Anyone had a steer tire blowout while driving?

My brother and I blew a steer going up hwy 40 near Winter Park Colorado. Thankfully we were going up hill and ate the mountain side and not the guard rail side. (owner put 15 year old tires on the truck). Even at 35 mph we were just along for the ride.

 

I'm really fussy with tires and they are high qaulity and go away long before they hit legal limits .
No willpops for me!

 

Driver probably stomped on the brakes, instead of stomping on the gas pedal to straighten the rig out first. Stomping on the brake in a truck increases the bend, and thats how you end up in the ditch, or the median, or dead.

Somewhere on this forum was a great video or diagrams posted about 2, or 3, or 4 years ago explaining the why and how of the physics involved when you blow a steer tire, and what to do. I give that poster a Gold Star and a piece of pie - I read it, and it worked for me.

I blew the right steer going 68 mph. Truck was empty. I had heard something a few miles before the blowout, sounded like I drove over a piece of metal and it clanged like throwing a 1 1/2" combination wrench across concrete. When the tire blew, I stomped on the gas, held on tight, watched the tire go flying/bouncing away.

Now rolling on the rim, got off the gas, stayed off all the pedals, and let er roll out until I stopped about 400 yards down the road.

Never left my lane, and got on the shoulder, steering was feeling more like manual but it wasn't tough. Still had clean underwear. Left 2 scratched tracks in the concrete roadway. New tire and wheel, I was back in business.

 

there's a good video to give you peace of mind about survivability, even in a supposed "blow out", it can really only be what they call a rapid loss of pressure, and as long as 1. driver reaction doesn't make it worse/catastrophic, and 2. driver was already maintaining appropriate speed and following distance (not hauling az and tailgating or throwing it through a corner at 15mph over) there's no reason why you couldn't bring the rig safely to a halt wheels still down. a steer tire rapid loss of pressure does not throw the rig off the road into a guard rail

 

I blew one running the interstate at probably 70mph loaded, don't remember it being a big deal. Heard it start to go and the tire went down fast. Shredded the tire and destroyed the inner fender of that 377. Pulled to the shoulder and called tire shop. Was 20 years ago

 

I had 2 blow on me. Had driver side blow just outside of Effingham, Illinois on 70 then 1 week to the day passenger side blew. Blew open my hood and knocked my headlight out. They were both my fault I bought used tires because I had uneven wear and I did some work on front end and didnt want to waist money on 2 new tires if what I did hadn't fixed the issue

 

Theres a video on youtube of a cement mixer that blew a steer and it was practically on its side in the ditch before the driver even had enough time to realize what was happening. I also think he died in the accident as well.

 

I've never had one blow up but I did I e time run over something with passenger steer. Truck dropped sharply to passenger side and then suddenly I watched my right steer tire (Bridgestone r280 lp 24.5) flying through the air off to my side and over the fence alongside the highway. I was running about 70 empty on dry pavement. Coasted to a stop never lost steering just hindered it some rim was pitted somewhat along both beads. Had a tire guy come out put on used tire and on I went. Didn't seem a big deal. May have just been lucky. Only occurrence in 23 years. (so far)

 

Blew one back in December. Fully loaded tanker going 70. Held the wheel steady and eased it slowly to the shoulder. No brake and just let it coast. It sure felt like forever trying to slow that thing down on throttle reduction alone.