Good Night From II

jurupa valley at home.
on my way back to terminal yesterday heard a low pop.
sounded like popping a paper bag
saw a peice of rubber fly off the roght side.
pulled off copus rd sb 5 and checked tires.
one tire was flat. had a sidewall blow out. on driverside.
when tire tech showed up i showed him another bald tire and swift agreed to replace that.
weird because it wasnt the normal loud bang.
thinking maybe i ran over something

 

Maybe it lost some air before it popped?

 

Drivers dont realize, if you drive over a curb (for instance) you damage the sidewall, then when the weather warms up so do the tires and someone has a blowout from the tire you damaged months or weeks earlier, this is the season for blowouts, most important thump your tires a couple of times per day, use a gauge weekly or anytime you suspect a tire more than 10 lbs or so soft.

 

sidewall blowout was on the driverside front axle inner tire.
thumped the tires before i left lost hills and were all good

 

it probably had seperation happening on the sidewall, unless you crawled under with a flashlight you would know. A proper pretrip does include visual inspection of the sidewalls of the tires. I dont know of many whom properly inspect there equipment, rver. let alone once a day even. thumpiming tires is meant for during the day, not pre & post trips. And by the way all was not good, thats why you had a blowout, proper pretrip should have caught the sidewall buldging.