Am I missing something? You "dragged it back" you mean- " I drove it back illegally" is what you meant to say. Because you were short on time? Shame on you. What would your answer be if that bald tire had a blow out and someone lost a life? I don't understand people sometimes. Maybe its just me.[/QUOTE
SCRABBLE, any tire, new with deep tread or old with no tread can blow without notice. It is usually due to imperfections in the casing, ie. capped to many times. The tire in question was hard, no scales or DOT on Sunday, who hasn't done this, let him or her cast the first stone. Brother BB said it was inside on a van. He wrote it up.
I duct taped an air tank up on a pup one night, left side bracket broke, a vendor would have done the same thing. I red tagged it back @ 135, problem solved.