telling me to drive on a bad steer

I keep mine handy...only for use when really needed...used to live in an apartment complex in a unit on the smallest parking lot and took umbrage at the, not permitted, commercial vehicles being 'tucked' away for the weekend.

Like the rider truck, guy in a work uniform climbs out and walks away with it sticking 2/3rds of the way across the common driveable area between the parking spaces barely enough room to squeeze thru to get into the lot; what was he thinking? Always the nice guy, I always re-tightened the valve stems. Got to watch the guy explaining to his boss that the tires were OK on Friday night...next weekend he parked on the street and the town promptly towed it and we never saw him again...

 

Ever think you were very lucky?

Had an Owner Op broke down on the shoulder waiting for the hook to arrive sleeping in the bunk.

Another guy blows a steer and hit the back of the empty container hard enough to pop the can off and upside down over the guardrail, split the chassis in half hard enough that the front half ripped the 5th wheel off of the tractor; rebounded and cross to the median and came to a stop burning to the ground, driver inside. My guy was thrown out of the bunk, sore but OK. That impact, if he was sleeping over the wheel, could have been a double fatality

Over twenty years I've handled 6 fatalities and this one still hurts to remember. 44 years working with driver of all kinds and you just know that guy had a family like thousands of others out there.

 

That’s terrible, no telling he may have fallen asleep. How many times have you seen steer tires ran completely off the rim? I’ve seen plenty, on the shoulder, left wheel on the ground. No reason to lose control, over a blown steer tire. In the old days with manual steering it was very dangerous. In a curve, bad weather, speeding, or if you run off the shoulder, it’s more likely to cause an accident. I’d be willing to bet more accidents happen from simply falling off onto the shoulder, when it drops off, on certain Interstates, and highways than from blown steers. Like Driving in snow, usually an accident is caused by speeding or panicking when losing traction.

 

Why not just pull into the tire shop and have them inspect it? If they say it’s legal then run it. If it’s not legal then your company has to fix it. Your just making sure things are safe. That’s good.

 

You should hire this Guy. Sounds like he needs a better Carrier.

 

Just check in at loves have them evaluate the tire then tell the loves tire tech to tell your company that legally he can not let you leave his facility with that tire of course he would be lying to them but they won't know that problem solved they will pay for a new tire

 

There's no reason to drive on a bad tire when you're in front on the tire shop.
I've faced a similar situation, and refused to drive a truck with a bad steer tire.
My cdl feeds my family.
I flatly refuse to operate unsafe.
I will always err on the side of safety.
Protect myself, my equipment, my company, and my license.
If I don't come home, because I was stupid, many lives are affected.
My honey, my dogs, my livestock.
I don't want them at risk for anything.
It's my responsibility to care for them, and I can't do that if I'm injured or dead.
It ain't worth the risks.
Plus, if I blow a steer, there's no telling what that truck will do, but it's highly likely it'll cause a wreck... and I don't want anyone else's life negatively affected because I didn't have the stones to do what I know to be right and safe.

 

You do realize that tire is not legal to drive on he posted the pics to prove it so the tire tech at loves would not be lying they would be doing their job

 

Or he could blow a steer, roll over into a ditch and die.

 

Drama Queens, drive to the yard, park the truck. Go have a beer.