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24/9/2013 at 10:02am
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24/9/2013 at 10:41am
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24/9/2013 at 12:12pm
Location: roche cornwall
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yes interesting list .nice one.
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24/9/2013 at 4:32pm
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Quote: Originally posted by weeeck on 24/9/2013
I've been towing for many years now and been lucky enough never to have had a blowout/puncture on the road. Until that is a few weeks ago when I was flagged down and told I had a flat tyre on my van. I was able to pull off the road and change it. My point is that I was unaware of the problem and, although the tyre was still visually intact, inspection on removal showed the casing to be severely damaged. Had I driven any further on the flat tyre it would obviously look like a blowout when, in fact, the original problem was a merely a puncture. What I found worrying was that I had no indication the tyre had lost pressure especially as prior to being flagged down I had been doing a reasonable speed with no apparent problem. I am a fully qualified mechanic with lots of experience of tyres and would suggest that many so called blowouts are simply the result of punctures.
same on my mini artic trailer get a puncture you cant feel it as its a twin axle trailer . by the time i have stopped its usually ripped the tyre sidewall to pieces . i now carry two spares for the trailer and two for my tow unit . on the twin rear of the mitzy it can be hard to tell as it doesnt carry that much weight anymore . regular checks is all you can hope for . pick up a nail or screw even a top price tyre is useless.
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24/9/2013 at 5:11pm
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so let me tell you about my puncture.. the thing is the bottom of the cars rear window lines up with the top of the caravans front locker box. so I can see looking through rear view mirror if the caravan is leaning to one side or the other. which is how I spotted things were not right and slowed down. resulting in no drama what-so-ever. You could do the same thing with a pin stripe or similar. it works like a land omit-er
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24/9/2013 at 6:53pm
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the trailer doesnt go down ,it stays the same hieght with a twin axle .
i once had a broken stub axle and strapped the bust axle up high and drove from denia to malaga to a mates garage no probs .
on a single axle yes you see it go down .
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24/9/2013 at 7:23pm
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A blowout by definition is a sudden & explosive failure of the casing & will often go bang, the resulting flailing rotating tread usally results in damage to area of caravan adjacent to tyre. Causes can be old & perished tyre, tyre of insufficient load rating(unlikely on new caravan), manufacturing fault(arguably more likely on budget tyre than premium make) & of course an overheating tyre caused by low pressure including slow puncture.
Slow deflation caused by puncture is not a blow out & unless 'van is towed some distance with flat tyre causing it to come off rim it shouldn't cause body damage, but generally a puctured tyre will look nothing like a tyre after a blowout.
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24/9/2013 at 8:34pm
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when i replaced my tyres at 5 yrs old i got 2 kargomax tyres 195/70/14 from mytyre.com for £57 each.original tyre had a load rating of 96n, 625 kgs each. new kargomaxs are 104n. 900 kgs. so for a 1335 kgs caravan i have a good safety margin. As for gt radial tyres,based in manchester,i have been using them on my fleet of tippers for about 2 years now with very good results. price wise a little cheaper than some main stream tyre companies but very strong and robust. A lot of there staff are ex michelin and bridgestone.
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