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Water-Bug
Explorer II
May 04, 2014

Four Screws in single flat

This morning, I woke up to find the right rear tire on our 5er nearly flat. Called road service and sat down for an hour long wait. Two days earlier while chocking the wheels, I thought that I heard a faint hiss from the same tire. Checked the pressure and everything checked fine. We found 4 screws in the offending tire. The strange thing is that it was a tire on the rear axel. The tire on the front axel had to pass over the same screws. I hadn't backed up in over 300 miles, and that was on a clean cement pad. How does a tire pick up 4 screws, when it's twin passed over the same screws. I could believe one but for the first tire to pick up none and the second tire 4 is unbelievable.
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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    May 04, 2014
    When the front tire ran over the screws they were laying on their sides, Points pointing basically down, but the tire passing over them flipped them up so they were head down, point up, when the 2nd tire passed over them.

    However.. On a humor side.. That is what I call getting REALLY SCREWED.

    When I first installed a TPMS on my MH and towed... I promptly got screwed, only just one time, not 4 like you,, The TPMS saved me the cost of the tire and seondary repairs.
  • Bob_Olallawa's avatar
    Bob_Olallawa
    Explorer
    May 04, 2014
    All the******that hits the road surface ends up on the shoulder area. Yes the front tire sets up the rear tire for a flat.
  • othertonka's avatar
    othertonka
    Explorer
    May 04, 2014
    2oldman wrote:
    The energy imparted to them from the front tire lifted them, then the rear tire picked them up. They were harmlessly lying flat on the ground when encountered by the first tire.

    If my theory is correct, you probably drove over a lot more than 4 screws.


    This is the correct answer to what happened. Happens to the trucking industry all the time and usually on the curb side of the road. Not much you can do about it in my opinion.
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    May 04, 2014
    The energy imparted to them from the front tire lifted them, then the rear tire picked them up. They were harmlessly lying flat on the ground when encountered by the first tire.

    If my theory is correct, you probably drove over a lot more than 4 screws.

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