Trailer Tire Blow-Out

Keep on running until you see sparks.....

 

I believe it's pull off the road as soon as you can do so safely. Meaning basically, you can't drive it any distance. I don't have a regulation to quote for you.

 

Good idea.

 

Law says that you can not operate a vehicle with a flat tire,,blown tire with low air pressure or tire with an audible air leak,,If cought it is not only a ticket but an OUT OF SERVICE,, Now if you are empty you can remove the tire from the rim or remove the wheel if you have dual tires and run as long as you do not exceed the weight for a single axle..I have in the past blown a tire when empty and singled out the dual to get home where I had tires in my tire shed rather than pay $$500 for a $200 tire at a truck stop.

 

Here is the most important factor dealing with a blow out or flat tire,,Safety. If you are loaded when a tire blows or goes flat if you continue to drive the tire next to it on duals will fail and you can have an accident or have 2 tires to replace or pay for the other factor is pices of tire flinging off and hitting other vehicles and maybe killing someone,,not fun sitting on the side of the road sometimes for hours waiting far tire service but it the way of life in trucking,,Each day and every time you stop inspect your tires,,if your tires are not up to snuff fix or replace them,,
I always carrier at least 2 spare tires sometimes 3 when I had an RGN and a few times I have gotten out my 3/4 drive impact and did my own tire work,,not fun but sometimes you do it,,LIke Lisa on Ice Road Trucks,,I am sure she does not like hanging iron but she did it all part of the job,,Be safe run good tires and if loaded heavy on very hot days stop and check your tires every 2 to 3 hours and keep you speed down,,the faster you go the more likely your tires will fail

 

When you have a trailer tire blow out, then hear a bang, bang, bang sound, stop immediately. The banging sound is a tire carcass that is hitting the cross members of the trailer. The cross members are pieces of steel that support the floor and run the width of the trailer. A tire carcass will bend those cross members and cost hundreds and maybe a few thousand dollars to repair. Your company will be pissed.

 

Or it catches fire

 

Not exactly. § 396.7(b):

In other words, if you are driving down the road and blow a tire, you are allowed to proceed to the nearest SAFE place to have repairs made. That could be a tire shop or an empty parking lot at the next exit. It could also mean you should stop immediately and not proceed any farther if it is throwing chunks of rubber causing a hazard to others or sparking real bad possibly going to catch fire.

The key is, it has to be safe for you to proceed, and if it is, you are only allowed to keep going to the NEAREST safe place to have repairs made. In other words, get the heck off the shoulder of the highway so that the tire guy isn't risking his life with traffic zipping by 2" off his derrier as he's trying to put a new tire on your truck. If you DO have to stop on the shoulder, do what you can (single out the tire, drive slower, etc.) to safely move the truck off the highway and AT LEAST get to an exit ramp. Go to the top, cross the road, and park on the shoulder of the get-on ramp to wait for the service truck. Traffic will generally be moving slower there, and drivers paying more attention than either the get-off ramp or the highway shoulder.

Bottom line, IF you have a choice, park the truck in a location that YOU would feel safe working on the truck. If YOU wouldn't feel safe working where you parked, how could you in good conscience ask somebody else to do it?

 

Do you own the truck?
If not then keep on truckin driver! HAHAHA
REPEAT AFTER ME
"What trailer tire officer? I did a pre trip when I left, it was all good. I didn't know it blew out."