this morning.56 in the middle lane on a “smart” motorway,front axle…not funny,not funny at all.My missus doesn’t think it was funny either,she just can’t get those stains out of my undercrackers 
Baggie:
this morning.56 in the middle lane on a “smart” motorway,front axle…not funny,not funny at all.My missus doesn’t think it was funny either,she just can’t get those stains out of my undercrackers
Link doesn’t work.
If it’s piccies of skid marks…
I’m glad the link is down.
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Front axle at 56mph?
Never had that in over…5 years… of driving.
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If everyone walked away, it’s good.
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Seriously that can be VERY bad, but is thankfully rare, so good luck but carry on.
Thank goodness you had a decent hard shoulder to pull over to safety in, er…
Seriously though, well done for holding it together, so long as everyone walked away.
Had a fast deflater on the front after debris shot out from under the wagon in front and that was scary enough for me ta very much, do not want to try the real thing.
Harry Monk:
Baggie:
this morning.56 in the middle lane on a “smart” motorway,front axle…not funny,not funny at all.My missus doesn’t think it was funny either,she just can’t get those stains out of my undercrackersLink doesn’t work.
Posted image instead.
Had a couple trailer blowouts but never on the unit, had one in my old type r civic doing 70+ on the motorway though it was sketchy. think the thing that scared the ■■■■ out of me most was an airbag in the rear axle of the unit blowing while I was reaching in to pull the pin. Literally thought I was dead man.
Out with the tread cutter and away you go. 
Franglais:
If it’s piccies of skid marks…
I’m glad the link is down.
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Front axle at 56mph?
Never had that in over…5 years… of driving.
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If everyone walked away, it’s good.
.
Seriously that can be VERY bad, but is thankfully rare, so good luck but carry on.
never had a front wheel blow out in 32 years of driving (thank goodness)…every other tyre but luckily but not a front. Not some thing i want to experience.
Franglais:
If it’s piccies of skid marks…
I’m glad the link is down.
.
Front axle at 56mph?
Never had that in over…5 years… of driving.
.
If everyone walked away, it’s good.
.
Seriously that can be VERY bad, but is thankfully rare, so good luck but carry on.
Only just got that it must be the “muscle relaxant” that I prescribed for myself this evening
I had just about the worst possible steer axle blowout imaginable… nearside, 56mph, in heavy rain, half-way across the old Severn Bridge. There was an enormous “Bang” but I couldn’t even feel it through the steering wheel and the truck didn’t deviate from the straight line by so much as an inch. Perhaps it helped that I was fully freighted so the weight was on the drive axle, I don’t know. But it was completely different to what I had always expected from a steer axle blowout, which was an immediate uncontrollable swerve and near-instant death.
As it was I just carried on driving for another half-mile or so and pulled up under the bridge at the exit to Aust services so the tyre fitter wouldn’t get wet when he turned up.
Baggie:
this morning.56 in the middle lane on a “smart” motorway,front axle…not funny,not funny at all.My missus doesn’t think it was funny either,she just can’t get those stains out of my undercrackers [emoji38]
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Want to actually describe what happened?
stu675:
Baggie:
this morning.56 in the middle lane on a “smart” motorway,front axle…not funny,not funny at all.My missus doesn’t think it was funny either,she just can’t get those stains out of my undercrackers [emoji38]
0Want to actually describe what happened?
He was driving along at 56mph, in the middle lane, when a tyre on the front axle blew. The occasion caused him to soil his underwear.
Baggie:
this morning.56 in the middle lane on a “smart” motorway,front axle…not funny,not funny at all.My missus doesn’t think it was funny either,she just can’t get those stains out of my undercrackers
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Oh what a surprise, a Bridgestone. Guy dragged my trailer I was taking onwards up to Scotland into the yard last Friday night with a Bridgestone tyre that just went bang for no reason when he was a few hundred yards away.
I’ve recently come back to driving after 6 years. And had a f/n/s blowout on my second trip out. Never happened to me before, thought I was going to die. Was on A38 nb at 56mph and thought I had hit something at first, then the whole shebang starts swerving and I was just passing a slip road with joining traffic so was trying to get over without wiping anyone out! Funny thing is the hazard lights were on when I stopped - so I must have done that. Could pinpoint when it happened on my Fitbit as my heart rate shot through the roof 
Not sure why the photo is on its side - maybe I was in the recovery position That was about 2 months ago and I hope it never happens again.
