Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
We have had our rig for almost 2 years, we have maintained the tires as per the manufacturer spec's and have maybe less than 10K miles on them. We have blown out 3 of the 6 Karrier tires on our 5th Wheel. All 3 tires were blown out on the interstate while going the legal speed limit,with the trailer not be overloaded and made no contact with any road hazard.....these tires just came apart. Today was the day that tire #3 blew out on us. Once we had the emergency road service out and the spare put on, we headed to the next large town and found a Goodyear dealer. We had Goodyear Marathon's put on the rig all the way around. I called Karrier and told them what I thought of their tires.....since I am within the 2 year warranty I filed a claim. We were on our way into Indiana so we are going directly to their distribution plant. I also have an appointment with the maker of our rig, Sunnybrook, to discuss this issue. I bought a great rig, and I love it. The least Sunnybrook could have done is put a quality tire on their product. I guess what I am trying to say is this......if you have a Karrier tire on your rig, seriously think about replacing them. I have read on more than one website what pieces of crap Karrier is. I am living proof of this. I am also doing research on how to report Karrier to the DOT, if anyone can shed some light on this, then I am all ears. Thanks and see you on the road!!!!
After one year of white knuckle travel worrying about when the "maypop" karrier tires were going to let go on my 5er, I went to Michelin XPS Ribs. I got rid of the maypops before having trouble. Like others, I have no idea why Sunnybrook put such trash on a nice trailer. The spec on the tire says it is load range E, but when compared to Michelin, there is no comparision. Goodyears seem to be a popular replacement also. A friend of mine had a Goodyear Marathon blow on his 5er one night, while asleep, 6 hours after parking. Absolutely no idea how that happened.
With that said, Kenda has aparently stood behind their product, as in paying for repair, replacing tires, paying replacement costs even when going to another brand.
I just chalked up the expense to my dumb when I accepted my trailer with such junk on it.
