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Blowouts and Gators

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RED RIDER

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Returning home on Interstate 44 from Spyder Jam I was approaching a pickup towing a large tandem axel trailer. As I got nearer The pickup pulled into the outer lane to pass a 18 wheeler. I was getting ready to follow him when one of the tires on the trailer literally exploded and threw pieces all over. Luckily I avoided all the gators but was amazed at the force of the blowout. The trailer just had auto size tires I cant imagine what happens when a 18 wheeler
tire starts shedding road gators. Hope I never see that.
 
GATORS

:gaah:...2 YRS. ago ,coming home from LaMont's :bbq:, on my ( new to me ) 2011 RSS I was passing a TT unit at approx. 80 MPH ( and I was just keeping up with traffic :roflblack: ) When it blew a tire , right next to me .......sounded just like .306 going off.......Luckily for me it was an inside tire on a tandem axel ......otherwise I think I might have been KILLED :yikes::yikes::yikes:...........Getting hit by a slab of rubber that weighs maybe 35 + lbs. is generally lethal at any speed on a Motorcycle ....even a Spyder :thumbup:
 
Not pretty..!!

believe me...fortunately was not on the roadster at the time but ran over some chuncks and made the car bounce around. If you ever see a small cloud around any tire on those rigs....back off..!! :lecturef_smilie: the air pressure combined with the weight can pop a tire if the retread peels off. Poorly cured retreads or over loading them makes them liable to failure...:gaah:
 
I believe that we had a report in here within the last three Months, of a motorcyclist getting killed by flying debris from a blow-out... nojoke
 
Myth Busters did a show on this subject. The Myth (or true story) was that a motorcycle officer was killed when he was at the side of a big rig and a tire blew up. The story says the retread came off and decapitated the officer. The Myth Busters show did show that one of those can go right through a windshield and hit you with enough force to kill you. They could not prove the decapitation thing.

Needless to say, it's a serious matter!

Bob
 
Very serious and scary. Have seen a lot of "blowout rubber" on our main highway lately. Glad I missed the incidents. :thumbup:
 
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