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09-05-2016, 10:15 PM
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TrailManor Master
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Very nice job. Thanks for sharing.
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Current camper: Motor Home
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09-06-2016, 04:27 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Jo-juh
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Displacing a common fallacy
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That will save your pipes for sure. I think everyone should do this...blowouts are not if, but when and on the street side is the worst!
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Mythbusted:
Five plus years, over 12,000 miles towing, and nary a blow out.
Now, if you have the stock size and/or stock ply rated six-year-old tires, are overloaded and under pressure with too much crap in your trailer...you may have a problem.
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'20 Ford F250 Lariat 6.7 L 4WD (Herschel)
'22 Keystone Cougar 32BHS 5er (Mellencamper)
'01 Ford Excursion Limited 7.3 L PSD 4WD (Rudolph) (Sold)
'18 Keystone Cougar 29BHS (Sold)
'15 Prime Tracer 25BHS (Traded)
'06 TrailManor 2619 (Traded)
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09-06-2016, 10:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Snohomish County, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mecicon
Mythbusted:
Five plus years, over 12,000 miles towing, and nary a blow out.
Now, if you have the stock size and/or stock ply rated six-year-old tires, are overloaded and under pressure with too much crap in your trailer...you may have a problem.
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The stock tires on my 2015 are ST225/75R15 load range E, should I assume these are okay? Although I don't like having 80 PSI in them with rubber valve stems so I reduced the pressure to 72 until I get steel stems installed.
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Former owner of a brand new 2015 2720QD that began to fall apart on the drive
home. It spent 1 month waiting for TM Mfg to pick it up and 2 months later it was
returned with nearly as much damaged as was repaired. I took it back to
Custom RV (2400 mile round trip) where it sat 5 months waiting for parts
and repairs before I gave up and traded it in for a loss of close to $8K.
9,600 miles we traveled during the 11 months of ownership dealing exclusively
with repairs of this POS Trailmanor.
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09-06-2016, 11:50 PM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Your wheels must be able to cope with the pressure as well. Some have a maximum of 65 PSI. See the Maxxis derating chart here. The effect of underinflation is made very clear.
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09-07-2016, 04:13 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aslag54
The stock tires on my 2015 are ST225/75R15 load range E, should I assume these are okay? Although I don't like having 80 PSI in them with rubber valve stems so I reduced the pressure to 72 until I get steel stems installed.
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Aslag, I was unaware that the 2015's had load rated E tires.
But moving to steel valve stems should afford you "peace of mind". 
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'20 Ford F250 Lariat 6.7 L 4WD (Herschel)
'22 Keystone Cougar 32BHS 5er (Mellencamper)
'01 Ford Excursion Limited 7.3 L PSD 4WD (Rudolph) (Sold)
'18 Keystone Cougar 29BHS (Sold)
'15 Prime Tracer 25BHS (Traded)
'06 TrailManor 2619 (Traded)
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09-07-2016, 06:45 AM
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TrailManor Master
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Location: NE Ohio
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Interesting that 2015 has load range e, rubber stems negates the upgrade. I had two rubber stem failure at 65psi, hot day. I would be Leary of 72 psi also with rubber stems , my stems failed the same day, one while I was at a tire shop having the other repaired. Looked at the stem and it was a balloon on my rim waiting to explode. Tire shop wouldn't touch it until it cooled and looked safe to replace. Steel stems for me .
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09-07-2016, 08:59 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Jan 2014
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You might consider putting sensors in the tire while you replace the stems. The internal ones read temperature more reliably. See trailertpms.com These work for an even number of tires, so while you can put a sensor in the spare, you would not use it until you mount it.
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