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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Topic: Tire demolition Posted: 26 Nov 2018 at 11:19am |
+1 on the lightweight floor jack.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1078 |
Posted: 26 Nov 2018 at 10:20am |
I had a blowout while driving on a three lane highway. I was in the middle lane, boxed in on both sides and ran over some unavoidable road debris. I worried about tire damage, so staryed to slow and the tire blew. I tow with a Ford Expedition and use an Equalizer 4 point wdh/anti sway hitch. I think the siz/weight and hitch combo kept the pod from doing any fish tailing or sway. There was no loss of control. We slowed and went to the shoulder. The tire and fender were destroyed along with damage to the clearance light wiring, but no damage to the pod body.
One thing I learned immediately was the bottle jack I carried was too tall to get under the axle when sitting on a rim or flat tire. I went to Harbor Freght and purchased a ligh weight floor jack that lives in the pod. Vann
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poston
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 28 Mar 2018 Location: Nevada Online Status: Offline Posts: 197 |
Posted: 26 Nov 2018 at 5:19am |
Ironically, when I had my blowout, I was carrying two 15-inch load range D tires in the back of my Xterra. I had bought them from another forum member and was carrying them back home to be mounted on new rims! They sat in the back staring at me while I repaired the damage ... |
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-- Jim Virginia City, Nevada 2016 R-pod 180 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 25 Nov 2018 at 7:08pm |
Wow! Makes me glad I traded out for load range D tires, including the spare.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 25 Nov 2018 at 6:39pm |
Your tire might be a little worse than mine. My brake line is still okay. I forgot to mention I have a Fastway E2 6k WDH with sway control. I'm sure that was a big help in my case. TT
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poston
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 28 Mar 2018 Location: Nevada Online Status: Offline Posts: 197 |
Posted: 25 Nov 2018 at 5:43pm |
We had a blowout on our 4th trip with our Rpod (2016 we bought this year). I was towing with a 2015 Nissan Xterra with friction sway control - not a very big vehicle. We were doing 65 mph on US-93 west of Great Basin Nat'l Park. Air temps prob about 25C or 80F - not too hot. Tires were the Ridgway Sport 14-inch stock tires, load range C, speed rating L (75 mph), 50 psi. Our 180 was lightly loaded, nothing in the tanks. Suddenly there was an explosion and debris flying in front of us. The left trailer tire had exploded. I felt a slight pull to the left and I counter-steered to the right. It was a two-lane hwy and a minivan was headed toward me, but I didn't have any problem staying in my lane. I gradually slowed down and pulled on to the shoulder. The tire was destroyed, the fender and marker lights blown off, and my brake line was taken out. I thought it would be a lot more violent, but it just felt like a wind shake. Maybe it was because of the anti-sway, but it was very controllable. My tow vehicle isn't big enough to resist a lot of side-to-wide sway by itself. Not a huge deal, but not to say I want to experience another, though. |
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-- Jim Virginia City, Nevada 2016 R-pod 180 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 9:11pm |
I am glad nobody was hurt. I felt similarly when we had our accident. Things were happening too fast and I was too busy trying to avoid getting hit once we came to a stop to be scared. Like you, a lot of things were automatic.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 8:23pm |
It was one of those times when I guess instinct kicks in. Best I can recall, there was a loud boom from behind me and pretty violent shaking. I think I remember a quick glance in the rear-view mirror and realizing the tire had blown out. Like I said earlier, I have a faint snapshot in my mind of rubber and my fender in the air. But then my eyes were in front of me looking for a way out. By that time my brain was on to seemingly subconsciously worrying about how much shaking (fishtailing) was going on and wondering how bad it was going to get. I let up on the gas and maybe I hit the brake and realized that I was probably going to be able to avoid a serious problem as long as nothing else happened. I remember turning the emergency flashers on and in one of those thoughts that happens in a millisecond, I wondered a) how I was calm enough to do that, and b) how I had the time to do it. By then I was slowing down and getting to the side of the road and realizing that I wasn't going to die. The whole thing had to take at least 5 seconds, right? I don't know exactly how fast I was going, but I was aiming for about 65 most of the trip. Without running into a big tree, it takes a few seconds to go from 65 to zero. It seems like it happened faster! I do remember thinking too, while this was going on, that I wasn't panicked. It was certainly very attention-getting, but I don't remember a lot of conscious decision making. Maybe I just knew what I needed to do, but I think a bigger part of it was that it just really wasn't that big a deal. (Other than the cost of new tires and a fender.) The road was clear and dry too. Slightly different weather or road conditions might have made things a lot worse, as might different traffic around me. And I had wide shoulders on both sides. More than any skill on my part, I was very fortunate.... TT
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David and Danette
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Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 3:55pm |
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 3:11pm |
[QUOTE=furpod] Sudden tire destruction can happen for many reasons.
Hmmmmm, I have heard it's possible to get an STD for only one reason, perhaps I was wrong lol |
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