it was one of those oh crud moments (Tire recall see p.5)

[Buzzcut1]

fast lane passing on I5 , my truck yanked left, loud bang lots of noises, fighting the swerves to hold my line. brought it to a safe stop after a half mile. total damage, lost bofh lines to the air bags, inner and outhe fender area of the bed torn up, one shredded tire. finished the last 150 miles on a spare tire and my leaft springs. TC was undamaged

[bigfootford]

Wow, great follow up.

Back in the 70's Firestone bias ply's had problems of sidewall de-lamination .. .... I had them on our camper van. We were on vacation, stopped at a gas station, saw about a 2in dia. bubble on the side wall of one of the tires.
Short of it, Firestone denied any wrong doing, I replaced the tires with Goodyear... About 3 years later Firestone owned up... We had sold the van, and the paper work was gone....

Jim

[Buzzcut1]

anutami wrote:
Buzz,

I didn't read any of the other repsonses but

Why didn't you file a claim on your auto insurance? You have three years to do this. This claim would go under comprehensive coverage and you would not see a raise in your rates (at least in California). I carry a $100 deductible and had a tire blow out and damage my rear fender a few years back. My auto insurance paid for all the damage to the truck. The only thing it didn't cover was the tire. Let your insurance company go after the tire manufacture and or you go after them to at least pay your deductible.

nolan

13 year old truck with a 500 deductable

[anutami]

Buzz,

I didn't read any of the other repsonses but

Why didn't you file a claim on your auto insurance? You have three years to do this. This claim would go under comprehensive coverage and you would not see a raise in your rates (at least in California). I carry a $100 deductible and had a tire blow out and damage my rear fender a few years back. My auto insurance paid for all the damage to the truck. The only thing it didn't cover was the tire. Let your insurance company go after the tire manufacture and or you go after them to at least pay your deductible.

nolan

[BigBlockFord]

Great update Buzz; thank you & best of luck! Subscribed as my next set of tires will be purchased this fall... hopefully Toyo will do the right thing!

BBF

[davidaf]

Go get um. Denied for running in a flat condition... With that response to your situation they shouldn't be let off the hook.

[Buzzcut1]

Details of the recall

Toyo Recall

[Buzzcut1]

Just an update

In Jan 2013 I filed a claim with Toyo for the damages to my truck. Les Schwab was helpful in filing it. In May Toyo denied the claim saying the tire was damaged by being driven in a run flat condition.. like I could stop on a dime and would not pay to have my truck repaired.

Today I received a recall notice from Toyo per NHTSA that my Opencountry HT in the 285/75R16 size have been recalled for a Manufacturing Defect in the belt that causes the tread to separate and the tire to fail catastrophically.

Guess who I am calling first thing Monday morning

[deltabravo]

Buzzcut1 wrote:
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Does anyone know the width of these stock Super Duty wheels?

[turboo]

Francesca Knowles wrote:

Buzzcut1 wrote:


probably because the brand, model, and tire size are listed in my sig.

:S
I'm so stoooo-pid... plus blind as a bat. Sorry!

Went to a lot of trouble buying those higher rated Toyos, didn't think too much of them with their soft sidewalls, got 19.5's and never looked back( rated at close to 5000# ea 🙂 )


oops..... the Toyos I had ,were 16.5" on stock Dodge rims and were not the same as yours so my comments do not apply .

[Buzzcut1]

a few more photos

[Buzzcut1]

trip home sans airbags was uneventful. I just kept it at 60-62 the whole way back up 101 as I figured more places to gte help should something else let loose than on I5. Suspension without airbags worked fine aside from being a tad soft and a bit mor sway in the corners. We were definitely a few inches tail down which made the sterring less than desirable but still manageable. Tomorrow I will off load the camper and start the repair process for the body and airbags, such fun.

[Ski_Pro_3]

Yea... that'll all buff right out...

[Buzzcut1]

there are black scuff markson the underside of the tc below the propane tanks but no damage. it appears that the torklift rear frame mount protected the dump valve compartment.

[RZAR66]

Buzzcut1 wrote:
under axel, tire and rim ratings

new tire is in place for the ride home. took a few days to get a matching tire .

Wow look how high up the tire damaged your bedside. I'm surprised it didn't get to your TC. Glad you make it out ok, wish I could say the same for your truck.