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04-17-2014, 04:54 PM
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Location: St. Louis, MO
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Kumho tire failure 4/16/14
For info: Apparent delaminating
Kumho radial 857, 195 R14 C. Manufacture date 0611, purchased/installed 9/2011. Approximately 4K miles, tread in excellent condition.
Return trip from Jacksonville, Fl area to St. Louis, MO area. Averaging 65 MPH.
Started feeling vibrations at 55 mph which disappeared at 60mph., thought they could possibly be from TV. Stopped at rest area and noticed slight bulge or "egg" on right 2619 tire, mid tread.. My TPMS showed normal pressures and Temps. The suspect tire was just slightly higher in temp(73 vs 68) than the other and it was a cool day. Drove another 60 miles when vibrations increased and occurred at 60 mph also. Pulled into rest stop and saw that bulge was bigger. Changed tire and proceeded home. Appears to be delaminating. Called Tire Rack where I purchased it and will be be getting prorated rebate.
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04-17-2014, 10:07 PM
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It is just sad that the only trailer tires available are Chinese-made and Chinese tires are so questionable/iffy and often, junk.
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04-18-2014, 06:38 AM
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Of coarse only time will tell, but the Maxxis ST's were the only ones I found that didn't have any recalls or negative reviews. I've had a set on my TM for over a year now and have had no issues; however like I said " only time wil tell".
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04-18-2014, 06:45 AM
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Agree with Redtail and also use Maxxis tires, no problems so far. However, lots of discussion here about traveling at over 55mph with 14inch tires. Overweight? Not meaning to imply anything - just trying to be fair.
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04-18-2014, 07:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sterman
It is just sad that the only trailer tires available are Chinese-made and Chinese tires are so questionable/iffy and often, junk.
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Kumho tires are made in Vietnam. I have them on my TM since spring 2012. I will be checking regularly. It's lucky you caught the problem before you had a blowout. What really concerns me is that the weight of your trailer is probably well within the weight rating for the tire.
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04-18-2014, 07:57 AM
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Have you taken the tire off of the rim? Generally a bulge on a sidewall is caused by a side impact. Most side impacts are the result of a pothole. Keep us informed.
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04-18-2014, 08:07 AM
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My Kumho's have been on since 2009. No problem yet, but most likely will replace this year...
Which brings up a point. IF I replace should I also replace the spare? Never been put on a axle. I would ONLY use it as a spare...
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04-18-2014, 08:59 AM
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I think a steel wire broke in the belt and the belt shifted. One down side to radial tires. But you did not have a blowout. We have had that same problem with two different Michelin tires, one on my Van and the other on the DW car. Potholes did it.
I would buy maxxis, but never found a tire shop that stocks them. Not too good if on a trip if you need a tire? One thing is for certain with a trailer: it's not if your will lose a tire? But when?
We have been lucky. We have not been on the side of the road changing tires since the 90's. We have had some tires go bad that we caught when inspecting them.
I have had very good luck with Goodyears and they are available across the county at tire shops. Goodyears seems to have had a bad spell ending about 3-4 years ago that lasted about 3 years. But I'm not hearing the issues for tires made during the last 3-4 years or before that spell.
I know there has been problems with goodyears on the TM form. But did TM every make a camper without Goodyear's. So any problem with original TM tires are going to be goodyears? It seems to me that all trailers forms talk about tires problems.
Kumho, I have heard good things about. But can not get past thinking of them a bicycle tires.
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04-18-2014, 09:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ragmopp
My Kumho's have been on since 2009. No problem yet, but most likely will replace this year...
Which brings up a point. IF I replace should I also replace the spare? Never been put on a axle. I would ONLY use it as a spare...
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Ragmopp, if you don't replace your spare and get a flat, i would stop at the next town and buy a new tire and take the spare back out of service.
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04-18-2014, 12:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ragmopp
Which brings up a point. IF I replace should I also replace the spare? Never been put on a axle. I would ONLY use it as a spare...
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I am going to replace my tires this summer, and I am going to ask the dealer if he'll take my spare and give me some sort of credit for it. It also hasn't seen the ground. If he doesn't, I'm thinking I'll adopt a policy of changing out the spare every other time I replace the axle tires (which I normally do every ~3 years).
Dave
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