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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Topic: Tire demolition Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 11:45am |
81 mph. Less than that. TT
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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 12:01pm |
No doubt you're right. I don't have a way to do 3 tires at once today. I have an appointment later today though for 2 new Goodyear D rated tires that will go on the road, of course. I guess I'll have to do the spare as soon as I can. TT
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 3:07pm |
Tars
Can I ask you a question? I have feared a blowout/tire loss of some type while driving. I wonder if you coold explain what happened when the tire went. I fear the trailer will sway violently out of control, or possibly tip over in the direction of the blown tire. Is it not a big deal? Is it just that you know something went wrong, and stop, and realize after stopping what happened? Thanks in advance |
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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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David and Danette
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Posted: 23 Nov 2018 at 3:55pm |
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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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StephenH
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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
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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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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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StephenH
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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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