Vandalism, 13 tires lost, at least 10 trucks hit

Under sufficient pressure. Now what is sufficient pressure? What is normal pressure? Does a tire blow everytime you or someone gets a flat while running down the road or do most just loose air and go flat?

I would think someone could drill into a decent tire everyday for the rest of the year and not get an exploding tire. They most likely would have to wait at the exit and try it with your overheated, poorly and excessively worn tire before it has any chance of cooling down. My guess is who ever is doing this is sitting and watching as drivers come and waiting till they are fast asleep before they attack. So even a tire on the edge would have time to cool and unless they are drilling directly on the weakest part of the tire the most they are going to do is slowly relieve the pressure helping to avoid that big boom theory you have in your head.

 

Can you please explain to me what I said that deserves that kind of response?
Every word I said is factual.

 

Tires don't blow because someone drills a hole in the sidewall. The "blowouts" you know of with truck tires are nothing but the actual "cap" coming off. Very few actually "blow".

 

You accused me of neglecting my Tire Pressure.

Tire blowouts can happen no matter how careful your are.

I bow before your awesomeness Supertrucker, thou who are able to detect and prevent all tire defects and road hazards.

Whoa to any regular trucker lacking your skills.

 

I am not a super trucker.
But I do have over 40 years of driving and owning trucks.
I also sold tires for 8 years including Bandag recaps.
I may know a little about what I’m talking about.

 

No, that's not what he did.

You said that 10% of the time when a tire gets punctured, it blows.

Lyle countered with the idea that it's not the puncture that causes the blow out, but the slow leak that causes heat build up.

You took EXTREME UMBRAGE.

Lyle is right, you're wrong.

Before my company started running auto-inflation systems I would get any leaking Foreign Object Puncture into the nearest shop for repair. Now if I have an auto-inflation trailer I will move to the nearest company shop (within reason). How much do you want to bet that I could put a 4" screw into a tire and drive it 5o miles without a problem? 100 miles? 500 miles?

 

Thanks for the information.

 

Any update to this @86scotty ? Curious how things are going with the insurance company . but i respect ur privacy if u arent willing to share