Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me. Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.

I can't imagine how you could lose control of a trailer if a tire blows. There is no steering, no drive power involved it's just following your tow vehicle..You just pull over and stop. I've seen lots of trailers running along with a flat or blown tire. Driver wasn't even aware..B.O.

My friend lost a Trailer Commercial TA on I-10 last spring and he said it almost took him from the outside lane to the median on the other side of the fast lane! Chris

Atom Ant wrote:Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me. Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.But what Brand?

Biggest problem that USUALLY happens when a tire blows is that the driver doesn't even notice it and continues driving until someone flags him down. Glad it worked out in a normal fashion for him. What BRAND were those ST tires you saw on the trailer?

skipnchar wrote:Biggest problem that USUALLY happens when a tire blows is that the driver doesn't even notice it and continues driving until someone flags him down. Glad it worked out in a normal fashion for him. What BRAND were those ST tires you saw on the trailer?Yea skip I bet his eyes are still rolling from trying to keep up with the RPM of that ST tire. Only a few can do that!!

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1mtnman
Explorer II
Oct 28, 2013
skipnchar wrote:
Biggest problem that USUALLY happens when a tire blows is that the driver doesn't even notice it and continues driving until someone flags him down. Glad it worked out in a normal fashion for him. What BRAND were those ST tires you saw on the trailer?

Yea skip I bet his eyes are still rolling from trying to keep up with the RPM of that ST tire. Only a few can do that!!
skipnchar
Explorer
Oct 28, 2013
Biggest problem that USUALLY happens when a tire blows is that the driver doesn't even notice it and continues driving until someone flags him down. Glad it worked out in a normal fashion for him. What BRAND were those ST tires you saw on the trailer?
bad99ram
Explorer
Oct 28, 2013
Atom Ant wrote:
Was heading to the airport Friday pulling on to I-40 in Albuquerque. Merged in next to a 5er and I had just noticed his front tire start to bounce when boom!.........tire shrapnel everywhere.

Based on the tread section laying on the hood of my rental car, I'm positive it was an ST tire. This thing didn't run flat, didn't shred a tread, it just exploded like a baloon leaving barely a trace that a tire ever existed on the rim. How anyone can defend these as safe tires for the road is beyond me.

Hats off to you whoever you were! You brought that rig to a well controlled stop on the inside emergency lane.

But what Brand?
Me_Again
Explorer III
Oct 28, 2013
My friend lost a Trailer Commercial TA on I-10 last spring and he said it almost took him from the outside lane to the median on the other side of the fast lane! Chris
B_O__Plenty
Explorer II
Oct 28, 2013
I can't imagine how you could lose control of a trailer if a tire blows. There is no steering, no drive power involved it's just following your tow vehicle..You just pull over and stop. I've seen lots of trailers running along with a flat or blown tire. Driver wasn't even aware..

B.O.

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