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Goodyear Marathon Trailer tires explosions

If you are going to blow a trailer tire, sitting in the yard is as good a place as any.

I blew one last month on I-5 in the middle of Oregon doing 65 with a brand new tractor on the trailer. The tread blew off and wrapped around the axle and then caught fire.

Close examination showed the remaining three tires all had lumps and bumps that looked like imminent tread separation.

They were some sort of bias ply no-name third world brand that I hadn't ever heard of and cannot now remember, but you can bet they all went in the garbage.I have no doubt that I overstressed my tires by running a couple of loads that were too heavy and not keeping the inflation pressures up.

It was a scary feeling to leave a brand new T/L/B on the side of the road at 5 AM.

If one tire shows signs of trouble, I would replace them all, especially considering the age of the tires.

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Goodyear Marathon Trailer tires explosions

Last night on ABC news they did a piece on tire explosions. The bottom line seems to be that "experts" are saying that tires should have expiration dates.

They said tires need to be mounted before they are six years old or thrown away. If the tires are already mounted and are eight to ten years old (depending on which expert) they are no longer safe and could suffer tread separation even if there is little or no tread wear.

They predicted that we will see a rules for determining the shelf life for tires in the next few years and the days of buying/selling used tires will be over.

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