First time blowout

Not sure which is worse. Having a tire blow or having to eat at a McDonalds in a service plaza.

 

You made the right choice eating the McDonalds, over the other choice...

Trailer tire's aren't bad.... Like the others have said wait till that happens on a steer tire, that's not fun...

 

ok got a question.. Ive had numerous trailer tires blow, but i have never sat on the side of the road and waited for a service tech to come to me..always inspected the bad tire and rode on to a tire shop.. Am i doing this wrong?

 

In the hammer lane at 75 3 truck in line of 6in the middle of a right hand curve of course passing a couple trucks and left steer tire goes.

 

I don't think so if you can do it without problems do it at very least find a safer place for the tire man to do his job with a little less worry

 

Is a OOS DOT violation if caught... So are you doing it wrong according to the law yes... According to me, if a service shop is close why sit on the road when you could limp it to the closest repair shop... Another consideration when making the decision to drive with a blown-out trailer tire is how heavy your load is.... Maxed out on weight and only a couple exits to the repair shop ya, but more than a couple exits might want to rethink it...

 

couple times it happened I was loaded very light .. 15-22k lb load.. limped 40 miles though...kinda embarrassed to admit this but once I stopped an did a mid trip inspection all was well.. 100 miles down the road a biker did the universal sign for flat tire... I never knew.. right side rear..an as you know you can only really see the first set out of the mirrors.. blew and took the mudflap and bent the hanger forward