Had an experience with this a few years ago with a Blue Circle cement trailer. It was the old style tanker with tandem axles running the first generation,huge(!) super singles (425s iirc). Had come out of Weardale loaded using the Alston road and got to the Moss just above Carlisle for my break. No sign of any problems even though I'd just come over the Alston road (Veeery hilly, lol) and was reversing into (Reversing!) the only available space when the N/S/R tyre blew! Ah nearly spilt ma tea, lol! The brake had been dragging which obviously generated the heat, but the brakes werent smoking, even though they had a good workout over the road I'd just come. The heat in the tyre carcass was unbelievable although the brake drum was relatively cool. I've only ever had three blowouts in 25 years of driving but by god that was the loudest I'd had lol!
On another note, can any of the Larry drivers on here remember the old split rim wheels of old and how many people had been killed or injured by them? Thank god for modern technology with the perfect example of how easy it is nowadays for the tyre fitters to change the tyre without having to take the wheel off. Wasnt like that in Hector Brocklebanks day, lol! Fash!
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Topic: 'Tyre Bomb' (Pyrolosis) (Read 801 times)