Speed and blown tires
Another thought I had while driving home today again from our holiday camping trip up north. I posted about driving to fast and not surprisingly I was told I was going to fast at 68mph even though I ...
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drsteve wrote:coolbreeze01 wrote:
Most "blow outs" are flat tires run to the point of disintegration.
A point that is missed far too often in tire discussions. When your truck gets a flat, you feel it immediately and pull over. With a tandem axle trailer, it's a lot less likely that you'll notice a slowly deflating tire before it is completely destroyed. Once that happens it's impossible to tell a defective tire detonation from a nail-induced slow leak that went undetected.
Hence, the love many have for their TPMS.
A month ago when my trailer tire blew, I noticed it. It sounded like a shotgun being fired back by the trailer. A TPMS would not have been any help at all.
