Is it me or are there less blow-outs than 5 yrs ago, don’t see as many remains on the side of the road as in the past, better tyres or better maintenance?
Could it be that in these tough times, with so many companies going to the wall, there are less trucks on the road to have blow outs? 
All tyres have improved vastly over the years and continue to do so, it was common to have a puncture on a car when I started driving, and everybody knew how to change a wheel. Nowadays, I have had one slow puncture in the last five years.
Had an almost new MAN TGX over the winter and while I loved the truck on the most part, the Goodyear tyres on it were lethal. I’m no expert on tread patterns but these had almost no cross tread cuts across the tyre and the traction was terrible. Pulling away on roundabouts or out of junctions was a constant hazard and the thing lost all traction and almost jackknifed a few times. I should imagine those tyres never get to blow because they put the truck off the road before that ever happens!
I have noticed the same thing wtih all vehicles really, hardly ever see cars on the hard shoulder wtih flat tyres these days and only see a few trucks
robinhood_1984:
Had an almost new MAN TGX over the winter and while I loved the truck on the most part, the Goodyear tyres on it were lethal. I’m no expert on tread patterns but these had almost no cross tread cuts across the tyre and the traction was terrible. Pulling away on roundabouts or out of junctions was a constant hazard and the thing lost all traction and almost jackknifed a few times. I should imagine those tyres never get to blow because they put the truck off the road before that ever happens!
I’d say it was the truck, MAN’s are awful lorries from a driving point of view!
When I was on recovery work, one of the biggest reasons for call outs was cars with flat tyres. The problem is that alot of cars don’t have spare wheels anymore. Instead they should have an emergency repair kit. More often than not, they had used it a few months ago on another tyre and never replaced it. Or the other one is they are supplied with run flats. Expensive to replace when worn out, so they just get a standard tyre fitted instead. Fine untill it gets punctured!!! Flat tyre and no spare usually resulting in a call for help to the AA.
Saaamon:
robinhood_1984:
Had an almost new MAN TGX over the winter and while I loved the truck on the most part, the Goodyear tyres on it were lethal. I’m no expert on tread patterns but these had almost no cross tread cuts across the tyre and the traction was terrible. Pulling away on roundabouts or out of junctions was a constant hazard and the thing lost all traction and almost jackknifed a few times. I should imagine those tyres never get to blow because they put the truck off the road before that ever happens!I’d say it was the truck, MAN’s are awful lorries from a driving point of view!
I liked the truck except for three things. The lack of traction. The stupid curtains that dont come far enough back to fully cover the little side windows behind the doors, and while the autobox is alright, it likes to lurch forward in too high a gear in auto setting which is useless for shunting with weight, in a tight yard etc which meant constant faffing around in manual mode.
Tyre technology improved a lot over the last 10 years.
Driveroneuk:
Tyre technology improved a lot over the last 10 years.
ffs they are still black and round, and nails,bolts,re bar,ratchet strap hooks,and even sharp stones still go through the casings!
can someone explain these technology improvements over the last 10 years which result in less punctures?
as stated by other posters on this thread, less trucks on the road running less remoulds is the answer, mind you as tyre prices have risen sharply i know a lot of hauliers going back to remoulds due to new casing price alone!
Maybe less trucks doing fewer miles loaded at less than max weight and running at lower speeds.More trucks,running long distances,loaded to max weight on a regular basis and still running at 60 mph speeds there’d probably be as many blowouts as ever over the years especially during a warm summer.
I think it must be the drivers CPC ,
… cause now we have been told how to do proper tyre checks 