Sometimes being OCD pays off..

[CRM]

I'm obsessive about staying on top of pressures and doing visual inspections of each tire before, during and after every trip and today it paid off. Not sure if it was caused by a defect in the tire or by running over something, but going to stick with my OCD and change all 4.

Inspect your tires frequently!

 

 

[mossemi]

2 hours ago, CRM said:

Inspect your tires frequently!

Great advice!  Glad you caught it before you got under way.  Do you use a TPMS?  Let me know where you find a deal!

Mossey

 

[Frank C]

What the heck!?!?  Are those the original tires on the Ollie?  Looks like a chunk of the tire was actually cut away.  

[CRM]

37 minutes ago, mossemi said:

Great advice!  Glad you caught it before you got under way.  Do you use a TPMS?  Let me know where you find a deal!

Mossey

 

No TPMS, though I probably should use them.. I just check them at each fuel stop. I'm getting to the stage where I want less electronic gadgets and motors in my life. 😄

Shopping them now, but leaning towards the Goodyear Endurance in ST225/75R15 based on reviews.

[CRM]

45 minutes ago, Frank C said:

What the heck!?!?  Are those the original tires on the Ollie?  Looks like a chunk of the tire was actually cut away.  

4 year old Hercules ST225/75R15's. Don't know what caused it but the Belts are definitely torn. The tire is deforming near the cut and is slightly out of round too.

[mossemi]

Sounds like another vote for LT’s!

Mossey

[topgun2]

So glad that you caught the problem BEFORE it really turned into a problem.

Sure would have been easy to miss that tread on the inside - again, great work on seeing it.

Almost makes one wonder what was keeping that thing from letting go on you.

Bill

[John Dehne]

Wow! Great catch. OCD does pay off. Most of my friends and I have it but will not admit it. Safe travels.

[CRM]

53 minutes ago, mossemi said:

Sounds like another vote for LT’s!

Mossey

Was leaning that way but got talked out of it by a couple of friends with more experience than I. Hope they're right!

[SeaDawg]

If belt(s) on 4 year old tire failed, I'd replace them all, too. Prudent thing to do.

Good catch.

[Steph and Dud B]

Goodyear Endurance are highly respected ST trailer tires. We use the TST TPMS system. Had a blowout with our first trailer.

[SeaDawg]

With lt or st tires, always use a tpms system.  

We run still on st tires. Very happy.

As you will.

[rideandfly]

Glad you found the problem during pre-flight inspection. Agree with changing all four.  We run LT tires on Ollie and ST tires on 3 other trailers, no issues with either.

[katanapilot]

TPMS is just as important to me as any other option we have.  Don't some of the newer trucks allow you to add sensors to your trailer that are read and displayed by the factory TPMS? My old Tundra does not, so we use a TST system.  Worked great to/from Alaska.  Fortunately, we never had any issues with the truck or Ollie tires.

I know the LT versus ST arguments have been made previously, but the factory Cooper tires have done much better than I expected.  Would have preferred the previous years Michelins and I wouldn't hesitate to install high quality LT tires again.

[Steph and Dud B]

If you choose ST tires, stick with the Goodyears, although I also had good luck with Maxxis on 3 trailers. There are lots of off-brand ST tires on the market, commonly referred to as "China-bombs" by other RVers. Most have a reputation for poor quality and many people have reported catastrophic blowouts and tread separations.

[Ollie-Haus]

1 hour ago, katanapilot said:

TPMS is just as important to me as any other option we have.  Don't some of the newer trucks allow you to add sensors to your trailer that are read and displayed by the factory TPMS? My old Tundra does not, so we use a TST system.  Worked great to/from Alaska.  Fortunately, we never had any issues with the truck or Ollie tires.

I know the LT versus ST arguments have been made previously, but the factory Cooper tires have done much better than I expected.  Would have preferred the previous years Michelins and I wouldn't hesitate to install high quality LT tires again.

Many of the newer tow vehicles are able to monitor trailer TPMS on the dash with the truck's tires simultaneously. Our F350 was ordered with the trailer TPMS package. Once the Ollie arrives, I will install and program them to the truck for a full view of all tires. 

With the change to 5200# axles on the 2023 LE2's, they have switched back to 15" ST tires from the factory. I'm okay with it. The key to ST's or any tire for that matter is stay away from the Chinese knock off tire bombs and watch your pressures. Also a lot of RV trailers run very close if not over the load ratings of the supplied tires and axles once loaded for the road. Oliver doesn't have that problem. 

[SeaDawg]

@Ollie-Haus, I agree..

I  don't think Oliver would ever put you on the road with marginal tires.  Like us,  they do a lot of research. 

We've run on st tires for 15 years. We like them, and are happy. LT is great,  but we feel solid with st. Never felt compelled to change up the original.  

We can spend days discussing the differences....

Gone are the days of the Goodyear   marathons/explodathonans. 

Life, and tires, evolve. Just no cheap wacko tires, and we're all good.

 

[MAX Burner]

We were coming back to the Great Southwest after a month on the road to Key West, and running Goodyear Marathon/Chinabombs we experienced our first and only (knock on wood) right rear tire failure.  We run TPMS, which worked perfectly, but a catastrophic failure happens in a couple dozen micro-secs.  On a smooth secondary road in good WX, didn't hear anything - but we felt a slight tug and pulled over to inspect.  What was left of the tire looked like a "ghost" - only belts and chunks of tread rubber, totally see-through.  Fortunately, the relatively slow speed (25-30mph) may have helped to save the wheel well and we didn't experience any significant secondary damage.  Limped over to a Discount Tire a few miles away and bought 5 Michelin RIBs.  Thanks to having a spare axle!