Not sure if this belongs in the tire forum. It’s related but more about the damage created by a blown tire.
Yesterday on our way home we had our passenger side rear trailer tire blow out on our 2020 Imagine 2800bh. This was a westlake that came on the trailer and had about 4k miles on it. Pressure was 80 psi when we left our site and 88 psi when it blew according to the TPMS system. Our speed at the time of the failure was 60mph. I’m not sure what caused the tire to fail but it went out with a bang. The tpms never indicated loss of air or other issue. I pulled over immediately after I heard the bang but the damage was already done. I saved the blown tire and I’ll post an image of it later.
The tread of the rear tire swung around and broke off both valve stems causing the other tire to go flat. I lost 2 tpms sensors, a running light, and the cap on the hub trim. I found one sensor on the side of the road but it was broken. The scuffs on the fiberglass body will come out. Wiped off most of them with microfiber towel. The sheetmetal skirting and support strut will need to be replaced. All this is cosmetic and no huge deal.
This is the more concerning damage to the wood sheeting underneath. This is between the frame and metal skirt aft of the tire underneath the entry door. The wood is smashed and splintered and the waterproofing torn. This damage is just behind the tire before the door. The waterproofing is torn and it appears to be a rubber seal of some kind that was pulled back from the seam of the aluminum and the wood sheeting.
This photo is for context and to show the metal stair bracket bent and the weld broken away from the frame.
If anyone else has gone through this can you let me know how these repairs were handled? Did you do them yourself or was dealer work required?
I was surprised to find that the top wheel well area on this trailer is essentially wood with a waterproofing glued to it. I really wish the area above, forward, and aft of the tires was reenforced with some sort of metal or thick plastic to prevent the wood from being smashed and the waterproofing compromised. Once this is repaired I may actually add my own layer of plexiglass or thin nylon incase of a future blowout.
At any rate, the trailer is headed for a new set of Goodyear Endurance tires. I was really hoping that the westlakes would prove that they were in fact a decent tire but I can’t trust them after this.
I’ve contacted GD to get some advice on these repairs as well and I wanted to post this to help others in the future that may encounter the same issue.
Yesterday on our way home we had our passenger side rear trailer tire blow out on our 2020 Imagine 2800bh. This was a westlake that came on the trailer and had about 4k miles on it. Pressure was 80 psi when we left our site and 88 psi when it blew according to the TPMS system. Our speed at the time of the failure was 60mph. I’m not sure what caused the tire to fail but it went out with a bang. The tpms never indicated loss of air or other issue. I pulled over immediately after I heard the bang but the damage was already done. I saved the blown tire and I’ll post an image of it later.
The tread of the rear tire swung around and broke off both valve stems causing the other tire to go flat. I lost 2 tpms sensors, a running light, and the cap on the hub trim. I found one sensor on the side of the road but it was broken. The scuffs on the fiberglass body will come out. Wiped off most of them with microfiber towel. The sheetmetal skirting and support strut will need to be replaced. All this is cosmetic and no huge deal.
This is the more concerning damage to the wood sheeting underneath. This is between the frame and metal skirt aft of the tire underneath the entry door. The wood is smashed and splintered and the waterproofing torn.
This photo is for context and to show the metal stair bracket bent and the weld broken away from the frame.
If anyone else has gone through this can you let me know how these repairs were handled? Did you do them yourself or was dealer work required?
I was surprised to find that the top wheel well area on this trailer is essentially wood with a waterproofing glued to it. I really wish the area above, forward, and aft of the tires was reenforced with some sort of metal or thick plastic to prevent the wood from being smashed and the waterproofing compromised. Once this is repaired I may actually add my own layer of plexiglass or thin nylon incase of a future blowout.
At any rate, the trailer is headed for a new set of Goodyear Endurance tires. I was really hoping that the westlakes would prove that they were in fact a decent tire but I can’t trust them after this.
I’ve contacted GD to get some advice on these repairs as well and I wanted to post this to help others in the future that may encounter the same issue.