wheel wells

[beccae]

Saw a Picture of a cargo trailer that had shredded a tire and had demolished the wheel well and the side of the cargo trailer.How do you re enforce a wheel well? We carry 175 lb cannisters of liquid oxygen for George and I am very careful with those things.Yes they will be secured to the wall and floor and we will have oxygen placards. Four cannisters and 2 mobility scooters are giving me a headache about distributing weight.Anybody ever re enforce their wheel wells?

[beccae]

Did some research-plan to spray the wheel wells with line x truck bed liner and re enforce the top.Where I live on the Oregon coast,if it snows or get icy,they use gravel on the roads instead of deicer.Insurance agent here told me we are one of the leading states for windshield repair and replacement.Plan on putting mud flaps on van also.I see tire shreds on the highway here all the time.I believe Pace had a recall in 2004 on the tires shredding.

[roadinspector]

beccae,

The big problem I have seen when a wheel well is reinforced to the CT is that if a tire blows it does major damage to the CT. The way most are mounted, they just rip the fender off. When a tire blows it can cause light to major damage even death. It is all up to what the shredded tire does and how the vehicle/CT react to it. The best defense against catastrophic tire failure is always check the tires physical condition. Look for dry rot, cracks, unusual bumps, etc. and always check for correct pressure.

Earnest

[beccae]

We are waiting for our 8.5x20 cargo hauler-the wheel wells are basicly on the inside of the trailer.

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

beccae,

The big problem I have seen when a wheel well is reinforced to the CT is that if a tire blows it does major damage to the CT. The way most are mounted, they just rip the fender off. When a tire blows it can cause light to major damage even death. It is all up to what the shredded tire does and how the vehicle/CT react to it.

Earnest

Come on Earnest

Your even making me CRAZY!!!
Major damage - Even death, a trailer tire only has 40-50 psi
It's not gonna blow up like a bomb
Not at all like a truck or Bus tire - where I would agree with you.
I have driven 200,000 miles without a flat - that's 800,000 tire miles as I have 4 tires....
just look at & check your tires, common sense 101 mostly, I hardly drive over 60 mph
Most states have 55 mph limit with trailers - speed kills when your towing too fast,
Bald tires, bad bearings, bad breaks, unbalanced load , too little air pressure.


Jerry

[working on it]

beccae,

The big problem I have seen when a wheel well is reinforced to the CT is that if a tire blows it does major damage to the CT. The way most are mounted, they just rip the fender off. When a tire blows it can cause light to major damage even death. It is all up to what the shredded tire does and how the vehicle/CT react to it.

Earnest

Come on Earnest

Your even making me CRAZY!!!
Major damage - Even death, a trailer tire only has 40-50 psi
It's not gonna blow up like a bomb
Not at all like a truck or Bus tire - where I would agree with you.
I have driven 200,000 miles without a flat - that's 800,000 tire miles as I have 4 tires....
just look at & check your tires, common sense 101 mostly, I hardly drive over 60 mph
Most states have 55 mph limit with trailers - speed kills when your towing too fast,
Bald tires, bad bearings, bad breaks, unbalanced load , too little air pressure.


Jerry

I hardly ever drive under 60mph, and though I check and maintain my tires, on all my vehicles, flats/blowouts happen... road debris is out there looking for my tires! True, light vehicle and common trailer tires don't pack the punch of a semi's tires, but you'd be surprised the damage that tire tread or a tire carcass flying off can do. Especially steel-belted ones. Many of my friends have had major fender damage on their race car trailers, and I had minor quarter panel damage on the left rear of my Chevelle (when still a street-driven car) from tires coming apart. Especially during the hot summer months, when there is evidence everywhere of 18 wheeler's tires coming apart, maintain your tires and hope for the best!

[roadinspector]

Jerry,
You have learned well what some folks haven't. Most but not all states have a 55 mph tow speed limit. http://www.readybrake.com/state_laws.html I see it more than I care too. Just a little background. I work for Texas Department of Transportation. We have 40 miles of Interstate going thru our county. I have been working almost daily around the Interstate for 30 years. I have seen flats and blowouts do minor damage all the way up to flipping vehicles resulting in death. When tire tread starts whipping around it can be very destructive. By vehicles, I mean cars, pickups, all kinds. Yes speed kills. Safety first. Like working on it said, "maintain your tires and hope for the best".

Earnest

[beccae]

Wow,that is some really good information.Thank you!

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

Hey Earnest

When I was a really really young buckarue ? I had a blowout at 115 MPH on the rear tire on a Honda 550 while passing a car on a county road. Lucky I did not crash that slowed me down real fast.

Now that I'm an old fart , I keep it slow because gas in my tundra costs a butt load of $$$$$
Tires for my tundra cost a butt load of $$$$$$$$
Changing a tire is a PITA
And any ticket in Calif costs 100 butt loads of cash $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ min of $497 AND UP .....


Also IMHO it should be illegal as hell to allow a trailer - without self adjusting breaks on the road
And I like to have double the recommended distance between me & the guy in front

In Calif we name highways after guys like you
BE CAREFUL AT WORK !!!


Jerry

[hankaye]

beccae, Howdy;

We are waiting for our 8.5x20 cargo hauler-the wheel wells are basicly on the inside of the trailer.

Double check with the dealer and ask them what the wheel-wells are made of, most likely steel. You likely won't have to do
anything to reinforce them. If you choose to reinforce them an extra layer of steel wielded on should do it nicely.

hank

[beccae]

Thank you Hank.