posted 05-28-2012 12:14 PM                  

Pics are the result of my experiment.

It happened in Adairsville, GA and my 1st thought was to call Rich "do anything in the world for you" Ware but remembered that Acworth, GA was much farther down the road. (wrong as it turned out) Flatbed, tire store on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, are you kidding, and 4 hours later we were back on the road.

I'm pretty sure that while meeting Ed and Sandy in Cincy the day before, Ed excusing himself during lunch had nothing to do with it. He had to have forgotten about Stinking Creek Road in Tennessee by now.

Tire simply disintegrated without warning on I-75. Fortunately no wheel damage. I will be looking for a trailer fender and tail light assembly.

posted 05-28-2012 12:22 PM                  

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Originally posted by MIKE GATLIN:
Even with a gacked fender, just the smell of a Prowler got the attention of these guys on the expressway.

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posted 05-28-2012 12:33 PM                  

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Originally posted by idive:
Pulling a prowler trailer on 95+ degree weather at 214 mph will do that every time. OUCH! Are trailer body parts available anymore? Maybe you can make the other one look the same and turn something terrible into a mod? Was it a worn tire? Over-inflated? Just old? Run over something? Sorry to hear about this. I always carry a spare in my trailer. Glad you were able to get back on the road in not too long a time.

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posted 05-28-2012 12:46 PM                  

Thats the first time I have heard of a trailer tire failure, maybe the age of the tire had something to do with it. Looks like a steel belted tire, Tire not only blew, It shreaded.

posted 05-28-2012 02:07 PM                  

Sorry to hear that story Mike,,,,terrible ending result,,,isn't making the move to Florida all that happy to start with. I'm sure things will get better when you get there.......

Monahan would have driven right past you and waived... (something about a payback?)

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Sliding Off-Topic some:

I know I've been told several times here that situations like that (tire blowout and resulting body damage) don't happen

Just a few days back,,,I posted the picture of a runflat tire after a blow-out,,,,and with NO resulting body damage and the car owner being able to drive their car 125 miles @60mph to a town for another replacement tire.

But,,,I'm told that those non-runflat tires are a bargain,,,,lower price, better ride,,and all


Maybe the non-runflats are fine when just taking on a direct nail hit,,,,,let the tire blow-out, and see what can happen

Someone wanted to take a poll the other day,,,about how many have had blow-outs, etc ?

Maybe the poll should be > HOW MANY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BLOW-OUT WITH THE ABOVE PICTURED ENDING RESULT?

(UUHHHH,,,,$$$, and thats if you can find the quarter panel to replace the damaged one) But of course,,it won't happen to you,,,just somebody else.

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posted 05-28-2012 04:32 PM                  

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posted 05-28-2012 06:42 PM                  

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Originally posted by KittieCat:
Did the Prowler trailers come equipped with runflats???
Ours did not.

Mike
You shouldn't have any problems getting the fender repaired especially now that you are in FL with so many marine shops around with plenty of experience repairing fiberglass on boats.
Glad it wasn't worse.

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KittieKat, not they didn't come equipped with run flats. Yes, it surely could have been worse. Enough to turn your stomach to see the fiberglass carved up like that.

posted 05-28-2012 06:43 PM                  

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Originally posted by DublinOH:
That's lousy! Perhaps Wayne Wagner has a trailer fender available? He's the only one I can think of that removed a trailer fender for the highboy look. Glad you guys are safe. Enjoy retirement! I'll look you up if we're ever on that side of the state.

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Thanks Steve. I would love to hear if anyone knows where I can find drivers side trailer fender.

posted 05-28-2012 06:55 PM                  

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
A/C, do you really think an OLD runflat can't disentegrate? Just thicker pieces.

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I've never seen one disentegrate yet,,,but not saying it couldn't happen either.

This runflat tire was over 7 years old, and blew out at 60+mph with no damage to the car.

Two former Prowler owners, Jerry Pignolo and Bob Rinsem, had runflats tires blow-out after striking objects in the road,,, with no damage to the cars.

Also, I heard, Mike Rutherford from Arizona had a Prowler runflat blow-out in Montana, but haven't confirmed that episode with Mike.... Might ask Larry Lord about that incident,,,it was on one of their annual cross-country runs?

On the other side,,,,I've seen hundred of exploding tires cause severe body damage to vehicles,,,granted, not knowing of the tire compound but would expect them to be regular tires used on most vehicles.

Like I stated on the other thread about tires:

"I have no dog in the fight,,,and really don't care which brand or type of tire you buy for a replacement,,,,"

Not my $$ or car,,,,just stating what I've seen first hand...

posted 05-28-2012 07:01 PM                  

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Originally posted by jimsutton:
I had a blow out on my Expedition and F-250 with 4 to 5 yr.old tires that looked good .

they ripped the back side panels all apart on both of them and a hell of a mess .

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Thanks for posting this Jim,,,,,I was beginning to think I was the only person to ever see such vehicle damage from a tire blow-out, lol.