Dude is hauling a$$

I've blown three tires while towing recently (driving 60 mph) I never tow faster... I knew immediately when each tire blew (TPMS alerted me) and I felt the drag and slight vibration. The cruise control jumped in shifted down and accelerated trying to keep the speed constant.

I got no advance warning of overtemp or low pressure.

I am now asking the tire manufacturer to inspect the tires to determine the reason for the blowouts... wish me luck!

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.

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.

On a single axle trailer, you get some wiggle when a tire goes. All of my tandems have run true after tire failure and I only knew about it due to someone pointing it out or the tire coming apart after a few miles.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
The truth is most don't even know they had a blown tire on their trailer.

As long as only one of 2 goes. If the 2nd tire can't handle the weight, and lets go, then you're going to be all over the road.

I see at least one rig like this every time I travel outside the area I live in.

2oldman wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
The truth is most don't even know they had a blown tire on their trailer.

As long as only one of 2 goes. If the 2nd tire can't handle the weight, and lets go, then you're going to be all over the road.

Many just drive their interstate queens and can't see that a tire gets a real workout driving curvy mountain roads. When you have a failure on a road barely wide enough on a good day, things can get interesting real fast.

2oldman wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
The truth is most don't even know they had a blown tire on their trailer.

As long as only one of 2 goes. If the 2nd tire can't handle the weight, and lets go, then you're going to be all over the road.

I don't know about the trailer being all over the road? I have seen trailers run on rims (trailer races) and they seem to track pretty good. The U bolts tend to dig in and hold the trailer back like a parachute.

About 2 people on average are killed a year by vending machines. I think I will worry more about a vending machine killing me than 2 tires blowing out at the same time on my trailer. :B But that's just me! :B

Similar situation coming down I5 south of Redding CA couple weeks ago. Guy pulling an older 5er that looked like it has some bent axles and horrible tires on it was keeping up with me at 75MPH. I was not towing... Just happy to get around him. Looked like a disaster in the making.

I also seen a guy hauling a$$ on 81N today around 10:30-11 here near Harrisburg PA. It was a little older blue Silverado 2500. I was behind him watching the front air vent flap around,finally bailing and me running over it.