Semi collides with Greyhound

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  1. SixShooterTransport

    SixShooterTransport Light Load Member

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    Oh yeah, I forgot about that part. All of his stories will come from “anonymous sources” and have zero factual evidence to back them up.
     
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  3. Rocknroller4

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    Think the hot weather blew the tire? I was told by cdl teacher sometimes to let a little air pressure out of the tires when it's really hot out.
     
  4. Texas Rebel

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    If your teacher told you that...you need to go get your money back from that "school"
     
  5. Jazz1

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    I generally avoid news because there is no good news. Good news does not sell.
     
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  6. Ric Rabbit

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    A "blown steer" should not send you across the median fell asleep sounds more likely. WWATD? ( what would autonomous truck do? )
     
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  7. buddyd157

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    NEVER-EVER, LET THE AIR OUT OF A HOT TIRE....>!!!!!!!

    if i were you, i'd file a complaint with the governing body of the school's accreditation board.

    information like that, makes grads of THAT SCHOOL, or shall i say, CDL MILL, go out here and muck up....
     
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  8. buddyd157

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    well actually it can. if he was in the left lane, maybe passing a slower vehicle and the tire blows, he's either going to recover quickly, or go over....
     
  9. striker

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    I've had a steer blow out, and I've had a steer just loose pressure while driving. The blow out, I wasn't ready for it, I was cruising along in the right lane at 75 mph, luckily, I was awake and alert, no one was passing me, because when it went, the steering jerked to the left, I hear the explosion and caught the wheel at the same time, so all I did was end up half in the other lane before I was fully in control and got it slowed and stopped on the shoulder. So realistically, I can see it, especially if he was in the left lane passing someone, the tire blows, NM has some pretty good lane/shoulder drop-offs on 25 and 40. Tire blows, wheel yanks to the left, drops off the shoulder, heavy load, overcorrection, very easy to happen
     
  10. STexan

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    Heat will definitely highlight any problems or defects in a tire. Constant cycling of hot to cold temps and altitude changes can cause minor “leakage” over time at any potential breech points of a tire. Some valve cores just refuse to be absolutely leak proof. This is why it’s important to use quality valve stem caps everywhere

    I don’t think heat that day there was by any means excessive, though. Even a brand new tire is not guaranteed to not have a defect that may or may not be potentially critical, even if properly mounted, seated, and inflated.

    And if/when they become under inflated, heat build becomes exponentially higher especially with heavier loads.

    But never let air out s tire simply because it’s hot outside. Properly inflate them when “cold” and do subsequent pressure checks when cold. If they are over inflated cold, they will have substantially higher pressure as they get hot during normal operation on hotter days.
     
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  11. fuzzeymateo

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    I hope you’re being sarcastic? Either that or your CDL teacher was a fool.
     
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