Tyre blowouts

[dogsnbikes]

Riding home tonite and just out of Foxton heading north as I came up behind a Truck and trailer,as I was passing him I get just pass the trucks rear axles and there was an almighty BOOM!!!!!:sweatdrop

I haven't been given the shits like that for a bloody long time,Too see the rubber still flying through the air when I look behind made me relise that was alot closer that I had thought:shit:,it was a righthand outside tyre

[Kemet]

lucky it was the truck and not you. at least the truck had 17 other spare wheels...

[dogsnbikes]

That was my first thought......but I have never herd a blowout while riding a bike just felt them

[blackdog]

That was my first thought......but I have never herd a blowout while riding a bike just felt them

Then again, you don't run 150psi in yer bike tyres.

[DrunkenMistake]

Then again, you don't run 150psi in yer bike tyres.


Uh oh.. I think I should let air out of my tyres... :shifty:

[Kickaha]

Then again, you don't run 150psi in yer bike tyres.

They don't in trucks either unless they're total idiots

[blackdog]

They don't in trucks either unless they're total idiots

Ok then called on my hyperbole. Anything up to 120psi depending on application. Better?

[dogsnbikes]

Most truck tires are between 50psi and 100psi depending on application and wether or not its a single wheel or dual wheels on the same axle

[superman]

Want to know if a blow out on a truck next to you can kill you?

Mythbusters have done it... and I'm not ashamed to say I floor it whenever I'm near a truck... :innocent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcwCCWkhBI

[caspernz]

The vast majority of blowouts are of the severity that they can kill, but you gotta be in the right place.

I've had big single tyres go pop and they've left big dents in the fuel trailers. Those long strips of rubber you see along the road are typically from retreads, which tend to chuck the tread off when they've suffered long enough.

The force of a big single tyre going pop was enough to make the alloy rim look like a rose, with the outer edges looking like flower petals, made even the tyre guy look surprised...

Thankfully our fuel tanker fleet is now on new tyres, no more recaps:2thumbsup

[p.dath]

Want to know if a blow out on a truck next to you can kill you?

Mythbusters have done it... and I'm not ashamed to say I floor it whenever I'm near a truck... :innocent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcwCCWkhBI

Ouchy. That didn't look good. Luckily it doesn't happen that often.

[Paul in NZ]

Ha - funny but had exactly the same thing happen to us one day 'cept it was just in front of us - scared the living bejezus out of me....

[actungbaby]

Riding home tonite and just out of Foxton heading north as I came up behind a Truck and trailer,as I was passing him I get just pass the trucks rear axles and there was an almighty BOOM!!!!!:sweatdrop

I haven't been given the shits like that for a bloody long time,Too see the rubber still flying through the air when I look behind made me relise that was alot closer that I had thought:shit:,it was a righthand outside tyre

When first read the title i was like very unlikely have bike or car blow these days with tubeless tires

Those truck rims are dangerous imagine changing them there split rims under alot of pressure
people that work them have to use common sence saftey measures thats for sure
you can be injured if they let go , you just have to see on the side the road big chunks truck tire
sometimes

bet gave you freight alright

wonder did the truck driver notice i dont surpose you fell it in the truck unless was empty there pretty high in cabs
might not hear it either

[dogsnbikes]

wonder did the truck driver notice i dont surpose you fell it in the truck unless was empty there pretty high in cabs
might not hear it either

Yeah the driver noticed and pulled over right away

[Kickaha]

When first read the title i was like very unlikely have bike or car blow these days with tubeless tires
Tubeless has very little to do with "blowouts" most of them tubed or tubeless are caused by a loss of pressure (puncture) which causes a lot of flexing and heat build up until the tyre is weakened to the point it blows or falls to bits

Those truck rims are dangerous imagine changing them there split rims under alot of pressure
people that work them have to use common sence saftey measures thats for sure
Very few truck rims are split nowdays, most of them are one piece and tubeless

you can be injured if they let go
You can be killed if they let go

[FJRider]

That was my first thought......but I have never herd a blowout while riding a bike just felt them

You don't usually hear it ... just feel it.

As far as truck tyres go ... retreads are still available. The common sight of bits of rubber tread strewn accross the roads ... show just how common it is.

Being paid to drive ... doesn't make them professional.

And it doesn't pay to follow them too closely, or get too close when passing.

[Kickaha]

As far as truck tyres go ... retreads are still available. The common sight of bits of rubber tread strewn accross the roads ... show just how common it is.

They aren't all retreads and a lot of those failures aren't a fault of the retread

[actungbaby]

Yeah the driver noticed and pulled over right away
Oh that was good then i had blow out on my moutain bike few months back
gave me hell of frieght put hole in tire as well must worn through i just put air to it
Biked home i thought somone shot at me first thing was like bang then relized was my rear tire
I had front go on old 100cc trailbike was pain to ride home like 12 km on flat front was all over the shop

[actungbaby]

They aren't all retreads and a lot of those failures aren't a fault of the retread

no my dad used retreads on hs taxi in 60s he told me the Michelin tires retreaded where awsome
he chould get them drifting on all 4 wheels so goes to show good carcass is alot of it too

Like alot things its how the job gets done mind you with truck hell alot more weight maybe alot down to
overloading the trucks not the tires or heat tire pressures

[blackdog]

Ha - funny but had exactly the same thing happen to us one day 'cept it was just in front of us - scared the living bejezus out of me....

Next time you are driving between J'ville and the 'rua check out how many scores there are in the pavement veering off to the left.


You don't usually hear it ... just feel it.

As far as truck tyres go ... retreads are still available. The common sight of bits of rubber tread strewn accross the roads ... show just how common it is.

Being paid to drive ... doesn't make them professional.

And it doesn't pay to follow them too closely, or get too close when passing.

Actually, on the whole truck drivers in NZ are very professional.


They aren't all retreads and a lot of those failures aren't a fault of the retread

Am happy to run retreads on the back. I won't on the front.

[actungbaby]

[QUOTE=blackdog;1130260596]Next time you are driving between J'ville and the 'rua check out how many scores there are in the pavement veering off to the left.



Actually, on the whole truck drivers in NZ are very professional.

I have to agree with you there even on my push bike i was behind one today and made sure where i was before turned left which was great , i keep in his mirrors so knew where i was .

Yes sometimes its the biz that push these guys and there ones that suplly the tires for the trucks
Unless the won the trucks themselves. you got to be on to to it to drive them thats for sure.

I admire them , same taxi drivers well ones i know in the family that have driven or still drive are
Top drivers very safe , who wants to have accident esp when your income thats at stake


yes i admit i brought 4 second hand tires on the mx5 had diffrent brand on ever corner
But did match up the patrerns got from tire company , i didnt have the bucks to replace them
And needed wof and rego so yeah lasted well too just worn out know after over a years use
You got watch though as for little bit more u can get good deal on new tires

[actungbaby]

[QUOTE=blackdog;1130260596]Next time you are driving between J'ville and the 'rua check out how many scores there are in the pavement veering off to the left.

damm i used to notice those scoring marks did wonder what they where from



Well have to be good as they only get cetain time to get from one point to another and alot have gps too
I should imagine they have to have feel like bike rider for what the truck doing esp with full load

[SMOKEU]

Oh that was good then i had blow out on my moutain bike few months back
gave me hell of frieght put hole in tire as well must worn through i just put air to it
Biked home i thought somone shot at me first thing was like bang then relized was my rear tire


Once I inflated a push bike tyre to 100psi, and put the whole wheel in a car with me. Tyre burst inside the car while I was driving. Not fun.