Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts, opinions or comments on these run flat inserts.
Seems like a good idea to me, if u have a steer blowout, the rim never touches the pavement, and u still have something rubber to get u to the side of the road.
thanks in advance
do any of you owner operators use run flat inserts on your steer tires?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by DeepSouthRollin, Sep 12, 2018.
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Steer explodes. That leaves the rim minus the fender, hood and a few other unimportant things for the moment.
Grab wheel if you are not already on it with both hands hold it just enough to hold the whole tractor trailer straight. Come off your power, stay off it. Don't touch a #### thing let her drift to a halt on the side of the shoulder.
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yes sir, I have been known to have been in scrapyards through out the years,
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Get yer popcorn!
This is how the Guberment does it! With a foam filled tire. Seems like a very practical thing to me, NOT!!!
But watch this anyways:
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If it rained for any length of time, the scrap yards couldn't clean up as good so driving through puddles meant risking getting metal in tire(s).
It was six months to get me off the ground. I hope I never have to hook to another high side though.DeepSouthRollin and slickWillie1980 Thank this. -
What a relief to have one going to Smithfield in the AM instead of SCwore out and DeepSouthRollin Thank this. -
The company I leased on to was poorly run/ mismanaged. It was not uncommon to wait 2 hours for a van trailer to be free'd up and hooked to only to get a call to drop the van and grab a flatbed for an "emergency load!!!"
There are no emergency loads in scrap metal. Lol.
There is a lot of money in it if you approach Omnisource with your own authority. A lot of money when the scrap prices are up.,DeepSouthRollin and slickWillie1980 Thank this. -
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