The scenario: You leave a shipper with a full load on a late Friday. You thumped the tires before you left and they sounded good. Two hour later you stop at a rest area and thump your tires again. You find that one is waay low though its not excessively hot yet. There is a truck stop about 25 miles away. Weekend dispatch advises you to try and limp it to the truck stop. Would you comply knowing that you risk ruining the tire?
A Flat Tire
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by tumblin dice, Jul 25, 2014.
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I would put it in gear and set sail.
That is why I carry an air hose with me. Air up a leaking tire and head for the tire shop.fireba11 and "semi" retired Thank this. -
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I also carry an air hose for situation like this where im no where near a tire place or truck stop. Also i would just go for it.
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Hmmm......well I would be concerned that if I went for it and ruined the tire, that safety would want to write me up or something?
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Is it your tire or theirs? Id roll slow if they give the ok. A TPMS is not a bad investment since it tells you temps and pressure of all your tires allt he time
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Imho, if dispatch tells you to limp it there, it is on them. Just make sure you have that in a qualcomm or text msg format so they cant say they told you not too. I lost an outside drive tire(not blow-out) and FM told me to take it almost 50 miles to shop to fix it. I was fully loaded and checked it four times on the way there to make sure it wasnt shredding. Got there, they plugged it, reset it and it has been fine since.
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A road service call to a rest area to fix a flat could be 3 / 4 hundred bucks. It is worth the chance.
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