***WARNING LOOK-OUT FOR ROAD GATORS***

[scooterexpress]

Bumping this for a reminder

 

[Harley]

We were heading west on I44 and an eastbound semi threw a gator across the medium and into the front of our Chrysler suv, taking out the front cowl, windshield, etc. Thank God we were not on the Spyder and it made us very much more aware. :bowdown:

 

[jtpollock]

:agree: I am seeing these things all over

 

[missouriboy]

Yes. The other day, I was behind a pickup and his spare tire fell off. I wasnt on my :spyder2: but in my truck but I just missed it. The car behind me wasnt so lucky.

Couple years ago I was driving north on the 3-lane stretch of 75mph I-35 between Austin & San Antonio in our car. I was in the fast lane at 75, slowly gaining on a dually pickup in the middle lane pulling a large 4-wheel box trailer at about 70. Suddenly the left-front tire & wheel of the trailer separated from its axle and began bounding along in front of me, toward the concrete barrier-wall in the median. I slowed and hit my flashers; all the other traffic slowed and dropped back too, but the dually driver was unaware and kept on truckin'. The 70-mph wheel bounded higher and higher with each bounce and I envisioned it leaping the wall and meeting the opposing traffic head-on (shudder!). Luckily, it struck the wall and began drifting back to the right, without slowing down much at all. It eventually bounded across the road and its shoulder, then across the outer road, and over a fence, still rolling and bouncing very very fast. The last I saw, it was heading toward a house but it was too far behind us to see what happened then.

That was a fun experience. NOT! Imagine any motorcycle in that situation. Whew! :bowdown:

Soon, a hot little Mustang emerged from the pack behind us and caught up with the dually and got him to pull over. We didn't stop, enough other people did.

 

[scooterexpress]

just bumping for safety concerns.

 

[WackyDan]

Let me add some additional advice.

Don't follow a tractor trailer too closely. I was in my truck moving up behind one and getting ready to pass when out comes a gigantic mudflap flipping in the air. It didn't come off the truck to the best of my knowledge, but was already in the road when the truck when over the top of it and the vortex of air sent it airborne again. Spanked the lower front valence of the truck and went underneath... If I had been on the spyder it would have taken some damage and maybe I would have as well. If I was another hundred+ feet back that flap probably would have been lower to the ground by time I got to it.

* I also never travel for long behind pickups or open trailers stuffed full of crap.

 

[Chupaca]

Good to know..!!

great reminder for those just getting back on the road. Here we are ever present for this is not seasonal here. We see them all year round but they grow them bigger in the summer...!! :roflblack:

 

[Bob Ledford]

Retreads & tire snakes

as the lady trucker stated retreads when done right are safe tires. When I was in the Florida Army National Guard they were using retreaded tires on our 2 1/2 & 5 ton trucks to replace the cross country tires we used with a non-directional tread pattern. The tire pattern did not give any mileage plus they sat in the sun parked in our motor pool yard 28 days a month.

We had our share of flat tires but never had one shed a tread on a convoy or out in the woods.

 

[scooterexpress]

just for reminder be safe out there.

 

[canamjhb]

Always a good reminder. And, I remember, in years gone by, when buying a set of tires the price was with your old set of "re-capable casings". You paid more if the old tire was not re-capable. Today, they automatically charge more......tire disposable fee.

 

[Joel The Biker]

Scary....Beware of the car in front of you hitting a gator also. Always leave a safe following distance.