward. We took the trailer to Key West back in March and its been parked since. Only thing I can think is that it exploded in the heat??

I'm a believer in China bombs now especially since I wasn't even driving on it. Ordered 5 new Carlisle Radial Trail HDs based on positive comments and rim compatibility and cost today.

OEM tires beware!! I think i'll even get the tire covers for while its sitting to keep the sun off them as well.