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  1. #1
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    Blowout

    Happened last weekend. We were 40 minutes from home on I5. We had been on the road for 8 hours, camper in the bed, loaded horse trailer in tow. I was doing 70, it was dark out and I hit something in the road. never saw it but I felt the hit, followed by a wobble and a bang followed by the sounds of a tire shredding. Nothing more fun than flatting with a marginal shoulder to pull off onto. Set out a cone pattern and got to work changing the inner dually tire. The blow out left the fender hanging by one bolt ( Thankfully) 50 minutes by headlamp and I had us back on the road. Changing a tire at night in shorts and a sweatshirt when its 50* really sucks. So this afternoon I repaired the damage. Repainted the fender and bolted it back up after doing some minor bodywork. I still need to replace one marker light and rewire them but its functional and solid and that's all I care about. So far it ha cost me all of $12.00 not including buying a new tire and a marker light.
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  2. #2
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    Glad you guys were safe.

    Never had the experience of a blowout on the truck but the trailer came up short a couple of times with a flat and one broken spindle when hauling a car. Figured it was way over weight with all the stuff over and under the car when I blew the tire. Spindle/bearing was another story. Led to being in Salt Lake City over the weekend. Don't recall much open on Sunday when we tried to find anything open. That was back in the 2000 maybe it's changed since then.
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  3. #3
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    That's a scary experience...And it always seems to happen at the most inconvenient time possible...Murphy's Law in practice......Ben
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  4. #4
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    Glad everyone is OK---that can get scary real quick

    I once had a set of duals pass me---I watched as they jumped the curb and sailed through the picture window of a Chevy dealership. I've never full understood the physics of how the duals sped up to pass me It may be that I saw it happen and slowed down--I'm not sure.

    Luckily this happened early one Sunday morning and no one was on the sidewalk or in the dealership. I'd guess the weight to be about 400-500 lbs for two tires, split rims, and hub assembly.

    The alarm went off so the police showed up right away. After I gave them all my information, I chained up the axle, and continued on my way. That trailer had a "walking beam" suspension on it so, even loaded I could hobble to the next job on the three reaming duals.

    I went back on Monday and recovered my duals
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  5. #5
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    Pulled and inspected both driver and passenger side duals, installed the new inner passenger side tire and put the spare back up. Tire pressures were all over the place, fixed that with my compressor. Those tires/wheels are heavy SOBs

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    I blew out a front tire just before getting off the ramp in Tucson, heading for the Pima County Fairgrounds RV park. Since I had upgraded the insurance on the new fifth wheel and truck and added Good Sam Roadside Service. So I waited over three hours for someone to show up. The first one said they didn't have the proper jack to do the job.
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