what happens when a steer tire blows on freeway

make sure to check your tires thouroughly during pre/post trip and every time you stop/fuel.Keep it slow when going down hills.I've had a few blown out steer tires traveling at a high rate of speed like 75 thru tx and I never lost control.

 

Knuckles turn white, shorts turn brown.

 

listen to him,lmao

 

Whatever you do don't slam on your brakes, you have to let the truck slow down on its own. Also you have to give it a fuel to "correct" it from putting you in a ditch...

 

Depends. Are you on cruise, sitting as if in your favorite recliner at home, with your left boot propped up on the dash and your right boot over by the shifter boot somewhere, and 2 fingers on the wheel, going as fast as you can go? Hang on tight is the best advice I can give you. Otherwise, look carefully at your steer tires, inside and outside (with a flashlight even in the day time), as well as the tread section. Look for "blisters" or other imperfections or anomalies on the side wall that don't look right . Could be a sign of a tire separating internally just waiting for the speed to hit something a little faster than your normal top speed ... as in going down a hill.

Early detection and correction is the best thing you can do to prepare for a steer tire failure. I'm not saying you can catch all tire failures before they occur, but you can catch many of them with careful visual inspections daily. Low air pressure tires that heat up in this summer heat are going to cause a lot of us fits, too.

 

Blew the passenger side steer coming down the I-70 grade just east of Salina, UT with 78,900 gross. Sudden drop on that side, slight pull to the right....got on the throttle, regained straight control, pulled off to shoulder and started flagging passing motorists....no signal on cell phone, no signal on Q-Comm...out in the middle of nowhere and 3 hours before someone stopped....no UHP to be seen or heard either! That old Volkswagen Hippie van was a welcome sight!

 

I've blow a steer before had to be running 70-75 In SD. Been many years back but really dont remember it being much trouble. Tire did separate and mess up my fender pretty bad.

 

im sure plenty have blown a steer on the freeway. just remember your training. foot of accelerator (guess as above posted if you lose control to push on the accelerator to regain control and counter steer) and press in the clutch and hold the wheel and move slowly to the right. if safe to do so. when you stop thank the good graces your ok. and give your self a good pat on the back and praise your good driving and reaction.
I havent blown a steer in a rig but in a 4 wheeler and just let off the gas and counter steered didnt need to use the gas to correct so may/must be different with a rig


now if you fail to do this than pray that you dont kill anyone else and that you get to go to whatever place you go to when you die!