Picked up a 16p nail in one of my Sailun tires, which went flat before I had a safe place to stop. I had it repaired, but am wondering if I should replace it and use it as a spare.

This leads me to another point. Will the spare tire hold it. It's much heaver than the E spare that came with the trailer in spite of being delivered with Gs.

I need to make the decision soon.

Picked up a 16p nail in one of my Sailun tires, which went flat before I had a safe place to stop. I had it repaired, but am wondering if I should replace it and use it as a spare.

This leads me to another point. Will the spare tire hold it. It's much heaver than the E spare that came with the trailer in spite of being delivered with Gs.

I need to make the decision soon.

I would strongly urge you to replace that E rated spare with a G rated wheel. Fortunately, when I ordered my RW back in 2011, I ordered G raated wheels and the spare also came as a G rated wheel.

When I upgraded my wheels and tires to "H" rated ones I used one of the "G" rated to replace the "E" rated that was delivered for the spare from the factory. So far 25k+ miles and no issues with the "G" spare.

If the nail was in the tread & not the sidewall you should be ok. I just put the H tires on mine replacing the Gs & one of those Gs had been repaired shortly after we got the RW & never had any problems. As heavy plies those Hs are they should almost be bullet proof.

Picked up a 16p nail in one of my Sailun tires, which went flat before I had a safe place to stop. I had it repaired, but am wondering if I should replace it and use it as a spare.

This leads me to another point. Will the spare tire hold it. It's much heaver than the E spare that came with the trailer in spite of being delivered with Gs.

I need to make the decision soon.

Elliott,

See below article from the Tech Library.

Problem
A number of owners have experienced a variety of issues with the spare tire assembly:
Spare tire winch unwinds
Spare tire winch breaks from the frame
Loss of entire spare tire assembly

Solution
# 1 – If the spare tire winch unwinds the entire assembly may drag along the road. To prevent the winch unwinding, install a retainer from cargo straps to prevent the tire and wheel from dropping.
# 2 – The winch may only be secured to the steel framework with two 1/4" x 20 steel bolts. This may be insufficient for the dynamic loads created by 70+ lbs of tire and wheel, while driving over some of our rough highways. It is possible to replace the fasteners with larger size 5/16" grade 8 bolts and nuts.
# 3 - The entire steel frame which bridges the winch to the coach frame has broken loose. A potential cause is the self-tapping bolts, which attach the carrier frame, were over torqued during assembly. This could result in the heads breaking off of the bolts from stress and/or vibration. There have been instances where the frame detached from one side of the structural I-beam going down the highway. The solution is to drill out and remove some of the 16 self-tapping bolts and replace them with nuts and bolts.
It is recommended that owners make frequent checks of the spare tire assembly.

My concern would be you drove to a safe place to stop. There may be internal cord damage that is not apparent in looking at the tire. I would not use the tire on the rig. If you were able to stop when the flat occurred, there should be no problem with the tire and could be used.

Ditto on checking the spare tire frequently. Our spare tire dropped to the ground just as I was backing into a site. I now check it at every fuel stop or more often.

I also need to replace my E spare tire with a G or H. Have H's on the rig. Perhaps someone will have a spare G for sale at this year's rally.

While on the subject of tires; how about some comments on this tire:
https://www.tktrailerparts.com/product/17-5-inch-18-ply-radial-trailer-tire-st-23585-r17-5-i/

They contain the 3 dreaded words - Made in China.

After the chinese made Goodyear Marathons, I will never again put a chinese tire on the Redwood.

Simple Tire is selling Sailun S637 H rated tires for $119 plus FET and shipping. Has anyone dealt with them?

Many of us have switched to Sailun tires on our redwoods and I have yet to hear of a failure with the Salun. I switched last year and have been very pleased with them. They are sold and serviced by a wide network of dealers including Les Schwab on the west coast whereas some of the other Chinese made no name tires have little coverage.

For our 36RL, I had H-rated 17.5" tires and rims installed after a very damaging blowout (just south of $10,000) with a Marathon E-rated tire at 62 MPH. The E's were three years old and had about 3,000 miles. Essentially looked new and stored on the RV in a RV covered storage facility 9-months each year. After having my RV and truck weighed by Escapees, at the Redwood Rally I felt much better with the H-rated tires as the E's were very close to maximum loading. I also installed a TPMS to keep a close eye on tire pressures and temperatures. I also keep a copy of the tire pressure/loading chart, for that tire on my phone. On every stop I also check the tires and hubs along with the spare tire (which fell loose one time). It was very surprising to me how much damage a blown tire can do to the RV. It also can wreck a vacation or worse. Check with Titan Guy, who is on this site. He is a great resource, with his considerable tire industry experience, on which tires and air pressures are suitable for our Redwoods. He also installs a great tire and can install Titan brand disc brakes. I believe he will be at this year's rally ( which I will miss due to a major home renovation project that is underway next Thursday).

While on the subject of tires; how about some comments on this tire:
https://www.tktrailerparts.com/product/17-5-inch-18-ply-radial-trailer-tire-st-23585-r17-5-i/

The Sailun LRG and LRH tires have a proven track record of providing excellent service to thousands of users. I would not experiment with a new unknown brand when a great affordable option is already available. And yes, Sailun are made in China. Stopped at Camping World and saw that Heartland is now delivering all their new 5th wheels with Sailun 637s. Good move, Heartland.