Goodyear G614 RST Carnage

[twinboat]

Every time you check your air pressure you should make sure the valve core sealed.

I spit on my finger and rub it over the top of the valve. Any bubbles and its leaking.

Soppy water works too but spit is pretty handy.

[sinnettc]

Same thing happened to one of my boat trailer tires a few weeks ago. 1600 miles on them but right at 5 years old. Everything was good when I left the lake. 30 miles later, maybe 5 miles on the interstate, I felt a rumble and saw smoke in the mirror. As I changed lanes I saw most of the tire rolling into the field. The rest looks pretty much like the "wreath" in OP's post. Thankfully my fenders are heavy guage galvanized steel so no damage to the boat or trailer. Almost bought new tires this year but thought I could get one more 90 mile round trip. Guess I was wrong.

[aknavy]

Originally Posted by Gordon Dewald

110 lbs in a trailer tire sounds on the high side, likely filled to the max tire pressure. How fast were they travelling?

I run 90-95 psi in mine, but they are rated at 110 psi.

[tophog]

Originally Posted by Superslif

I'm going to assume Discount Tire kept the blown out tire....

Correct

[tophog]

When we purchased the 5th wheel in summer of 2017 it had been towed about 400 miles from LaGrande Oregon to Portland where we purchased from OP.

From there we've towed to Lake Havasu, back to Bend, OR this last spring then over to Albany, OR last week before we started our trek south.

Have always towed 65 or slower and have religiously checked pressures before hitting the road.

About an hour before the incident I finished weighing at Cat scale in Albany. Our unit has 16300 GVWR and it came in right at 16100, 12400 on axles with 3700 pin weight on our 2018 GMC 3500HD DRW.

We had traveled about 20 miles south from truck stop where we weighed. Not sure how far I pulled it before I noticed the smoke and flying debris.

First flat I've ever had, including a couple travel trailers, one previous 5th wheel and a Monaco 40' Dynasty coach.

These are the only pics I have

https://photos.app.goo.gl/8X3tME6ukgEBXWWL6

After getting over on the shoulder of free way the tire wasn't really hot at all. It was warm but not hot to the touch. Not sure what that means but would have thought it would have been ready to vcatch fire based on the condition.

[Fulltimer]

BTW the trailer should never be jacked up using the axle tubes. They are hollow and can bend affecting your alignment.

[tophog]

Yep. I was aware and pointed that out to them while they were preparing to raise it. Didn't seem to phase them as their response was thats how they normally jack trailers. Told them I wasn't going to argue and if they bend the axle they would buy it.

And here I used an 8 ton bottle jack on it 45 minutes earlier 5' off the freeway. This incident has made me realize I need to improve some of my emergency roadside equipment however I kissed my cordless snap on impact.

Originally Posted by Fulltimer

BTW the trailer should never be jacked up using the axle tubes. They are hollow and can bend affecting your alignment.

[consolenut]

Yeah i have beefed up my roadside repair kit. The Onan 12.5 lives in my truck. 3/4 inch drive electric impact two 10 ton bottle jacks and two 10 ton jack stands. That will take off the truck lugnuts which get torqued to 410ft lbs.

[rlott2k]

I bet a tire like that at a shop would start a great conversation with the techs that work there. Perhaps a call back for their best guess as why it happened?

[RROLDSX]

Chalk another one up for Goodyear. I now avoid a Good for a year and Carlyles.

[keymastr]

I live pretty close to the factories at La Grande and regularly see the private carriers hauling new trailers to the various dealers in the area. They stand out from a mile away in most cases because the attitude of the trailer is seldom anywhere close to level. A foot low or high in the front is common, enough off-level that one axle is carrying a majority of the weight. I would think that the first miles put on a trailer were the most damaging.

I see quite a few owners who don't bother to level their trailers or properly set up the WD hitch either and both of those things can cause tires to be overloaded.

[RROLDSX]

Keymastr, you are so right on that point. I’ve seen that myself on many setups, especially longer units. I also think a lot of trailers and fifths are designed too close to the limits of what a tire can carry thereby leaving no safety factor for things like poor weight distribution or trailer attitude. Some boat trailers I’ve seen will pop the tire beads by turning too sharp while backing up. 110 psi seems very high for a trailer. I would assume that would be the maximum the tire is rated for, possible another reason for failure.

[buc1908]

Originally Posted by consolenut

Yeah i have beefed up my roadside repair kit. The Onan 12.5 lives in my truck. 3/4 inch drive electric impact two 10 ton bottle jacks and two 10 ton jack stands. That will take off the truck lugnuts which get torqued to 410ft lbs.

410 lb torque is to much for the lug nuts

[Bamaman]

That's the first G614 I recall online that had a tire failure. It's top of the line--and priced that way too.