Things that go BOOM in the night...

[Project86]

so there I was just about asleep in the comfort of the bed and BOOM! Holy moly, what the F%^& was that? Sounded like something fell onto the storage bldg. It sounded like somethng had hit the tin. Grabbed up the .40 S&W and out the door and down the stairs I went. I looked at all the windows and glass downstairs, good. Checked all the vehicles, good. Checked the storage/shop, good. Couldn't find jackcrap wrong, but with a racket that loud something had to be broke/cut/bleeding/bent/.....

I found it the next afternoon. I was walking up to where the chassis is setting under the haus (my place is on stilts right on the bayou) and there was white little gravels all over the place. Huh? Why are these laying all over the place? Then I saw it. The spare tire had decided to let go during the night for some reason. You can see where the rubber hit the side of the bldg. and left a mark. I'm just happy that SOB didn't let go while I was walking by or under the chassis or there would be a mark in my pants. That was a first for me, never had that happen before.

 

[Kilo19]

with something like that it would scare me s***less too. course at my place, my landlords dog barks at moving dirt so i don't worry too much.

still pretty funny

 

[PaRenegade]

What caused it to just blow out? Tires just don't go boom on their own without heat build up or a big load on them.

 

[Project86]

Where it sits, it catches the evening sun, so I'm thinking that it absorbed enough heat cycles and cooling cycles and maybe it was ever so slightly wiggling on the gravel. Other than that I don't have a clue,

 

[Kilo19]

i know what it was...

its the tire munching rats.


"had to edit this, cuz this is funnier, but didn't think of it till later."

it could also be the ROUS-Rodents Of Unusual Size

 

[CJ007]

 

[tarry99]

so there I was just about asleep in the comfort of the bed and BOOM! Holy moly, what the F%^& was that? Sounded like something fell onto the storage bldg. It sounded like somethng had hit the tin. Grabbed up the .40 S&W and out the door and down the stairs I went. I looked at all the windows and glass downstairs, good. Checked all the vehicles, good. Checked the storage/shop, good. Couldn't find jackcrap wrong, but with a racket that loud something had to be broke/cut/bleeding/bent/.....

I found it the next afternoon. I was walking up to where the chassis is setting under the haus (my place is on stilts right on the bayou) and there was white little gravels all over the place. Huh? Why are these laying all over the place? Then I saw it. The spare tire had decided to let go during the night for some reason. You can see where the rubber hit the side of the bldg. and left a mark. I'm just happy that SOB didn't let go while I was walking by or under the chassis or there would be a mark in my pants. That was a first for me, never had that happen before.

Had the same thing happen to me on my 40' triple axle Goose neck trailer...........near new Michelins 10 plys on 16 inch 8 lug wheels.......heavy duty stuff no junk best tire Michelin has for the application.
Trailer is parked on the side of the shop under cover.........in the shade. This happened during the off season and the trailer had been setting for maybe 90 days. Two of them blew up just days apart looked liked they ran over a land mine..............steel cords & belts hanging out............talked to the Michelin Rep............he says he has seen that many times before when you take a tire that has been active and then park it........they have no Idea either???......
the other 4 on the trailer still remain and never changed them to this day..........Michelin did not warranty the two???????

 

[PaRenegade]

It almost has to be a HUGE pressure issue and not a failure issue, because if you think about it a failure, like a hole from a nail or a slice from a knife or rock, doesn't produce an explosion. That's just weird!! And for one of the major tire companies to have no clue is baffling as well!

 

[tarry99]

It almost has to be a HUGE pressure issue and not a failure issue, because if you think about it a failure, like a hole from a nail or a slice from a knife or rock, doesn't produce an explosion. That's just weird!! And for one of the major tire companies to have no clue is baffling as well!

PA

Having no clue is there standard escape clause!
There was further discussion by these engineers along the lines whereby the tire at rest is somehow at risk because of the lack of heat & cold cycles and flexibility it was use to They also thought there could have been some separation caused by a previous punture from a nail or wound that could have allowed moisture in that perhaps attacked the steel belts and therefore lead to the failure.
Ultimately they found no proof of either..........but here are some facts that may support that theory.
I Own a Transportation Company we normally stay within a 100 mile radius , we do although have regular hauls that take us 400-500 miles a day and have dedicated equipment for that purpose..........in some cases we have had a Local trailer loaded for one of those long distance hauls and rather than unload & reload we sent that local equipment South. More times than not we had numerous tire failures. We then got a little smarter and when that scenario presented itself again and I felt that unloading was not cost effective we swapped out 8 tires on the trailer and sent it on its way then once returned we put the local tires back on..........Tire failures in that instance went to almost zero.......So there is some correlation between having a tire which somehow has Local memory of heat cycles and use and then taking that tire and giving it something new to do.........Go Figure!
On the race car hauler when it is not is use for a period of time.......we now jack it up and take the weight off the Idle tires.....& keeping our fingers crossed........seems to work!

 

[PaRenegade]

Interesting, to say the least.