My first tire blow-out found me
Northbound on I75 just outside Tifton Ga we had a rear curbside trailer tire detonated with a load bang and lot's of rubber flying out behind our trailer. The H-rated Sumitomo 17.5 tires were just over 6 years old and had over 30K miles on them and I was planning on replacing them at the end of this season. Guess I waited just a little too long. It simply looked like the tread peeled off the tire carcass and the air escaped with a bang after that. I had validated air pressure at 105 PSI and visually inspected all tires just that morning. I think I trusted this type of tire just a bit too much.
A Georgia Champ roadside technician happened upon me about 15min later and assisted me to install the spare and I was able to get 4 comparable Falken RI-151 tires ordered and installed the next day in Tifton.
I was very fortunate to only have a damaged J-panel and a destroyed plastic tire fender out of the deal. My hydraulic levelling jack fluid lines were only 8 inches from the failed tire and my hydraulic brake flex line was about 10 inches from the exploding tire and neither received any damaged.
A Georgia Champ roadside technician happened upon me about 15min later and assisted me to install the spare and I was able to get 4 comparable Falken RI-151 tires ordered and installed the next day in Tifton.
I was very fortunate to only have a damaged J-panel and a destroyed plastic tire fender out of the deal. My hydraulic levelling jack fluid lines were only 8 inches from the failed tire and my hydraulic brake flex line was about 10 inches from the exploding tire and neither received any damaged.
