steer tire blow out

[Rob Robinson]

Rose well done on handling that blow out. Any info on what might have caused
the blowout? What make was the tire?

On 04/07/06, Rose Mary wrote:
>
> Hi fellow birders,
> Just returned home from a trip to Reno and back. The "White Bird"
> turned in another flawless trip...
> Altho had a bit of an adventure when the driver side steer tire
> exploded....(sounded like a cannon!)
> We were very lucky, no one was in the opposite lane or directly
> behind when this happened. It pulled me into the opposite lane,
> fortunately was able to keep it on the road and get back over to the
> correct lane and off to the side of the road.
> The tire was less than 2 years old and not sure why it blew.
> Of course we were in the middle of nowhere, high desert out of
> Susanville California.....no cell phone coverage. Even 911 wouldn't
> get out.
> No one hurt, the coach not a bit damaged (just knocked loose a very
> small amount of the insulation in the wheel well!) Didn't damage the
> rim...or tear up anything.
> My 85 year old mother and 10 year old grandson and I spent the day in
> perfect comfort of the coach, genny supplying the air conditioners
> power, playing scrabble and yahtzee.
> A California fire chief stopped and drove me about 15 miles til a
> cell phone would work, called progressive and they took care of
> getting a tire to us. Of course this was on a Sunday....about dark
> help finally arrived and we were able to get back underway.
> Wish I had signed up with FMCA before the trip. They would have paid
> for the tire!
> Anyway, thanks to all I have learned on these sites, I knew not to
> jam on the brakes, slowly brought the speed down and got into the
> correct lane, then off the road. (2 lane highway).
> The only reason we came away with no injuries, deaths or damage was
> LUCK that there was no oncoming traffic....
> The tire fellow and fire man were amazed I kept it on the road....
> didn't have time to think about it until I had it stopped and my
> heart did flip flops then, thinking about what might have happened...
> Rose Mary
> 82 FC 35
> Oregon
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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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