Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/tire.jpg

On 1/14/16 6:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/tire.jpg


She's lucky she made it home...

Had to drive on it some distance to destroy it so completely.

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:21:50 +0000, RGrew176
wrote:


Mr. Luddite;1053002 Wrote:
Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...sboch/tire.jpg

Had to drive on it some distance to destroy it so completely.

Not really. These low profile radials pretty much self destruct when
the belt separates. The one I had, looked like that in about a mile
maybe less. It was enough time to slow down from about 85, cross 3
lanes of traffic and get to the right shoulder. (the left side was a
death trap if I stopped there, concrete barrier and a narrow
shoulder.)

On 1/15/2016 1:21 AM, RGrew176 wrote:
Mr. Luddite;1053002 Wrote:
Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...sboch/tire.jpg

Had to drive on it some distance to destroy it so completely.






Less than 3 miles at about 35 mph.

That would do it.

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:05:22 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/tire.jpg

Aw, just shoot a plug in it and you will be fine ;-)

Actually I had a tire shred like that by the time I could slow down
from 85 on the interstate and I knew I was in trouble before it really
started losing air. Once that belt starts to peel, it happens pretty
fast. I didn't try to get home tho. I put the donut on and went to the
tire store.

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:05:22 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/tire.jpg

===

Usuallt they're only flat on the bottom but that one seems to be the
exception. :-)

On 1/14/2016 6:05 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/tire.jpg

Never a dull moment at Rancho Luddite. :-)

On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 6:05:30 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Mrs.E. came home from running down to the local store this afternoon
and told me she thought she was getting a flat tire. Said she heard
something and car felt funny after that.

Went out to check. Yup. Flat tire alright.

She should stick to riding horses.


http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/tire.jpg

Back when the whole fiasco over Explorers being unstable when a tire blew, I had one.

I was doing 75 or so and encountered a chunk of 18 wheeler brake drum on the interstate. There was nowhere to go, so I centered it and hoped for the best. It hit the front diff shield (4x4 Explorer), flipped around underneath, hit the gas tank shield, then cut a big gash in the rear left tire sidewall, producing an instant flat at 75mph. It wagged around in the road, but I just let off the gas and coasted over to the shoulder. 20 or so minutes, and I was on my way on the spare.

After that, I saw a show where they tested the Explorer in sudden flat situations. They experienced the same as me... it is no big deal when you have a sudden flat. It is just the bad drivers doing stupid things, like jerking the wheel when it starts wagging around.

Glad your wife made it hone safely.