Blowout, bad and good luck
Took the MH on its first trip this year (600 miles round trip). The tires are Goodyear G670 245-70-19.5 that are now 8 years old. Pressure has always been 5-10 psi over needed (I have weighed it and...
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Good save and minimal trip interruption.
I grew up driving with recaps, since it was a long time before I could afford "new" tires. With recaps, way back when, you sort of got used to blowouts or tread separation. The first thing I learned was when you heard the boom, you floored the throttle. You did not let off of the gas or hit the brakes until you had things under control and then you did things slowly.
I've forgotten how many blowouts I had but some were approaching 100 MPH and I never had any trouble controlling the vehicle to a stop. In some of the televised police chases, you will see the criminal still driving after the spike strips, if he doesn't make any drastic steering or brake inputs.
Have never had a front blowout on a motor home but I'm sure if I do I will use the same response as I did with the recaps.
I grew up driving with recaps, since it was a long time before I could afford "new" tires. With recaps, way back when, you sort of got used to blowouts or tread separation. The first thing I learned was when you heard the boom, you floored the throttle. You did not let off of the gas or hit the brakes until you had things under control and then you did things slowly.
I've forgotten how many blowouts I had but some were approaching 100 MPH and I never had any trouble controlling the vehicle to a stop. In some of the televised police chases, you will see the criminal still driving after the spike strips, if he doesn't make any drastic steering or brake inputs.
Have never had a front blowout on a motor home but I'm sure if I do I will use the same response as I did with the recaps.
