What's it like to blow a steer tire?

Don't Panic....hold the wheel center and let the truck roll while maintaining control....do not apply brakes until you are slowed down to 20 mph....and then pull over on the shoulder of the road. I did that safely and it took about a mile to stop. The aluminum wheel was unusable and was trashed. The side wall blew out when I was doing 65 mph. maybe due to age , wear and overheating. The company will replace both steers at 150 K to be be safe rather than pushing them to fail. Last thing we want is another very expensive road service call. (over 800 dollars)

 

On our belly dump it runs 385s and the rear one blew. I saw the mudflap sail 30' in the air.

 

Mine was a puncture and slow deflate. Wasn't too bad. What hurt was the 1053.00 bill for a new one on the side of a dark Texas two lane.

 

Popped a steer at triple digit speeds and popped one at 65mph. The truck wants to turn in the direction of the blowout. Hold the wheel tightly and pull the handbrake halfway down. It will apply the trailer brakes to slow you without locking up the tires. Doing this method can prevent the front wheel from getting chewed up.

 

Thanks guys, got started reading and lauhed so hard for 5 minutes had to wipe my eyes. Good information and irrelevent humor all in one place - cant be beat.

 

Had a rear blow in a cab over freightliner, it flew and hit the back of the cab. Hard enough to leave a dent and scare the #### out of me. Another one of our driver lost a steer going down a grade in a cab over. With all that weight upfront it pushed him into the guard rail.

 

Never had a "blowout" just a slow deflate from a bolt I picked up on the road...don't panic as said it pulls to the side of the flat.

 

If yall driving in grease conditions,you won't even know it. It's just a little bit slipper.

 

Not bad, not really any different than in a car but the situation of the blowout can change it a lot to. I ran over a piece of metal and knew what happened right away. If I were going around a corner, did it in a pothole or on a slick road if could have been very different.