steer tire blow out

[Rose Mary]

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