Goodyear blowouts

[Jimfla]

I have a 2011 with Goodyear g114 tires had two blowouts 100 miles apart thread separation not side wall tires were little over 5 years old . I use tire monitor tires were never run low on air never been patched . How many years has everybody getting out of there tires I thought it was 7 years now Goodyear says 4 years .

 

[weighit]

Are you saying the tread peeled off and then the tire blew apart? What tire pressures have you been maintaining and have you ever weighed the trailer by wheel position to assertain the real correct tire pressures needed? The G114 is the 17.5 inch tire and for the most part has been a real work horse tire and not showing a lot failures as compared to the G rated tires that were always running close to the max loaded point in many cases.

 

[Jimfla]

Had trailer weighed well within 4800 lb limit cold tire pressure 115 lbs

 

[weighit]

Had trailer weighed well within 4800 lb limit cold tire pressure 115 lbs

Was the weigh done by wheel position as in each wheel, or on a Cat scale?

 

[wingnut60]

Sounds like just bad luck, but at 5 years--even 17.5s--I would have been replacing them.

Had Michelin 17.5s that lasted 4 years and had tread separations. No help from Michelin.

Running Sailuns now with 2 years and an Alaska trip on them, they are doing very well.

Would not let this sour you on the G114s, they are a very good tire.

Joe

 

[Jimfla]

I had individual tires weighed had no problems for 5 years.interresing when road service brought out a tire after second blow out it was a sailurs I was a little scptical being a Chinese tire but you have had good luck with them a lot of people with the 15 and 16 haven't had very good luck with Chinese tires but not sailurs good to here you are having good luck with them could be an option next tire change.

 

[wingnut60]

I am currently running 17.5 Sailuns on the trailer and 19.5 Sailuns on the 450--no problems with either size, no flats/blowouts. If you want a long-wearing tire, these are good and not very expensive. Check them at Simpletire.com or on eBay.
However, you need to find a good, local tire shop that can handle these tires--your average auto shop doesn't want to mess with them.
Joe

 

[oldbird]

Any guarantee's with the Sailuns Joe?

 

[Cummins12V98]

Besides this post I have only heard of two GY "H" tire tread separations, never a blow out.

What side of the RV were the tires on?

 

[wingnut60]

Glenn,
GY is probably the only mfg that will stand behind a trailer tire. I don't know of any guarantee on the Sailuns, unless you were to buy them locally, then the dealer could see about that.
I have had Michelins, Coopers and now Sailuns. Michelins were the only ones to fail, and they did not lose air before I noticed the separations. All the 17.5s are very robust tires and dang near impossible to hurt them. I saved enough on the Sailun purchase to buy another set and still come in under the cost of a set of Michelins.
Joe

 

[oldbird]

Well Joe, maybe it was that Travel Supreme I had but in eight years I had 12 blow outs. Tore up the wheel wells so bad that I can't get the darn thing sold. I even after five years got the Mor/ryde on it, it helped but still had a few blow outs. I have two coopers and two Aeolus 17.5 H tires now less then two years old. I might try another six month trip at 10K to 12K starting next spring with them but I sure don't want to ruin my new to me MS. My neighbor told me also that GY will stand behind their tires, I just have to decide whether or not to try another snow bird six month getaway from AZ with this mix of tires I have now. I have to say that this past summers trip was the first six month trip without a flat in 12 years! It was basically have a flat, go to the next town to buy another tire, repeat. Yes, the 17.5's are tough but when they go its like a shotgun going off in your ear! There is no doubt you had a flat.

 

[wingnut60]

Glenn,
Don't know what to say about the TS. As to the Suites--you have a similar model to mine, and I would think your GVWR is 17500/18000? If so, your PW should be about 4200, leaving 13300/13800 on the axles. You have 4805/tire carrying capacity, and even if one side is heavier than the other, it shouldn't be anywhere near overloading any single tire--somewhere around 1300+ extra capacity per tire with the 17.5s.
You still will need to monitor the tread wear to make sure the axles are aligned ok--that is what got my Coopers way before the tread was gone--curb just jumped out at me and I had no time to dodge it...
Joe

 

[oldbird]

Darn curbs, lol. I never bought insurance on the TS but have on the MS, that's why I didn't have any flats my first snow bird six month trip ! Thread wear looks great so far, what I'm thinking is to get a new set of tires on the truck and next winter a new set of tires on the MS. Yes indeed, the PW is probably 1,500 lbs. more then the TS was.

 

[R12]

I had 4 blowouts with the Goodyear 17.5's that came with my '13 MS. Goodyear covered all the costs but I believe they had a bad batch of tires. None of the replacements have problems.

 

[wingnut60]

Interesting, have not heard of that many other blowouts with them. Glad GY took care of you.

 

[Lewin Kuster]

My 2003 Teton (15K lbs) came second hand last year with GY 14ply tires, looking good. In 3 months lost tread down to steel on 2 of them. Turns out they were original tires! RV guys and RV tire dealers say 4-5 years max! So now I have 4 new GY 14 ply and feel real safe. Yes, lots of scratch for those rubber guys, but I feel good about it.

Luke

 

[donald-5TH]

Goodyear tires

I am told by a reputable dealer that they should be replaced every 4 yrs or so no matter how good they look. From your experience it seems like good advice. Did you get any damage to camper as a result of the blow out? I use the tire minder as well. Hopefully with the early warning one might be able to avoid some collateral damage

 

[Cummins12V98]

NO WAY would I replace GY "G" or "H" tires at less than 6-7 years unless they were worn out. Since 2007 they have been an extremely reliable tire.

Talk other tires I would agree.

 

[donald-5TH]

Blow outs

Good to know. Makes me feel a little better. Thanks
Donald

 

[oldbird]

A GY dealer quoted me $2,200 for the G114's, ouch! Mine are three years old, I think I'll go one more summer with mine (they aren't GY). I have to buy a set for my pickup, that's enough for one year!