Are tire blowouts considered preventable?

What's interesting. Is that Prime reported that. But then forever ago when REDACTED happened to me at CRST. Nothing is on my DAC

 

It's not your fault if there's junk in the road in front of you. Big or small.

If you try to swerve to miss said junk, and you roll your truck, or hit another vehicle... that is your fault.

Change lanes to avoid debris if you can do so safely. If you have any doubts at all... hit it.

Tire blow outs are a guaranteed thing. Even if you don't see anything, they'll happen. They just do.

 

Well DID you check the air pressure? Since it's an old trailer as you describe If not then I think it's on you

 

I want to expound on this comment. All tires have an optimum PSI setting. Too much air and they ride hard, too little air and they start getting hotter than they should be. If that tire is starting to rot and it is low it can blow out once you put it on the road. When I picked up a trailer I shut off my engine after checking the permits and lights. I would charge the trailer air and listen as I looked at the tires.

NOT meaning to morph this topic, but a few weeks ago I had a now-retired Virginia DOT Cop over and we had dinner. He told me he used to sometimes stand just next to the scales and listen for air leaks as the trucks passed. Sometimes he would just stop on the side of the road with his window down and listen for air leaks. With experience, people can tell if a trailer is empty or has a very light load just by looking at the tires.

With the ever-increasing way the FMCSA and the States are getting with CMVs, I highly recommend drivers start paying close attention to their tires and air systems.

 

You don't know how the tires were treated before. Someone could have ran them at 25 psi then inflated up to 100. The 25psi will damage the sidewalls if run at that psi.