Runaway Tire!

[Gary Fowler]

I was on my way to Wilmington this morning and was meeting a mobile home coming toward me. All of a sudden a tire came off the mobile home and was coming toward me. I swerved to avoid it with my truck but, it got my trailer. View attachment 594165

I didn't see the answer to the question of whether the tire owner stopped and exchanged insurance info or just left the scene of the accident.

 

[CoastlineDJ]

Yes he did stop. It turns out I know the guy. He assured me I will get a new trailer whether it be by the insurance, him or both. It痴 still a PITA to go through this. I was on my way to pick up appliances for a couple that were flooded out by hurricane Florence, trying to do a good deed for someone.

 

[Doofy]

Yes he did stop. It turns out I know the guy. He assured me I will get a new trailer whether it be by the insurance, him or both. Itç—´ still a PITA to go through this. I was on my way to pick up appliances for a couple that were flooded out by hurricane Florence, trying to do a good deed for someone.

Faith in people restored! Glad he took responsibility.

 

[PILOON]

Happened to me also some years back.

Clear day and divided highway me going east and big truck going west
From a distance I see his left rear wheel slowly separate and roll along slowing slightly and then veer and cross the median and come at me all the while bouncing and hopping from left to right.
I brake but there is no way can I predict where we we will meet.
The tire makes on last bounce and clears my car hood without a scratch.

Had that tire made contact it would have been as bad as hitting a moose as for sure the tire would have been in the front seats.

As to my shorts , don't ask.

 

[Masempine]

I used to drop the tire. Remove the jack. Put the jack in the trunk. Then finish tightening the tires. Never again. Got this call about 25 years ago from my wife. Tire had come off and passed her on the road luckily it turned right and ran off road. Imagine how sick I felt.

 

[crabbinman]

Glad you are ok. Stuff like that can end really bad.
Bent axles are nothing compared to an ambulance ride.
Bruce

 

[coobie]

Yes he did stop. It turns out I know the guy. He assured me I will get a new trailer whether it be by the insurance, him or both. It痴 still a PITA to go through this. I was on my way to pick up appliances for a couple that were flooded out by hurricane Florence, trying to do a good deed for someone.

You sir are lucky that did not impact your truck.I am sure it,s a PIA now but you are a good person for helping out folks in need.Good luck on your repair/replacement trailer.GOD SPEED..

 

[Looking4new]

Happened to me also some years back.

Clear day and divided highway me going east and big truck going west
From a distance I see his left rear wheel slowly separate and roll along slowing slightly and then veer and cross the median and come at me all the while bouncing and hopping from left to right.
I brake but there is no way can I predict where we we will meet.
The tire makes on last bounce and clears my car hood without a scratch.

Had that tire made contact it would have been as bad as hitting a moose as for sure the tire would have been in the front seats.

As to my shorts , don't ask.

And you wouldn't be here to tell us about it. Loose wheels kill.

 

[stuckmotor]

I once bought a homemade trailer at an auction and took a load of logs to a sawmill with it. When I got to the mill, I noticed a wheel lying on the ground. A while later, I realized the wheel had come off of my trailer. A closer inspection revealed that the end of the axle had broken off just outside of the hub. Someone had welded the end just around it's perimeter. I count myself lucky nobody was killed by a runaway tire and wheel.

 

[Jstpssng]

I had just left my dooryard when I heard a "thud." Looking behind me I saw my spare tire lying in the road. It hadn't just come off; the bracket holding it under the truck had broken. If it had happened 2 hours later I would have been going down the interstate through Bangor and most likely would have resulted in a serious crash.

The truck was 3 years old, and that was the last time that I used the spare tire holder.