Last friday afternoon, a Little Rock Volvo tractor running the super-single tires on the drive blew the right tire on Interstsate 30 enroute back to terminal after a meet & turn.
The driver stated that there was no sort of advanced warning, just a loud "pow", followed by almost instantaneous shredding of the tire and the entire set riding on a steel rim on that side at 65 MPH.
I can't sit here and type long enough to detail every second that transpired from that point.
I will try to sum up what he told me in a nutshell. He did manage to finally get it to a stop and off the road. It was an extremely wild ride. There was a period of about 20 seconds where he genuinely thought that ("this could be it for me"), ("Life flashes before your eyes"), fill in your own cliche' here, but you get the idea.
Point is, they WILL blow out, contrary to "expert" information to the contrary. Be careful.
The driver stated that there was no sort of advanced warning, just a loud "pow", followed by almost instantaneous shredding of the tire and the entire set riding on a steel rim on that side at 65 MPH.
I can't sit here and type long enough to detail every second that transpired from that point.
I will try to sum up what he told me in a nutshell. He did manage to finally get it to a stop and off the road. It was an extremely wild ride. There was a period of about 20 seconds where he genuinely thought that ("this could be it for me"), ("Life flashes before your eyes"), fill in your own cliche' here, but you get the idea.
Point is, they WILL blow out, contrary to "expert" information to the contrary. Be careful.