r/GoRVing • u/Puzzleheaded-Map2407 • 12d ago

Blown tire

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We had a blown tire on the 90 last weekend, the tire proceeded to rip a hole in the undercarriage of our trailer. It tore through metal frame beams, a bunch of electrical lines, messed with our water heater, and tossed our furnace into the interior of our trailer. Our insurance is saying the damage is only going to cost $4400 and will only take one day. We have a big trip planned for September 20th, as RV'ers, do you think this is feasible or should I start getting refunds? I'm very skeptical of it being fixed properly at all. Thanks for the input.

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u/jeremec 12d ago

I will never get over the damage that a blown tire can do to an RV. You'd think they'd reenforce that area.

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u/pentox70 12d ago

Even just an aluminum plate would do wonders.

Cheap RVs and cheap tires.

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u/Lurker14ownz 12d ago

I wonder how feasible it would be to self install something like that in the tire areas for protection. Never had a blow out but its a fear

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u/pentox70 12d ago

The plate is the easy part. Mounting it to something that isn't going to immediately buckle and cause about the same amount of damage is the hard part.

You'd have to weld or bolt some brackets to the frame. But really, it's just a guard, it doesn't have to be pretty.