2012 KEYSTONE MONTANA Wheels Problems

ON 4/5/16 TRAVELING ON I-10 IN FLORIDA HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF OUR CAMPER, TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR MARATHON 235/80/R16, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. FOUR DAYS LATER 4/9/16 ON I-65 IN ALABAMA WE HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT, THIS TIME PASSENGER SIDE, AGAIN CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. THIS TIME THE TIRE BLEW SO BAD IT ACTUALLY WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE (THIS WAS THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE AS BEFORE). THE TIRES WERE INFLATED PROPERLY AT 80 LBS PSI. BOTH TIMES WE WERE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE.

ORIGINAL GOODYEAR MADE-IN-CHINA TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WE ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT CHECKING AND ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE EACH TRIP. EXPERTS RECOMMENDED CHECKING TRAILER AXLE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WE HAD TO DO AT OUR OWN EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NO TROUBLE FOUND. EVENTUALLY WE REPLACED ALL 5 TIRES, AGAIN AT OUR OWN EXPENSE JUST AFTER THE 1-YEAR NO MILEAGE GOODYEAR WARRANTY RAN OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE DANGEROUSLY WORN. THE NEW MICHELINS ARE PERFORMING BEAUTIFULLY AFTER 30,000 MILES. THE GOODYEAR TIRES WERE JUST POOR QUALITY. THANK GOODNESS WE REPLACED THEM BEFORE THEY COULD FAIL PREMATURELY AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER OR TO US.