MH crashes into home in Florida I75
Well here is but yet another blown tire and crash of a MH. :( Happened just down the road where I am at. As was the other one last week where it caught fire and they rescued those girls. Still s...
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Popsie wrote:sdianel wrote:
Brakes don't work during a blowout on a Class A. In fact it makes it worse! Here's an excerpt from the FMCA website:
The man said he had completed the course at FMCA’s convention in Perry, Ga., in March. Soon after, he experienced a tire blowout on his coach. He slammed on the brakes, and his coach was about to flip. “Suddenly he remembered what we had discussed during the course in Perry and recalled what to do.
What that grateful FMCA member did was follow the advice given in the RVAA RV Safe Driving Course: In case of a blowout or rapid loss of air on either axle, stab the accelerator to the floor to regain momentum in the intended direction of travel before gently removing your foot from the accelerator. Do not apply the brakes.
I've had RV left front and sedan right rear blowouts. In both cases I was on a curve in the road, and the blowouts did not alter the direction of travel (left front tire on right hand curve in RV, right rear tire on right hand turn in sedan), nor did they change my momentum. I kept steering to follow the road, and immediately used the brakes to slow down and get off onto the side of the road. What is the factor that would make you change direction when you have a blowout? The only thing I can think of is a poorly designed suspension and steering system, or yanking on the steering wheel in a panic attack. Also, I was going 55mph in the RV, and around 100 mph in the sedan (on a German Autobahn). The immediate affect of the blowouts was noise, not any affect on the steering or direction of travel.
Those of you have who have experienced blowouts, what happened to you as a driver?
Oh yeah, I also had a blowout in a Corvair, and it was unsafe at any speed.
I've had a front blow out on our old coach -- the noise scared me... but was able to easily pull over to the side. Had a rear blow out and pulled over without any issue, although it did a job on the bodywork.
Hit some road debris once and took out the duals on one side. Again, no issue.... took the single spare I had and put it on and limped off the highway to the nearest tire shop/
