Tire Blowout

When i was pulling containers years ago, I had a trailer with the old bias-ply recap blow out. The chassis had an auto-inflate system that somehow messed up and put 200psi into the tires. When it blew, that sucker BLEW!!! The tread came off and went thru the grill/radiator of the 379 behind me, and it actually sheared the dayon style rim right off it's 5 lugs. Scared the crap out of me. Luckily the repair shop found the bad valve in the auto-inflate system so BNSF had to cover that one !!!!!

The other time was when I was coming out of Grass Lakes scale house when I pulled heavy machinery for an excavating company. i had just picked up a D9 and just had my permits checked and was merging into the EB lanes of I-94 when my left front steer tire blew out. Took me straight into the median.... that was a fun ride to say the least. i was only going about 40mph and you'd think with a missing tire the truck would slow down, well it didn't lol

 

How can a tire inflation system put 200 psi into a tire when they are run off the truck's air system...most of which won't make more than 135-140 psi max?

 

That's what I thought as well. Didn't make any sense to me either but they said it had a 200psi valve on it. I don't think it got to 200psi, just that's what the valve was set to cut out at. I think it just kept pumping air till it blew the tire..... all I know is it did some major carnage.

 

OK...so in other words, it didn't put 200 psi to the tire....it was just as if the valve wasn't there because the air pressure never reached it's shut-off point. That makes more sense. Whoever installed that 200 psi part on the trailer should be fired. Whoever stocked that 200 psi valve in the parts room ought to be fired, too.

A 200 psi valve on the truck makes about as much sense as putting a 200 amp fuse on an 18 gauge wire....

 

It was a chassis from a rail yard, they hire anything that can walk and show up to work. That's why I'm surprised there are so many people unemployed lol

 

That is asking an awful lot of a person...

 

one of those scrap haulers came blastin by me throwin crap everywhere. caught a BIG hunk. down the offramp (notice the cracked and groved pavement) to wait for the wrecker. cops caught up to him 5 miles later. got my tires for free from his company (i have a good attorney)

 

Here ya go...snapped some pics for you today in case you didn't believe me...tires were mounted up 12/15/12

 

Had one a couple of days ago. Driver side rear drive outside last axle. Sounded PSHHHHHHHHH and I got a little wiggle. I was 78k gross.

This happened at 2am and no one opened. Made it to TCI in Bham and tried to sleep. That is a rough neighborhood. People walking, drinking at all hours.