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[quote GuyGene]This is caused by using re-capped tires on the rear of trailers - DUMB in my opinion. I simply do not see how it can be cost effective to use recaps; when they blow, there must be a lot of expense to have to pull off the road, get it fixed, etc. Not to mention the incredible danger to everyone on the road.
I travel MANY miles per year for my work, and have come to loath many truckers... sorry truck drivers, I know it's not all of you, but way too many drive too fast, especially with recaps on trailers... (excuse me, but just returned today from a 1,400 mile trip).
Recaps blow no more often than tires going through their first use on a truck or bus. So it is no more dangerous using a properly inspected and recapped tire than new. In off -road use they will even use them on sterring axles,.
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I have seen tire remnants as long as I can remember - since the 60's. Less now. I drive the San Diego Freeway - the 405.
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[quote Harbourmaster]The most common cause of tire failure is underinflation which causes excessive heat buildup, leading to catastrophic failure!
Yep--it is the economy--it is called deflation-the opposite of inflation :-)
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I would think all the -- you know -- bank failures, bailouts of GSEs, rising unemployment, rapid destruction of the value of our medium of exchange and all that there stuff would be a better barometer of how the economy's doing than discarded pieces of rubber on the side of the road, but what do Cirroc know? Cirroc just simple unfrozen caveman lawyer.
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[quote roshi]I have seen tire remnants as long as I can remember - since the 60's. Less now. I drive the San Diego Freeway - the 405.
I have seen more now on the 210 Pasadena Freeway.
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[quote kap]I have noticed many more remnants of tires littering the freeways of late. Is is a sign of the economic hardship?
less money for road clean-up.
We need more sheriffs like they have in Maricopa County Arizona.
road crews, chain gangs and old army tents. If jail sucks, don't do the crime. Don't like the food? stay honest.
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Agreed, Retreads should be illegal because of the extreme danger.
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Had a whole slew of tire remnant hit me while driving through Indiana one night...
Started seeing stuff bouncing on the road in front of me and realized that the truck in front of me had a tire that was unwinding...took two shots..one off the bumper (whap) and another off the hood, into and over my windshield..if that one had hit me in the wiinshield first it would have done me in...seriously scary.
I pulled over and took a few deep breaths and changed my underwear.
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You carry spare drawers along with spare tires?
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Older tires have the increased potential of the tread peeling off the tire.
Tractor trailer tires probably get used up before they are very old, but on infrequently used vehicles like campers and secondary cars the tires can be 10 years old still have lots of tread left. They say 6 years is about the limit now for how long you should keep tires before replacing them.
