2011 FOREST RIVER CRUSADER Tires Problems

VOMA TRAIL EXPRESS TIRES DOT #1KMM16A1410 (2) AND 1KMM161310 ((2)ST235/80R/16 TIRES WHILE TRAVELING WITH 5TH WHEEL SILVERBACK BY CEDAR CREEK (FOREST RIVER)L WE HAD BOTH EQUALIZER REPLACED WHICH WAS CRACKED AND MECHANIC NOTICED 3 OF 4 TIRES HAD BUBBLES ON INSIDE TIRES WHEN THEY REMOVED TO REPLACE EQUALIZERS.. THEY INDICATED A MFG DEFECT AND WE WERE LUCKY THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPENED DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE ON TIRES BUT THE WARRANTY COMPANY SAID IF WAS FOR ROAD HAZARDS. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE 6/12/12 AND THE WARRANTY CO JUST GOT BACK TO US NOT HONORING THE CLAIM. THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THE MFG PUTS THE BARE MINIMUM ON TRAILERS/FIFTH WHEELS BUT THE EQUALIZERS AND TIRES FOR CLOSED TO 14000LB FIFTH WHEEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN GREATER. THE EQUALIZER WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF BUT THE TIRES WE HAVE NOT. WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. THE NEW TIRES ARE...

TRAIL EXPRESS TIRES DEVELOPING SIDEWALL BUBBLES BETWEEN RUBBER AND BELTS THEN BLOWING OUT IN SOME CASES. CAMPER UNIT IS MFG BY FOREST RIVER, BRAND IS SIERRA, NOT CRUSADER AS YOUR SITE LISTS, TIRES ARE DIST. BY LIONSHEAD IN INDIANA. IF YOU DO A SEARCH ON TRAIL EXPRESS YOU WILL FIND A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, ISSUES ON THE FORUMS FROM CAMPERS HAVING THESE TIRES FAIL AS I DID AS WELL. ALSO YOU DID NOT HAVE THE MFG LISTED ON YOUR SITE IT IS, DOUBLESTAR DONGFENG TYRE CO., LTD. *TR

TIRES (TRAIL EXPRESS) ARE DEVELOPING AIR BUBBLES IN THE SIDEWALLS AND POPING. *TR

THE TREAD SEPARATED ON A TIRE ON OUR BRAND NEW 2011 FOREST RIVER SALEM CRUISE LITE TRAVEL TRAILER. ANOTHER TIRE'S SIDEWALL IS SEVERELY CRACKED AND WOULD BLOW IF IT WERE TO GO ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN. I HAD THE TIRES REMOVED FROM THE TRAILER, TOOK THEM TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TIRES AND ARE EVASIVE AND UNWILLING TO CHECK INTO THIS PROBLEM. THIS VERY EASILY COULD HAVE CAUSED MANY FATALITIES IF WE HAD NOT BEEN FORTUNATE AND ATTENTIVE. SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET HAS SHOWN THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES REMOVED FROM THE TRAILER AND HAVE REPLACED THEM WITH A MORE FAVORABLE TIRE. THE ONE TIRE THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED ON WE HAD PATCHED TO GET HOME WHERE WE FOUND ANOTHER TO BE IN VERY POOR CONDITION,...