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I bought 4 new Goodyear G614's and towed the rig from the tire place to storage ... about 20 miles. In preparation for a trip a week or so later, I discovered a screw in one the new tires ... it didn't look flat, but was. I got the tire and it's adjoining side mate both replaced, assuming that the other tire may have been overloaded, but not knowing for sure. I moved the potentially overloaded, but visibly undamaged tire to the spare position. The tire guy told me that the punctured tire was undamaged and that it was repairable, and that over the road truckers do this all the time. He assured me that it would give as good a service life as if it were never punctured. I had him repair it. I carry that unmounted tire in the bed of the pickup as a "just in case" tire. Have any of you ever had a puncture repaired on your 5th wheel tires? If so, how did that work out for you? I have had car and truck tire flats repaired and have had good success with it, but heavy (15,000 lbs) trailers are a different critter. Looking for real world experiences.
Thanks.
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Ron and Janice
2016 Ford F350, King Ranch, DRW, 4x4, CC, 6.7 PS Diesel, remote control air lift system
2017 Durango Gold 381REF, Lambright furniture, MCD shades, morRYDE IS, 8K Disc brakes, GY G114 LR H Tires, 27,320 lbs CGVW
I bought 4 new Goodyear G614's and towed the rig from the tire place to storage ... about 20 miles. In preparation for a trip a week or so later, I discovered a screw in one the new tires ... it didn't look flat, but was. I got the tire and it's adjoining side mate both replaced, assuming that the other tire may have been overloaded, but not knowing for sure. I moved the potentially overloaded, but visibly undamaged tire to the spare position. The tire guy told me that the punctured tire was undamaged and that it was repairable, and that over the road truckers do this all the time. He assured me that it would give as good a service life as if it were never punctured. I had him repair it. I carry that unmounted tire in the bed of the pickup as a "just in case" tire. Have any of you ever had a puncture repaired on your 5th wheel tires? If so, how did that work out for you? I have had car and truck tire flats repaired and have had good success with it, but heavy (15,000 lbs) trailers are a different critter. Looking for real world experiences.
Thanks.
Ron:
Based on my experience with G614's I would not have it repaired. If it should blow out the damage that will occur will be far greater than then cost of a new tire. I "might" carry a G614 that has a minor repair as a spare. But I would not use it as my main tire - based on experience. The tread and sidewalls are just not robust enough. Trailer tires are much more subject to sidewall and like kind stress than truck or car tires.
