Dude is hauling a$$

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

2oldman wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Why do people think when a tire blows it will put you in a ditch or shake you like a rag doll?

I don't think that, but I do think it will destroy the wheel well and what's above it.

One of the reasons I hate SBR. The tire that blew on my trailer was a rag bias. The only thing it did was pull the screw out of the fender brace. Put a new screw in, put a new tire on and I was good to go.

Judging from some of the responses, some think if you blow a tire on a trailer at speed it will blow you off of the road, flip you end over end, barrel roll you 40 or 50 times and you will end up as a burning ball of smoking rubble. :R

The truth is most don't even know they had a blown tire on their trailer.

This is true, most don't know. Been there done that 3 times with a catastrophic tire failure.
All 3 times I didn't feel a thing, nothing. Trailer towed just fine.
One was a single axel Prowler. Steel belted tire let go and absolutely destroyed the TT. I did a mirror check and saw smoke pouring out the back. Still couldn't feel it. Pulled over and inspected. Tire was absolutely shredded. It destroyed everything in its path, trailer was a total write-off. Sold it for salvage.
Other 2 were tandems on my old 95 Sportsmen. Both times the tire came apart and was shredded to nothing. I noticed again doing a mirror check. Saw my fender flare flapping in the wind. Pulled over both times to find the tire gone and nothing left but the Center part on the rim.
Again, couldn't feel anything out if the ordinary. It towed fine, handled normally. But I was pulling it with a dually so that helped.
Damage was minimal fortunately. Minor repairs and good to go.

So yeah, it's easy to blow a tire and not feel it or notice until someone flags you or you see it in a mirror check.

Gotta get a TPMS.