Blowout on Goodyear G670
July 8, 2017 I was traveling to Dallas to Rangers game on I-20 in '08 American Eagle motorhome. I had just got on I-20 from Toll 49 when left front steering tire blew out. I had just passed a truck a...
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Outlaw2020 wrote:
I watched the planned blowouts video by Michelin. That is not the way mine happened. Mine went more like the one pulling red pickup, if you have seen that one, except I did not turn over. . Pulled straight to the left down into median and you do pickup speed going down slope off of interstate into median. Their depiction is nothing like what happens in real life, at least not in my case.
I would urge everyone that drives a motor home to view as many videos as possible and read all you can to try and prepare yourself for a blowout . I hope you never have to go through it. I was very fortunate. As stated earlier, I will be installing a Safe-T-Steer on my coach before it comes out of body shop. Safe travels.
I watched the video where the guy went into the median and eventually flipped the coach. I watched that video 'frame-by-frame' and if you look very close, it was not the blowout that caused him to flip.
The guy had the coach under control in the center of the median. It was the guard-rail wire that grabbed under the coach that caused it to flipped. Right before he flips, you can see the 'wire' snap the ground causing a cloud of dust. At that point, the coach pulls severely to the left then laying on it's side. I totally believe those are the most dangerous type of guard-rails.
Safe travels,
MM.
