Anyone had a steer tire blowout while driving?

Look at the steel belt underlayment of the tread for a tear and or rust stain. That will be the culprit. Small punture hole that could not be seen and did not leak.

 

Happened to me. No shoulder, barrels to the right. Nothing I could do but pull through the barrels and into the grass.

 

I had a steer tire blowout on 2 lane highway. Steering began shimmy-to much vibration. I gripped wheel and heard the loud bang. The vibration and blowout were less than 60 seconds.
Right tire blowout. I had tight grip on steering. I didnt brake hard. I just coasted to stop. Steering definitely pulls to blowout.

 

I was driving a T-800 pulling a 48X102 flatbed with a load of double decked rolled roofing out of Tampco in Joplin, MO. heading down I-44 going to Dallas when the truck ahead of me lost a piece of angle iron and bam, right through my right steer, when i seen the angle iron fall of i tried to change to the left lane to avoid it but didn't quite succeed and i feel that because i had the wheel pointing to the left and had a good grip on the wheel, that when the tire blew it didnt turn hard right like I've seen happens with others so i was able to safely get on the shoulder without biting the dust.

 

Only once in 30 years, and the best (worst) case for a bad outcome. Got a late call to move a seismic drill to a new location, came in at supper time and HAD to be at the new location for morning. In my mind I knew there was no possible way it could be there on time, but was told just to do my best to get it there.

Got loaded at about 11pm out in the bush, back on the highway at about 1am with a few hundred miles to go but I was dog arse tired so I pulled over to catch a quick nap. When I woke up and went to pull out, the steering wheel just took off to the left...wtf. Got out, flat left front, when I pulled out it rolled half off the rim. Called the local tire shop call out line, they would send a guy out right away. Bonus, I crawled into the bunk.

Woke up at some point a few hours later feeling the truck go up on the jack, went back to sleep until I felt it come down off the jack and crawled out in time to see the service truck pulling away at around 4am. Stuff it into gear and carry on. Got about a hundred miles away, starting to get light out now but still tired AF. All of a sudden the truck leaned hard left and wants to cross the yellow. I wrestled it to a stop and pulled over, left front blew out. Called the tire shop in the next town and they sent a guy, went to put a new tire on but he found the culprit...cracked rim. First call out guy put the tire back on the bead and the tire didn't leak so he put the wheel on and booked it. Tire slowly deflated until it got hot and blew out the sidewall. Second guy could see the cracked rim in the daylight.

Needless to say the drill wasn't going to be where they wanted it when they wanted it, called the company and was told "oh, no problem. we don't need it until tomorrow now." &#$&&^$&*%##%^&%^&

Sorry for the long read, I was channeling X1Heavy.

 

Not yet thankfully. But had my right front super single blow once. I just knew it was the right steer from the sound and pull. Not cool at all

 

Blew one about ten or twelve years ago. The one and only. It wasn't fun, and fortunately it was as I just started down a straight 55mph county rd. It did damage the rim. After the expensive repair, which ate the profits from that load, I ended up on a steep, winding, narrow two lane road, with no shoulder, and occasional steep drop shoulder. I'm glad it didn't happen then! You have to maintain control. Drive with both hands on the wheel, not a foot up on the dash, or casual slouchy posture. When they blow, they you need to control it, and bring it to a safe stop. I've seen drivers roll it right over. They really need to develop run flat steers, as well as run flat super singles! That would help prevent much of the control loss, and be a safer situation, and prevent most rim damage, imo anyway.

 

Yeah. In my '78 KW K100 COE doing 65 in the rain in L A traffic. I had once watched a video like the one above and had been told by several Senior Driverds do not hit the brake and accelerate, then slowly back off the throttle and use the trailer brake trolley to slow down and stop. All went well til trying to stop. Every time I let off the cab would start bouncing. I have always seatbelted since day one, but if I hadn't then I would have been thrown over the dog house. Eventually I got it slowed but not as quick as I'd like to have. The tire (steer set) I had purchased recently had a zipper tear. They said it was low on air but thst was not true. I always kept my tires aired. I looked at the other still good tire and found two things. It was "dry rotted/ weather checked" near the bead. Snd the D.O.T Mfr. date was over 5 years. I yold the sales shop and the mfr (General) and they said I let the air low, the cracks are normal and the D.O.T. dont mean anything and it wasnt their problem. Like a dummy I let it ride. A few months later I went to get in my cab and there on the other tire were cracks so big I could put my finger tips in them. I bought 2 new tires ( another brand). Got all my documents together for that purchase, and the original road call and replacement used tire and took it to the tire plant where they wrote me a full check. Lucky no one got hurt. I never run a weather checked tire since. And yeah keep it straight first, then slowly roll off. I heard cabovers are harder to control than Conventionals. Shorter wheel base like my '78 too. I knew a Veteran Driver who died bobtailing a 2 axle city cab Some said it was a tire blow out, others say too fast on the connector.

 

What ? You're driving a gas rig ?

 

Imagine..... blowing a Super Single Steer.