Empty and trailer tire blown ..Ok to drive?

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  1. Jun 12, 2020 #1
    jellybean76

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    empty..53ft..have double axle..last load..going home 150 miles away. inside tire blown passenger side on trailer...drive to yard or get serviced
     
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  3. Jun 12, 2020 #2
    skellr

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    I would cut the tire off so it's not on the rim. They can flail around and rip a hole in an airbag.

    It's legal to do if you take the tire off.
     
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  4. Jun 12, 2020 #3
    Mid-May Trucker

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    Say a prayer and hammer down
     
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  5. Jun 12, 2020 #4
    Allow Me.

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    if it's just flat, should be OK. If it's partial shredded it will continue to shred and be a problem
     
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  7. Jun 12, 2020 #5
    bad-luck

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    Are you loaded? If so is it a heavy load? If your empty run it to the yard. Technically it is illegal to run with a flat. DOT could bang for for it.
     
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    Wasted Thyme

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    Op says empty
     
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  9. Jun 12, 2020 #7
    Rideandrepair

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    Should get it changed or singled out ASAP. Depending on what the Boss says.
     
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  10. Jun 12, 2020 #8
    Doing_flatbed_nc

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    If it's not your money, just limp to a shop.
     
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  11. Jun 12, 2020 #9
    bad-luck

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    Must have missed that
     
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    kemosabi49

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    Any scales on the way home? If not, as long as I wasn't placarded, I would probably chance it. I wouldn't want to get stuck waiting to get it fixed, then run out of hours before I could get home.
     
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