My life at Millis

Well I continue to get "baptized by fire" in my training lol, we just had a blowout!!! Scared the crap out of me!! Our right rear drive tire, & it messed up the rim too!! I put out the reflector triangles & we have to wait 2 - 2 & 1/2 hours before anyone can get here to start to change the tire & wheel. Not a fun experience, but thankful we pulled over safely, and I'd rather experience my first with a trainer than all alone! It's good thing our delivery time isn't til 0700 Monday, we planned to arrive with time to relax and chill, it's good we have that cushion now!!

 

Glad you were able to stop safely. I never had a tire blow out until I was on my own. A single drive tire is enough to get your attention. These super singles are enough to wake the dead.

That is one of the many reasons why super singles are the WORST idea. Any fuel economy savings that they claim these tires offer. Are completely put into the negative when you have to replace one. That picture right there is $1300 +/- . You can't nurse the truck off the road to safety. I had one these blow out (one of many) on my drives. It ruined the rim and snapped off my mud flap hanger. Around 1/2 inch of solid steel. I could see the TA. It was walking distance away. I sat there for 2 1/2 hours.
When are the companies that use these going to wake up? They cost more than two dual tires. The rim is the most expensive of all. The lack of traction is my biggest gripe.

 

They must have improved them. I had them back in 2012 - 2014. My truck would get stuck on flat ground. LoL I was at a Lowes Dc in Findlay, Ohio. I stopped at the guard shack and checked in. I go back in the truck and the tires just spun. Locking the diffs didn't matter. Eventually I burned through the ice to pavement. I was then able to rock it to get moving.

 

I was told they were lighter as well. Kind of hard to believe that one double wide rim is lighter than two. It still sucks that you are dead in the water after a blow out. I have nursed my truck off the road several times when I had dual tires. It has a lot to do with the safety of people who come out and replace the tires. One service truck came out to me near Chambersburg, Pa on I-81. The side of the road is narrow. The traffic wasn't slowing down at all. He drove up to the gas station at the top of the ramp. There was enough room for a semi to get in and out. He asked them if they minded me parking there long enough to replace the tire. He removed my rim and we slowly, very slowly. Drove the half mile to the ramp and park in the gas station. I was at around 72,000 lbs. So we didn't want to over load the other 3 tires.

 

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