Tire Question

[Howard H.]

I overloaded my trailer last week for a fairly long haul.

I have 14 ply tires on, but when I got home, two of them had bulges "under the skin" on the side. One was as big as a baseball.

I popped them with a knife to keep them from separating any further and the tires have stayed up since then.

Have the cords separated to cause that? Are the tires totally ruined? Or if I put a little slime in them and just kept them aired up would they still be "safe"???


Howard

 

[RobMD]

Hmm...

I smell:

... a blowout!!

 

[dave guest]

Can't believe you got away with it! Drive slow. Carry a spare or two.

 

[Sam from WA]

With that kind of bulge, you're asking for trouble. You better get some new tires pretty darn quick, or there are gonna be some serious problems hauling the next load.

 

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They may hold air, but thats it. Any load and kaboom, your sitting.

 

[jose bagge]

they're done...

 

[Iowa_tire_guy]

The official terminology in the tire business. JUNK.

 

[Anonymous-0]

were they the same make,might be an inherent fault,If not then a lesson learned.they're RS.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Cheap tires, Humm. Must not value your load and safety of yourself or others if you lost control during a blowout.
Remines me of the guy that went to buy a lazyboy chair, put it in the back of the truck and did not tie it down. It blew out the back, a car hit it, crossed the hwy and hit a car headon. Killed the driver. The guy with the chair got manslaughter and is in prison. Do yourself a favor and buy trailer rated tires. And you never can put to many tie downs on the loads