southerlytide2
Canton NC west of asheville
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Ive always thought.. (after reading stories of crashs and blowouts )..Not me I bought the best, did my home work etc, Well coming home from the OBX, boat in tow,. wife and daughter behind pulling her camper BOOOOM right rear let go it was a E ride to the shoulder all the time talking to myself "no brakes just steer" safetly on the the side family pulls in more shaken than me. Now changing a tire on I 40 is another experiance. how do I get the tire out? the camper is leaning hard to the right Well theres enough room for the handle & tire came down fine, raised the camper off truck unhooked boat. (I had a operation going here) Luckly SHP showed up and got people to move over that was the scary part. Spare is different from other but in a pinch tire on,it has 30 psi pull out the little compressor, pump it up. Officer Hall is impressed so far so good now the lights on the boat work when they want its time to bide farewell get back on the road here goes plug lites in magic they all work! All in all it took 2 hrs give or take Its something I dont want to repeat but I was lucky. A few changes bottle jack those OEM jacks not good spare same as rest and a little extra pray of thanks.
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Fish 'n ' Grits
Hollywood, SC , USA
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The dread of that happening is the ONLY reason I went to duals. Check out Northern Tool for a good price on a 10 ton hydraulic jack. Glad it didn't cause you to wreck!!
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silversand
Montreal
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You're lucky for sure! Yikes.
I think that you may want to got to a professional rim and tire like one of the 19.5 units perhaps?
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kohldad
Goose Creek, SC
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Yep, can happen to anyone with any tires. The higher quality tire just greatly reduces the chance of it happening. At least you were prepared, new what to do, and had all of the equipment with you. Only thing I see wrong that you did, was you forgot to check the spare last time you pumped up the tires.
As far as seperating the camper and unhooking the boat, I wouldn't have bothered. The stock jack has more than enough capacity to safely raise the truck and the camper. It's the only jack I carry as it works on the truck and any trailer I've ever hauled. Cargo capacity and room is just to precious to worry about carrying a 15# 5-ton auxially jack, especially when it isn't needed. But that's personal preference and had been debated.
Do you think those glass smooth roads around Asheville had anything to do with the blow out? 
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Stim
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The biggest problem I've encountered on the interstate or high speed roadways is people are too stupid to move over when passing a disabled vehicle even when they can see someone working on it!
I handled many service calls on broken down semi's and faced life or death situations most of the time. Even the wind generated by a passing vehicle is a problem when jacking a vehicle. Even other semi's won't move over for break downs.
If you watch any of the videos shown on TV of police dash cams even the lights don't help sometimes. The idiots even run into the police cars!
And FYI Florida Law now requires you to slow down or change lanes when there is an emergency vehicle on the side of the road.
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Hey there
Pendergrass, GA
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Hi y'all,
Georgia and Alabama also have such a law.
Michelin has a little presentation on their site on how to handle a blow out situation.
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juschuman
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I have to respond to many calls on the freeway in my line of work, and let me tell you, you cannot pay me enough to change tires on the side of a freeway. In fact just last night was on a call with about 4 other firefighters and one of them nearly got hit, and we were on the shoulder. Very close call...
I'll pay $500 if I have to (which I don't with my AAA) to get a tow even if just to a flat parking lot to change out.
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wnjj
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Stim wrote:If you watch any of the videos shown on TV of police dash cams even the lights don't help sometimes. The idiots even run into the police cars!
The idiots in 99% of those cases are drunks. Drunks will focus in on lights and head right toward them.
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wnjj
Cornelius, Oregon
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Fish 'n ' Grits wrote:The dread of that happening is the ONLY reason I went to duals. Check out Northern Tool for a good price on a 10 ton hydraulic jack. Glad it didn't cause you to wreck!!
What if your front one blows out? Aren't dual tires usually a smaller diameter and rated for a lower capacity on the equivalent sized truck?
Considering your chances of a blowout from debris increases with more effective area touching the road (and ultimately closer to the edge where the debris is), I'm not sure avoiding blowouts should be your primary reason for a dually.
Now handling the load--without a doubt better with duals.
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