Was on my way back to the office in SC after lunch today and happened to spot a fairly new Montana pulled by a single axle truck in the middle of the road off I20 with the flashers on. Been two years of construction on the Interstate so I suspect the poor folks had a blow out in the middle of all the work and pulled off.
By the looks of it, it appears the rear street side tire delaminated as there was damage to the side of the rig and the rig was riding on the rim only. Also noticed the street side tire was blown as well. Maybe from running on the rear axle with only one tire.
Hope they got it fixed OK. They weren't there when I left the office. Don't know if they were heading east or west.
The lesson from all of this should be, have your rig weighed and use a TPMS.
Again, hope they're okay and not one of us Dreamers.
waltben said
01:59 PM Jun 19, 2014
Bigger lesson is to get rid of Marathons that usually come on most 5ers over 13k gross. They age very poorly and have next to no weight reserve even when new. There's several major threads about this on the Montana Owner's Club forum, the Keystone forums and Good Sam. Even people with TPMS systems and running well under gross have had blowouts with them.
TRAILERKING said
02:21 PM Jun 19, 2014
Likely "Chinesium"
Lucky Mike said
02:22 PM Jun 19, 2014
A good physical inspection of EVERY tire in the morning will cut your losses by an easy 70 plus %......I run a TPMS and all it takes is a low battery or simple malfunction.
Did you do a lug & tire inspection this morning?....maybe check the fluid levels?...signal & brake... I figure tires and all of the above are part of the daily safety inspection.....
if not....no pity party from me..................
TRAILERKING said
02:48 PM Jun 19, 2014
Lucky Mike wrote:
A good physical inspection of EVERY tire in the morning will cut your losses by an easy 70 plus %......I run a TPMS and all it takes is a low battery or simple malfunction.
Did you do a lug & tire inspection this morning?....maybe check the fluid levels?...signal & brake... I figure tires and all of the above are part of the daily safety inspection.....
if not....no pity party from me..................
That's exactly what I wanted to say...........................PRE-TRIP Inspections. I see most don't bother or don't know any difference for the most part. Key in and drive.
bigboomer said
03:02 PM Jun 19, 2014
Pre-trip inspections are great if you have half way decent tires and not Chinabombs.....The GY Marathons are cheap and blow without notice regardless of how they look or having a tire monitor system. Problem is they are bias ply and only 10 ply at that....Everyone we know including us has changed out to GY G614's.
Jack Mayer said
03:35 PM Jun 19, 2014
Well, G614s are nothing to write home about either...especially if on a heavy trailer. Heavier trailers should have 17.5 rims and G114's for better performance.
cowgirlde said
11:37 AM Jun 21, 2014
We purchased a 2011 Montana while in AZ parked it at our site till ready to come home to KY on the way home at about Needles we had a flat tire thanks for coach net got fixed stayed where we where for the night left the next dat. we had not gone 20 miles and another flat. got towed into needles where we were told the mor rider shocks were bad. all totaled 4 new tires and mor rider shocks replaced 2600.00 expensive trip home. we purchased a three year extended warranty from camper world and now fighting them it said it covered suspension system. hope they stand by their warranty. hope to get a medical problem taken care of and get back on the road soon.
ps the mor rider shocks were what was causing the tires to blow
-- Edited by cowgirlde on Saturday 21st of June 2014 11:39:10 AM
The Junkman said
08:56 PM Jun 21, 2014
bigboomer wrote:
Pre-trip inspections are great if you have half way decent tires and not Chinabombs.....The GY Marathons are cheap and blow without notice regardless of how they look or having a tire monitor system. Problem is they are bias ply and only 10 ply at that....Everyone we know including us has changed out to GY G614's.
I have those on my race car trailer.. blew out 2 tires.. then found a bulletin that Good year says to over inflate them by 10 lbs...That was like a year ago.. no blow outs..
-- Edited by The Junkman on Saturday 21st of June 2014 08:57:26 PM
-- Edited by The Junkman on Saturday 21st of June 2014 11:05:20 PM
Terry and Jo said
10:47 PM Jun 21, 2014
Steve,
Your link to the pdf file isn't working. If that is a file you are trying to post from your computer, it won't work. If it is a link to someplace on the internet, the first part of the "address" doesn't seem to be right to work either.
Was on my way back to the office in SC after lunch today and happened to spot a fairly new Montana pulled by a single axle truck in the middle of the road off I20 with the flashers on. Been two years of construction on the Interstate so I suspect the poor folks had a blow out in the middle of all the work and pulled off.
By the looks of it, it appears the rear street side tire delaminated as there was damage to the side of the rig and the rig was riding on the rim only. Also noticed the street side tire was blown as well. Maybe from running on the rear axle with only one tire.
Hope they got it fixed OK. They weren't there when I left the office. Don't know if they were heading east or west.
The lesson from all of this should be, have your rig weighed and use a TPMS.
Again, hope they're okay and not one of us Dreamers.
Did you do a lug & tire inspection this morning?....maybe check the fluid levels?...signal & brake... I figure tires and all of the above are part of the daily safety inspection.....
if not....no pity party from me..................
That's exactly what I wanted to say...........................PRE-TRIP Inspections. I see most don't bother or don't know any difference for the most part. Key in and drive.
Pre-trip inspections are great if you have half way decent tires and not Chinabombs.....The GY Marathons are cheap and blow without notice regardless of how they look or having a tire monitor system. Problem is they are bias ply and only 10 ply at that....Everyone we know including us has changed out to GY G614's.
We purchased a 2011 Montana while in AZ parked it at our site till ready to come home to KY on the way home at about Needles we had a flat tire thanks for coach net got fixed stayed where we where for the night left the next dat. we had not gone 20 miles and another flat. got towed into needles where we were told the mor rider shocks were bad. all totaled 4 new tires and mor rider shocks replaced 2600.00 expensive trip home. we purchased a three year extended warranty from camper world and now fighting them it said it covered suspension system. hope they stand by their warranty. hope to get a medical problem taken care of and get back on the road soon.
ps the mor rider shocks were what was causing the tires to blow
-- Edited by cowgirlde on Saturday 21st of June 2014 11:39:10 AM
I have those on my race car trailer.. blew out 2 tires.. then found a bulletin that Good year says to over inflate them by 10 lbs...That was like a year ago.. no blow outs..
Not sure if it's the same tire..
https://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/goodyear/Marathon_Special_Trailer_Applications.pdf
-- Edited by The Junkman on Saturday 21st of June 2014 08:57:26 PM
-- Edited by The Junkman on Saturday 21st of June 2014 11:05:20 PM
Steve,
Your link to the pdf file isn't working. If that is a file you are trying to post from your computer, it won't work. If it is a link to someplace on the internet, the first part of the "address" doesn't seem to be right to work either.
Terry