My First Blowout

One of my fears when I got my permit was a blowout. I was afraid I would lose control of the vehicle or something.

Had my first blowout tonight. What sucks is this was a repower from a driver who drove it from Florida to Wi. He told me he was having air leaks but couldn't find them. Said his truck indicator would come on while parked. He never stopped at a TA to have it checked. Now I'm going to be late for his 90 smh. Only 180 miles to go

One of my fears when I got my permit was a blowout. I was afraid I would lose control of the vehicle or something.

Had my first blowout tonight. What sucks is this was a repower from a driver who drove it from Florida to Wi. He told me he was having air leaks but couldn't find them. Said his truck indicator would come on while parked. He never stopped at a TA to have it checked. Now I'm ping to be late for his 90 smh. Only 180 miles to go

Sounds like the blowout was in the tandems?

Just curious, how do you check tires? The ol' bop with a hammer?

Yeah... after youz guys told me the way to do it. Lol. Brett made a cool suggestion of letting air out of one to hear the difference. I put it in my pick up report what he said about the leak. I got maybe 10 miles from the TS when the ABs light came on.

We have sensors that tell us when the truck or trailer had air leaks. Our tires are supposed to re inflate. Sometimes after a reset the lights come on then go off once u get rolling.

Check this out... I STILL got to 90 40 min early and in door before the Appt time hahhahah yay me

Lucky lucky. The first time I had a blowout I waited four hours for the guy to show up. After he left I realized the blowout took out my airbag and had to wait another two. I always check for auxiliary damage now though, lesson learned.

I ask:

Just curious, how do you check tires? The ol' bop with a hammer?

Rainy answers:

Yeah... after youz guys told me the way to do it. Lol. Brett made a cool suggestion of letting air out of one to hear the difference.

That's right. A simple "bop - bounce" tells you little. It's more like listening to a tuning fork. The difference is slight, but it's not hard to "hear" 10 lbs. light.

Besides, you have three other tires to compare with.

Great advice, from Brett: Go to thread:

Checking tire pressure - how do you do it?

Lucky lucky. The first time I had a blowout I waited four hours for the guy to show up. After he left I realized the blowout took out my airbag and had to wait another two. I always check for auxiliary damage now though, lesson learned.

Great minds think alike.. I asked the guy to go over everything under there for damage. The cables...airbags.. everything. He knows better what he is looking at than I do. I'm not a mechanic so I had him teaching me about what he sees get affected during bkowouts.

It took 3 hours... but I always leave really early.. my FM told me on the next load "wow.. your great at getting to customers on time... when I read thru the messages I didn't think u would make it.. then I saw the arrival call" lol