Daily checks■■? Those tyres must have been in a terrible state beforehand.
stu675:
Daily checks■■? Those tyres must have been in a terrible state beforehand.
Nope, I’m fastidious on checks - especially as I was still feeling my way back in to the job. Double-checking everything.
A suggestion for you all.
Invest £8 or so in a suitable tyre pressure gauge, a tyre @ 75psi instead of 125 might look ok in the dark via torchlight, is it bulging slightly more than the others? dunno seems ok when you kick it, you can’t be sure unless you put a gauge on it, its heat that normally causes blow outs and low pressure overheats things quickly.
Punctures on truck tyres are often very slow, taking maybe several days to deflate enough to notice, and might only be actually leaking whilst driving due to normal tyre flexing opening the puncture hole a fraction with each revolution.
I suggest something like this, amazon.co.uk/Alftek-10-150P … 330&sr=8-7
you can find other gauges but this type with the offset reversible connector will connect on every wheel type (including the inners on double wheels) that i’ve had to check, (some longer types where the twin connector isn’t offset are too long to fit on fixed super single valves due to centre hub) and the pencial type doesn’t need a battery so you won’t find it useless at 4am when you need the thing in 6 months time.
stu675:
Daily checks■■? Those tyres must have been in a terrible state beforehand.
Not necessarily so.
A tyre in an obviously under inflated state, or with visible damage, is much more likely than a good tyre to blow.
But even if a tyre looks good there can be unseen faults, and things can happen en-rte to cause a blowout.
There can be manufacturing faults, rare but invisible.
A partial deflation while driving can lead to over heating and a blowout.
I`ve had remoulds on the drive and on the trailer at many companies, but none fit remoulds to the steer.
Remoulds are much better than they used to be, and I have no problem with them on most axles, but…steer?
(Having said that, I do know that aircraft tyres are retreaded routinely)
As an aside everytime I stop for coffee etc I do quick tyre check:
Walk around the vehicle and touch with bare hands all the tyres, look for a temperature difference, if any one is hotter you have a problem. At the same time put the rear of your hand close to the hubs, binding brakes or dry hubs will be hotter too. Takes very little effort or time, but can spot a problem developing.
Juddian:
A suggestion for you all.Invest £8 or so in a suitable tyre pressure gauge, a tyre @ 75psi instead of 125 might look ok in the dark via torchlight, is it bulging slightly more than the others? dunno seems ok when you kick it, you can’t be sure unless you put a gauge on it, its heat that normally causes blow outs and low pressure overheats things quickly.
Punctures on truck tyres are often very slow, taking maybe several days to deflate enough to notice, and might only be actually leaking whilst driving due to normal tyre flexing opening the puncture hole a fraction with each revolution.I suggest something like this, amazon.co.uk/Alftek-10-150P … 330&sr=8-7
you can find other gauges but this type with the offset reversible connector will connect on every wheel type (including the inners on double wheels) that i’ve had to check, (some longer types where the twin connector isn’t offset are too long to fit on fixed super single valves due to centre hub) and the pencial type doesn’t need a battery so you won’t find it useless at 4am when you need the thing in 6 months time.
does the gauge not shoot out with 125psi on the end
Franglais:
stu675:
As an aside everytime I stop for coffee etc I do quick tyre check:
Walk around the vehicle and touch with bare hands all the tyres, look for a temperature difference, if any one is hotter you have a problem. At the same time put the rear of your hand close to the hubs, binding brakes or dry hubs will be hotter too. Takes very little effort or time, but can spot a problem developing.
Well despite you being as wrong as possible on politics and covid in particular 
I couldn’t agree more with what you suggest Franglais, do the same myself, pull into an MSA using the brakes minimally and then feel round all the tyres, but also the hubs to check for binding brakes or possible wheel bearing on the way out, caused a bit of eybrow raising with the dealer mechanics when i dropped the motor off for service with a note of different hub temps (taken via laser thermometer), minor brake drag the culprit