Ever had a tire randomly explode

[UncleWillie]

 

[Lizooki]

Little girl noped right on out of there! lol

 

[justjeepin86]

Holy crap. What's the date code on that tire?

I might send that to Michelin.

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

Had that happen on a bicycle from dry rot, but a truck tire id a whole nother level of wtf

 

[BRUISER]

Our buddies

It was his spare on jeep

 

[thecarman]

@UncleWillie had you just driven it? Or was it cold?

 

[jeepinmatt]

I had one do that on my sawmill axle, but it was sometime in the middle of summer, no one was around, and the tire was probably 20 years old.

 

[UncleWillie]

@UncleWillie had you just driven it? Or was it cold?

It has been sitting for a long time.

 

[jeepinmatt]

It's cuz you didn't pay extra for the nitrogen fill.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

I've had a trailer tire do that just sitting under the shelter. Not even in a position where it gets any direct sunlight on it. Best place it could have happened, really.

 

[Ron]

No but I spent a winter in North Dakota and saw exploding trees

 

[UncleWillie]

I've had a trailer tire do that just sitting under the shelter. Not even in a position where it gets any direct sunlight on it. Best place it could have happened, really.

What is really odd is just the night before I noticed it was barely touching the ground. No weight on it

 

[ponykilr]

Around 1990, I was under my 70 Charger putting Hooker headers on it, let it down off the jack after they were slid into place. I slid under the car to lift up the collector while a buddy started a bolt and had just slid back out from under it when the tire just popped and the car settled right down.

Would have crushed me if it happened 5 seconds sooner.

Glad that kid is OK.

 

[mbalbritton]

Dang! And those are Michelin LTXs too. You don’t get a better more quality tire.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Dang! And those are Michelin LTXs too. You don’t get a better more quality tire.

Meh. I've had 2 sets dry rot and crack on the sidewall in less than 5 years. I think the ones on the wife's ZJ were less than 3 years old.

 

[mbalbritton]

Meh. I've had 2 sets dry rot and crack on the sidewall in less than 5 years. I think the ones on the wife's ZJ were less than 3 years old.

Weird, I’ve run several sets on cars and trucks. Never an issue, just long life and great traction. Shit, I have bought them used from the guy at the flea market working out of a storage unit for half the cost with 80% tread.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Weird, I’ve run several sets on cars and trucks. Never an issue, just long life and great traction. Shit, I have bought them used from the guy at the flea market working out of a storage unit for half the cost with 80% tread.

The LTX M/S used to be the gold standard for a highway tire. My father in law swore by them, and I had plenty of good experience with them also. Then in the mid 20-teens I had issues, and about 3-4 years ago, my father in law who swore by them for as long as I've known him finally switched to BFG's because of repeat bad experiences with Michelins.