Tire came off of the wheel

Oh by the way i blew a supersingle steer at 50mph with loaded water truck(4000) gallons, truck went half mile on blown tire to get stoped, tire never left the wheel just chewed up real good. So yeah been there done that what a ride.

 

Icall bull, theres more going on then being told, at 1mph and within ten feet, i don,t see a tire coming completly off the rim and rolling away, theres something fishy going on somewhere, i need the other details.

 

What part of the tire was this piece of metal sticking into? Unless it was under the tire, where you could not see it until the tire rolled, you should have been able to spot it during your pre-trip.

I also don't understand how they fit a super-single on the steer wheel? Super-singles are for dual tire axles, like drives and tandems. They replace the need for 2 separate tires.

 

Super singles are used on steers to for trucks with 20,000pd front axles,as on water trucks, and most lowbed trucks, check it out next time you see one. But theres still more to his story thenhes telling.

 

Lesson Learned !!!

Be careful from now on, concentrate on your pretrip,

Good Luck !!!

 

Im thinking pre trip was never done, and thinking employer knows more then the op is telling, details say more then ones words when hidding something, again never seen a tire come off at low speed in ten feet, i been here awhile too.

 

I call bs also but I can't believe how many of you people don't pay attention. The op said he checked his super singles AND his steers nothing about ss's on the front. But still doesn't add up to me.

 

I told about a blow out of my ss as an example only then went back to explain how ss,s are used sorry to have confused the main bull with my example of tire falure i have only seen skinny fronts blow so i can,t talk about them, but asteer blow is no fun .

 

Huh>what?

Did I miss where there was an inspection performed?

 

Its a shame when someone thinks they can fool those who live in this line of work, with maybe half ofwhat really happened, I think its time for the rest of the story to be told.