Blown tire: how far do you think I can drive?

Here's a story about a horrific accident on I-99 recently. Driver died (cause not clear), 3 rigs burned. Fuels tanks immediately caught fire. But hey, it was "just diesel"...

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/...ed-in-triple-truck-fiery-crash-163712226.html

 

In a circumstance like this, I'd keep a two-gallon bucket of water and a soft bristle wash brush with which to apply water to the hot tire every 20- 30 minutes. I think you could cool it off quite a bit with just 5 minutes of evaporative cooling.

 

Really?? You cant be serious..............

 

If the water didn't slosh everywhere my dog would drink it. How long would 2 gallons of water last?

I forget the name of it but rubber once it gets so hot it starts it's own chemical reaction where it keeps getting hotter and hotter on it's own. There is no stopping that chemical reaction because it is separate from something burning. Throw you a tire on top of a brush pile and watch it burn a round hole down the middle.

 

I usually just keep going the speed limit until the tire disintegrates and there's nothing left except the rim.

 

You do realise that we are talking about the only remaining good tyre on a set off duals?

 

take what happened to me a couple of months ago and think about this. i make a run from chattanooga to charlotte. 5.5 hrs from departure to arrival. i usually get there with enough time to take a 3 or 4 hour nap, make the delivery, do the reload and head back home to chattanooga.

i just get on I 85 in atlanta. im carrying on down the highway, rolling north, i had just passed commerce and still rolling. i blow an outer trailer tire 20 miles from the T/A and i was loaded about average. it was a cool night out, so i made the choice to carry on to the T/A instead of waiting on roadside to come and change the tire. dayight is one thing, but we all know how pitch dark it is past commerce. way too dangerous to be doing roadside work.

BIG MISTAKE.

took them 6 hours to get me in the shop to put my spare on the rim. was late delivering and missed the reload.

if i had it do do over again, roadside would have changed the thing and i would have been on my way.

 

The buckets that pool chlorine comes in hold 2 or 3 gallons, are very durable, and have locking lid. A little dishwashing liquid would hold more water on the tire, in the tread, "suspended" in the bubbles. I think it would be worth a try to make it another 50- 75 miles without blowing a tire from overheating.

I know burning tires are difficult to put out.. require special foam or something,, but haven't heard that they can reach critical stage of heating to where it is irreversible, but sounds plausible.

 

Bigrigbound,do you know what makes the heat in a tyre?
It is the flexing off the steelthreads in that tyre.
So the heat comes from the inside.
No way to cool it unless you have lots off water for a prelonged time.
This has been discussed somewhere in this thread or another thread on this forum.

But i understand your thinking and the logic behind it.
I applaude your effort but sadly it wouldn't work.