Looking for a second opinion on this.
Driver says the truck hit a rough patch and the damage occurred over a 30 mile stretch.
My gut tells me this happened over the 400 mile trip and the driver didn't check his chains.
I'm not exactly unbiased because I'm a bit upset over the damage to my equipment, so I'm looking for opinions from people not as close to the situation.
Tire Damage
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Arisonius, May 6, 2021.
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I think it could be done even in less than 30 miles ...had a chain slide once through rub rail and hit the tire ( probably 30" down to the pavement ) , i noticed right away in side mirror , stopped but the tire was already trashed
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I agree, short term damage.
I use binder locks so things can’t shake lose like that though. Never had a binder come open unless it was lose to begin with though.NavigatorWife, Nostalgic, singlescrewshaker and 2 others Thank this. -
How many trucks do you own? Just asking becuase if your that upset over just a tire you should count your blessings. Most company owners are really upside down becuase of serious downtime repairs from operator abuse such as trans and etc. just lecture the driver about his chaining methods and slap a new tire on and be done with it. No reason to open up a forensic murder investigation on how the tire was murdered.
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Yup agree with the others. Ive seen a tire get trashed in as few as 10 yards when one of these came loose back when i did oilfield. Best bet is to lecture on chain method buy a new tire and move on. Best guess is either chain was loose or not fully secured. Over 400 miles would have eaten the tire till it blew.
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Few weeks ago my bungee that keeps my winches in place broke, I was on US 15 in PA nowhere safe to pull over. Winch tore up my tire by the time I could stop. I’d say less then 15 miles. Truly sucked
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