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Why do some tires fail? Is it ‘magic’?

Roger Marble -
Some tire failures do not have an obvious cause to the casual observer. Here are a couple of examples. These three tires looked...

A guide to repairing travel trailer tire blowout damage

RV Travel -
By Dustin Simpson Damage caused by an RV tire blowout involves addressing both immediate safety concerns and restoring the affected components. Here's a general guide for...

Do you think tires ‘magically’ fail? Here are some facts

Roger Marble -
As I monitor a number of RV Forums, I continue to see where someone posts about a tire failure. What then follows are dozens...

Why do tires fail? The answer from a Tire Design Engineer

Roger Marble -
Why do tires fail? Tires fail due to two basic causes: Low air pressure, and/or Long-term degradation of the rubber, which is usually from excess...

RV Tire Safety: A tire ‘blowout’ is actually something else

Roger Marble -
A tire "blowout" is actually from a puncture, run-low situation or cutting impact. Sometimes people report, "I had a blowout. I always check my air,...

Expert explains what causes tire failure

Roger Marble -
Tires do not fail because of "magic." They do not fail because the tire company has a certain ZIP code. In my 50 years...

RV Tire Safety: Why do tires fail? Tire expert has the answers

Roger Marble -
As an actual Tire Design and Quality Engineer, I know from my 50 years of tire experience, including 25 with a primary focus on...

Why you need to know ‘why’ a tire failed

Roger Marble -
Actual knowledge is better than an uninformed guess. Why is it important to have an idea about why a tire failed based on an educated...

RV Tire Safety: A tire failed. What should you do to prevent another one?

Roger Marble -
You just had a tire failure. Did you take appropriate action to prevent a reoccurrence? If someone has a problem with a tire, it would...

RV Tire Safety: What is the “root cause” of a tire failure?

Roger Marble -
"Root cause" is the initiating condition or first cause. Someone having a temperature is not a root cause or proof of an infection, but...

RV Tire Safety: “Tire failed for no apparent reason.” False.

Roger Marble -
As most of you know, I follow a number of RV forums. Here is a post that caught my eye. Maybe some can learn...

RV Tire Safety: Simple question: Why do tires fail?

Roger Marble -
Why do tires fail? In reality, tires fail for a relatively small number of root cause reasons that can be discovered. However, it does...
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