Tire blows - great reason to have a dually

azdryheat wrote:
We were returning from San Diego this afternoon when the inside dually let go on Interstate 8. Wife was driving and didn't realize it was a tire issue; she only heard a loud rumbling. She said the truck handled fine with the blown tire.

All the truck and trailer tires looked fine and I didn't find the blown tire until I thumped on each one. At this point I haven't examined the tire but did see a large slice of sidewall missing from the inside-facing side.

Glad we have a dually as things could have been drastically different with a SRW. I imagine the blown tire would have dropped onto the rim and perhaps a handling issue would have ensued with 18k of trailer (3,500 on the pin).

I wonder why the story isn't more like:

We were returning from San Diego this afternoon when the inside dually let go on Interstate 8. Wife was driving and heard a loud rumbling. The truck started swerving frantically and she almost lost control on the next curve. We immediately realized our truck had become severely handicapped as it performed more like a SRW.:)