It's interesting to read about how to react to a motor home tire blowout.
Human nature is to immediately apply the brakes when in reality that is the worst thing to do.
A left (or right) steering tire blowout will cause a huge drop and drag, sharply pulling that side over ,and applying the brakes magnifies it tremendously.
The experts say to gently accelerate until you have your steering under control and then lightly brake.
There are a lot of dash cam you tube videos of motor home tire blowouts with the rig careening into the median or cutting across multiple lanes of traffic.
You really only have a second or two to react and I'm not positive even I would react properly .
I just saw what a front tire blowout did to a rv here in town.
It literally destroyed the entire front of the rig including wheel well,bumper,storage compartment and steps.
On I 90 out in South Dakota I saw a right rear tire blowout take out the Onan generator compartment dropping the generator on the highway!
I'll just install new tires every 6 or 7 years!
Bob
Human nature is to immediately apply the brakes when in reality that is the worst thing to do.
A left (or right) steering tire blowout will cause a huge drop and drag, sharply pulling that side over ,and applying the brakes magnifies it tremendously.
The experts say to gently accelerate until you have your steering under control and then lightly brake.
There are a lot of dash cam you tube videos of motor home tire blowouts with the rig careening into the median or cutting across multiple lanes of traffic.
You really only have a second or two to react and I'm not positive even I would react properly .
I just saw what a front tire blowout did to a rv here in town.
It literally destroyed the entire front of the rig including wheel well,bumper,storage compartment and steps.
On I 90 out in South Dakota I saw a right rear tire blowout take out the Onan generator compartment dropping the generator on the highway!
I'll just install new tires every 6 or 7 years!
Bob