SRW Tire Blowout!
 

Loaded pretty tall and heavy, Cruise on 70mph, holding and talking on the phone (bluetooth just disconnected, POS has a mind of its own), looking at a craigslist add on the laptop, 2 fingers on the steering wheel, BOOM, tire blows out! Bumpy, noisy, and lots of smoke, but no problems. Truck and trailer drove straight and stable. Felt a little "loose" or "squirly" but no worse then driving over some of these old bumpy freeways we have in this country! I just slowed down and pulled onto the shoulder. changed it out with my matching spare and went on our way.
Not looking to start a debate over DRW vs SRW. Just sharing my personal experience with others. I know some have said that a blow out on a SRW will cause an accident. Obviously it does not. Now if ANY truck has a steer blow out, that might cause problems......

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Who needs a tire blow out for a wreck.......you sound unsafe on the road no matter what!

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Not sure how to take your comment buts its all good anyways! :drink:

Over 1 Million accident free miles speaks for itself.......

Phantom...have you ever talked on your cell phone while driving? 100% of the time do you hold the wheel at 10 and 2? Have you ever looked down at the radio or changed the station? Held a drink to take a sip, or eat something?

The majority of the time I am using my Bluetooth, (kenwood DNX6160 in dash Nav), which comes through the trucks speakers leaving my ears free to listen to the road, and am not playing with the radio or looking at the computer.

One thing I am strongly against is texting and driving. My Co-pilot/Girl gets annoyed when I get texts and she has to respond for me!

Here we go,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:angry-smiley-038:

Im glad it happened on just the rear tire for you...the front tire is the exact opposite with that load. I have 3 srw and 1 dually and the dually is slightly better at controlling the load...but I like you prefer my srw trucks.

Almost 3 hours and no rebuttal from Sydwayz yet, where is he? :whistle:

But you said "looking at a craigslist add on the laptop", then you say "and am not playing with the radio or looking at the computer". Glad you made out ok, but I'm confused...:confused:

Nort covered. :whistle:

You must have not read the part "the majority of the time"

TO help clarify, most professional drivers, truck, police, fire, have a laptop mounted on a swivel mount between the front seats. Just like the police, sometimes you need to use multiple devices to complete your job while driving. I am very fortunate to have a co-pilot do most things for me. When the blowout happened, I was on the phone with a friend who wanted to buy something on craigslist and asked for my advice. Kristy looked up the ad, read it to me, and turned the computer towards me to view, at the same time the bluetooth disconnected, so I picked up the phone itself (could not re connect till after the call).

Like any driver, I have distractions on the road. Even if they only happen once in a while, things like to go wrong at the Worst time!

GPS, Radio, Looking at a sweet boat passing by, Checking out my Girls chest, Just normal DISTRACTIONS! :lolhit:

Point being, EVEN with multiple distractions, a SRW truck does not lose control and rollover like many have thought.

Ok everyone. I should be seeing Kevin here in the next few hours so I will personally have the safety lackeys on stand by to save him from himself. Everyone knows that he must be the only person who has ever been distractd while driving. SHAME ON HIM!!! I want to assure everyone that alll will be ok though as I have 2 extra tire and rims to loan him so he can have a DRW truck and be extra safe.

Thanks Kev for sharing a simple ordeal and the events surrounding it and the outcome. I guess I should start a thread about having the right rear tire on my wifes car go flat while I was driving the other morning. I was having a coffee and adjusting the radio so i guess I should be damned also.... :party-smiley-004:

rant off:evilb:

Be sure to let me know where you are driving so I can stay off that road. :D

J/K........ surprised that card hasn't been played yet. ;)

glad you did not wreck for sure. i am a SRW puller my self.

I'd like to know how you got that Jeep up there. That's more incredible than you not rolling because of the flat...

:lolhit: The wrecked car auctions fork them on and normally...normally....the place buying them on the other end have a fork lift to unload. :lolhit:

DAMN, lucky you didn't roll over with that SRW, you REALLY need to think about getting a DUALLY!:evilb::evilb::evilb::evilb::evilb::evilb:: evilb::evilb:

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Had a 08 Dually and prefer the Single. :evilb: Car hauled with 3 different SRW Cummins trucks and had ZERO problems with any of them.
I have some pics posted in this thread. Starting at Post 16.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/t...stalled-2.html

You need to get that Baja up to Traverse City and have some fun running in West Bay Lake Michigan with us. Lots of room to play without the huge waves. Easy to get to Power Island and raft off.