Front steer tire blowout analysis 2
Front Steer Tire Blowout Analysis click On the video that shows the roll over of the Thor Tuscany motorhome which is pulling a red pickup, the first thing I notice is how this video further perpe...
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Jim-Linda wrote:
In 2010, driving south on 59 from Livingston, TX, about 20 miles from Livingston, left front exploded. Freightliner MDT pulling 38' HH. Truck immediately entered north bound lane (no traffic), wheel dug in, no tire left. Kept foot on fuel pedal and slowly pulled back in proper lane. Slowed down and made it to shoulder, except for tire, bent rim, headlight bucket missing, left bumper end dangling all was well. In posting this, I am somewhat in disagreement with parts of the above advise. There was immediate movement to the left, steering was at least 40deg to the right, but no way was it in control. Wife was behind in car and when all was stopped, she said, "what in the world were you doing". Felt lucky
Jim
I know someone who had a front blowout on a 70k lb semi. He was an experienced driver and when it blew he was instantly one lane over (multi-lane freeway). Fortunately there were no cars along side. He lost the entire left fender.
My theory is the flat tire causes enough side force that counter steering is required (I,e, the good tire has to scrub some in the opposite direction). So even while attending the wheel, the driver needs to make a turn toward the good tire in order to return to and continue traveling straight. This probably varies greatly with how the tire goes, if you’re riding on the rim, etc,
