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Old 08-14-2005, 02:18 PM   #1
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Rear tire blow-out with 3/4 truck?

After pulling our new 2955rl some 5000 miles this summer I have been troubled with the possibility of experiencing a blowout on the rear of a 3/4 truck? To you that have had this misfortune, can you relate what the experience was like so others might be able to prepare for this. I know the owner of 1 ton trucks fell allot more at ease if this were to happen to there dual tire axle. I have up-graded my stock tires and watch the pressures closely but there are still lots of opportunities for the unexpected to happen!
 
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Old 08-14-2005, 04:23 PM   #2
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We've got 23K on our 2500HD with no problems with the tires. I do have a tire pressure monitor which will give you a heads up if a tire starts getting low. Works great.
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Old 08-14-2005, 06:33 PM   #3
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We had a '01 Dodge 2500 we drove 50,000 miles with no tire problems at all. rotated them at 5000 miles and checked pressure regularly. This truck has 9600 miles on it and rotated the tires at 6500. If you blow a rear tire at speed, put the "pedal to the metal" until you have it under control, then gently slow it down. If the tire's blown, you'll not hurt it any more.
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Old 08-14-2005, 07:42 PM   #4
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I've got 32,450 on my 2500HD with no tire problems. Actually went by tire shop yesterday and had them check tread and see if I was getting close to new tires. Shop said these are probably the best worn tires they have ever seen on a truck and that I should get at least another 4-6K out of them. I run 80psi towing all the way around and found I like the ride empty at 72psi all the way around.
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Old 08-15-2005, 06:28 AM   #5
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labarnas,
Over the last several years I had 2 blowouts on my 3/4 ton trucks. The first time was with a TT and the second time with a 5er. Each time it was easy to keep the truck under control. As mentioned by Bob Pasternak, gently slow the rig down.
Sounds like your doing things correctly, good tires and proper inflation. Inflation is very important...I too run 80 psi in my tires 23585R16 E.
Watch your speed and enjoy.

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Old 08-15-2005, 07:04 PM   #6
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Both my one ton F350's were single rear wheel, not duallys. Both had load range E tires. My F250 3/4 ton has the same size tires. Actually, larger since these are 17 inch and the F350's were 16. Anyhow, I've never blown any tire on any of those trucks. But I have blown a tire on a fifthwheel and didn't even know it until someone pulled around and flagged me down to let me know about the tire. As stable as these things are when towing I don't expect to experience any hair raising fishtailing when someday a rear truck tire blows. I guess I just don't worry about it. Maybe I'm being naive, but that's how I look at it. Between the three trucks (all towed this Montana) we've put 69,000, 51,000, and 30,00 miles on them. That's 150,000 total. Not all of that was towing, of course. But 30,000 was towing this Montana with probably close to that many miles on our prior fifthwheels combined.
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