Blow out....

[Nasdaqsam]

google RV salvage yards for the panel you need.

[zippy-]

and replace all the tires with new ones!. Also have the breaks looked at or redone.

[awol50]

Originally Posted by MO Fred

Was your coach sitting idle for a long time? Idle tires combined with age could be a huge factor..... along with exposure to direct sunlight.

Or just maybe low air pressure which severely overheats the tire and causes the tire failure.

[Sweetbriar]

If you were able to collect all the broken pieces they can be molded back together and reglassed. The other options are finding a donor coach in a salvage yard or a one off fabrication. Being in the Seattle area your best option is probably fiberglass boat repair shop. Repairs such as this are their bread and butter and you'll have lots of them to choose from.

Just be ready for a bill that could be more then the coach is worth. There's a lot of labor involved in fiberglass body work if a donor coach can't be found.

[Tha_Rooster]

Yours looks a lot worst than mine and it was 7 grand. Looks like you need bumper and side panels.

[awol50]

Originally Posted by MO Fred

Was your coach sitting idle for a long time? Idle tires combined with age could be a huge factor..... along with exposure to direct sunlight.

Or low air pressure for enough time to overheat the rubber and cause the blowout. Who knows.

Originally Posted by awol50

Or just maybe low air pressure which severely overheats the tire and causes the tire failure.

[mtofell]

A professional driver rolling around on 10 year old tires with unknown history is surprising to say the least Lucky no injuries or worse.

[okie143]

Please Please don't run your front tires, steering tires, on anything but good tires less than 3-5 years old.

I have seen two Class A MHs towed to the salvage storage lot with what appeared to be front tire blow outs. Both MHs had the front ends totaled. Don't risk you lives or the lives of your loved ones over dollars.

I know even new tires can blow out or loose tread but it is less likely to happen in a new tire than ones that over 7 years old.

You can contact local vocational technical schools that teach fiberglass work or body shop work and they can do the work for you buying the materials. It gives the students things to work on and the supervisor (teacher) makes sure it is done correctly. Saves big bucks and is a win/win for everyone.

[awol50]

Originally Posted by mtofell

A professional driver rolling around on 10 year old tires with unknown history is surprising to say the least Lucky no injuries or worse.

Maybe they inspect the tire before install?

[awol50]

Originally Posted by okie143

Please Please don't run your front tires, steering tires, on anything but good tires less than 3-5 years old.

I have seen two Class A MHs towed to the salvage storage lot with what appeared to be front tire blow outs. Both MHs had the front ends totaled. Don't risk you lives or the lives of your loved ones over dollars.

I know even new tires can blow out or loose tread but it is less likely to happen in a new tire than ones that over 7 years old.

You can contact local vocational technical schools that teach fiberglass work or body shop work and they can do the work for you buying the materials. It gives the students things to work on and the supervisor (teacher) makes sure it is done correctly. Saves big bucks and is a win/win for everyone.

Please send your 3 year old tires to me
I will sell them to trucker for $$$.

[CJ7365]

Originally Posted by okie143

Please Please don't run your front tires, steering tires, on anything but good tires less than 3-5 years old.

I have seen two Class A MHs towed to the salvage storage lot with what appeared to be front tire blow outs. Both MHs had the front ends totaled. Don't risk you lives or the lives of your loved ones over dollars.

I know even new tires can blow out or loose tread but it is less likely to happen in a new tire than ones that over 7 years old.

You can contact local vocational technical schools that teach fiberglass work or body shop work and they can do the work for you buying the materials. It gives the students things to work on and the supervisor (teacher) makes sure it is done correctly. Saves big bucks and is a win/win for everyone.

"Please Please don't run your front tires, steering tires, on anything but good tires less than 3-5 years old."

Is this your personal opinion, or do you have any documentation backing that up?

Sounds pretty absurd to me.

Just wondering where you got the 3 to 5 years from, not trying to cause trouble

[Mr_D]

Originally Posted by Chowboy

And 7 years old tires are pushing the limit,

No, they aren't, not even the tire companies say that.

[awol50]

Originally Posted by Cat320

There's your answer.

Answer? To what?

Brand new tires will blow just as easily as 10 year old tires in good physical condition.

Probably poor air pressure/overheating. Without a working TPMS nobody nobody can say with certainty anything.

There are 10s of millions of vehicles of every size on the roads every day with tires over 7 years old and very few fail. Otherwise you would see massive reports in the press. Where are these reports?

There are none because there are none to report. Yet, these fictions that tires just start to disintegrate magically in 5 years or less still makes the rounds.

[Cat320]

Originally Posted by awol50

Answer? To what?

Brand new tires will blow just as easily as 10 year old tires in good physical condition.

Probably poor air pressure/overheating. Without a working TPMS nobody nobody can say with certainty anything.

There are 10s of millions of vehicles of every size on the roads every day with tires over 7 years old and very few fail. Otherwise you would see massive reports in the press. Where are these reports?

There are none because there are none to report. Yet, these fictions that tires just start to disintegrate magically in 5 years or less still makes the rounds.

Anybody running RV tires that are 10 years old should not be surprised when they have a blow out. Mileage is irrelevant, RV tires do a lot of sitting, that does more harm that driving them lots of miles.