Class A Tire Blow and Roll-over
I am sure this is old and has been posted before but made me wonder.... How much did the driver's actions play into the final outcome? Link to YouTube video
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turbojimmy wrote:Executive wrote:2gypsies wrote:
No one knows how one would react to a motorhome blowout until you've been through it. Thankfully, very few experience it.
I simply pulled to the shoulder and called Coach Net. Then proceeded to use rubbing compound and wax to remove the rubber scuffs off the side of the rig while waiting for the tow truck.....:B:B....Dennis
What I worry about most on my "vintage" rig is the height of the sidewalls on the 19.5 rim/tire combo. If one were to blow it would drop significantly which wouldn't be so bad in the back, but in the front I could see how it could cause a loss of control. Hopefully I'll never find out.
As I posted earlier, I had a blow-out on my LF at 65 on an interstate. It did pull sharply to the left. I was able to correct enough to keep it in my lane or maybe on the center line between lanes. The trickiest part was not over correcting and putting it into the ditch on the right side of the road. With the LF tire down, and my steering correction to the right, the MH was leaning to the left. It would have been real easy to have over corrected and either flipped the MH or put it in the ditch.
I hope you don't ever find out as it could go bad if your reflexes are poor or if you have little experience correcting skidding vehicles. In my youth, I used to love to dirt track around curves on gravel roads and ran some sports car gymkhanas. :B
