Another Lesson learned the hard way

My previous employer listed the following as an incident. I had a trailer tire go flat. Not a blowout that you could hear or feel. When I stopped at the rest area to whiz, I checked my tires and a tire was flat and off the bead. The rim was also bent. It was the LF Outside tire. I am positive I didn't hit any curbs or medians. The only thing I can figure is the tire must have leaked down and once flat the rim became vulnerable to impact damage from road imperfections. I can't imagine striking something in the roadway capable of damaging the rim of an inflated tire and not being able to feel such an impact. Just seems a bit petty of my former employer IMO.

 

LF outside? That would be the one most visible from your vantage point in the drivers seat. If the rim was bent and disfigured, it's hard to imagine it not being your fault.

 

Metal doesn't bend without and equal or stronger force hitting it... The wheel NEVER touches the road... so... you hit something and it is yours... It stinks.. but it is what it is..

 

Check your mirrors much driver?

 

I rented a truck a couple years ago to move some stuff.

About a block from my house I knew I had a flat 'cause of the steering being wacked-out.

I got in my driveway and both tires on the passenger side were flat as pancakes.

I would have changed one tire myself but but there was only one spare so I had to call the rental company and they dispatched Les
Schwab.

Repair guy said that there was impact damage. I lost my deposit. How convenient.

When I left with my load the DOT was down the street repairing a manhole cover.

The hole had deteriorated in just the right spot to cause a pothole sharp and deep enough to rip a tire open.

I never felt anything but it was enough for the cheap tires they had used to blow-out.

 

I don't know how these companies expect you to make a living if they keep penalizing you for damage you cause.

 

The sad thing is, you cost your employer some serious cash. The rim is around 100 bucks, and depending on the tire, could be anywhere from 100 to 500 bucks, not to mention the tire service call.

 

Oh Man! Not to get you upset at me......but! did you read the sentence you just wrote. The damage you cause... costs someone loss income..down time for the driver and loss income to the company. If you owned the equipment, you would have to pay for it....

 

I once got a used tire for $100. The only guarantee I got on it was it would "hold air", lol

 

Maybe he hit it to hard with his tire knocker!!!