MemoriesByTheMile
RVF Expert
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- Mar 8, 2021
- Messages
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- RV Year
- 2014
- RV Make
- Renegade
- RV Length
- 45’
- TOW/TOAD
- ATC Trailer
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Getting this off the sticker on the side of the trailer:Do not go to an LT tire stick with an ST tire. If anything, go up one load range. If you are already blowing tires, I’d bet you are very close to the max weight of your tires. Trailer companies are nortorious for putting on axles and tires that are barely enough capacity. ST tires have stronger sidewalls than LT tires.
Desperado, I am thankful to the one who provides my luck. It could have easily happened like it did to you.You were lucky that it didn't shred and go up into your trailer that is what happened to us
I intend on weighing the trailer. The nearest Scale to me is a 30 minute drive. At the moment I need two tires (maybe more once I pull the other two and inspect them). In short I have to buy tires BEFORE I can weigh the trailer. That is why I reached out for fellow RVers experience on specific tires that worked for them. To be honest, I never even imagined that I would have a tire failure so soon. Interestingly, I had a tire failure on my truck in the first 10,000 miles which was a belt shift (Chinese Tires). The dealership replaced the tire (with the same brand) at no cost to me. My travel trailer dealer responded by saying if I didn't have the extended warranty, I was out of luck. Anyway, thanks for the input.It is all well and good to estimate how much (or little) “stuff” gets loaded in an RV, but until you put it on a scale, you don’t really know. I’ve known several folks over the years who swore they only put a small amount of stuff in their RV and they “knew” they were way under the max loading…only to put it on a scale and be shocked that they were, in fact, way over what they thought.
Weigh your RV to determine whether your tires are overloaded. If they really aren’t, then you have bad tires, under inflated tires, or both!
TJ