My brother used my FW this past weekend. On the way up to Big Lake in the White Mountains of eastern AZ, he was passing through Show Low and noticed that his 2005 F350 seemed to be handling funny. Hadn't noticed anything while driving at highway speed, only when he slowed to the 30-35 mph city speed. He pulled off and checked the 6 tires on his truck (FW was fine), all had air and no difference in sound from a quick "hammer check". He went another 1/4 mile down the road and it got worse. Decided to pull off onto a side street and nearly didn't make the corner; truck simply wouldn't turn. He finally got if off the main drag and stopped. As he got out, he could hear air hissing. As he walked forward, the LF tire simply gave a loud POP and sat down on the rim. Changed to the spare and drove about 1/2 mile to a Discount for them to check. Broken belt and he's lucky it didn't happen about 15 minutes sooner, when he was still traveling at 60+. Tires are 245/75R/17 Michelin AT, about 3.5 years old, maybe 20k miles, total. Of course, DT didn't have one in stock, so he had to roll the bones and drive another 50 miles sans spare, but he made it. Went back the next day to pick up the new tire. He'll be watching the other 5 like a hawk, for sure.
Lyle
