- Joined
- Mar 24, 2005
- Location
- Stanley, NC
They are putting in a foundation for a new machine at work, and in the process of digging a 50'x80' hole, 19 feet deep, they found some nice granite boulders. I borrowed mom and dads F350 dumptruck and hauled a couple loads yesterday. I checked all the tires every time before I left, and they were holding air fine, and properly inflated. Today, I went and got a 3rd load, and on the way home, had a tire come apart. The tread on the right rear outside tire separated completely from the carcass. Ok, that sucks, no big deal, just change it out. Went to jack it up, and the leaky bottle jack was so leaky that I had to call a friend to bring another. No biggie, threw the spare (with a dryrotted sidewall) on, and headed down the road. I'm only 10-11 miles from home...
About 5 miles later, I hear psssh psssh psssh as the tire turns. I pull over at a nice big flat parking lot. The sidewall in the spare that I just changed has turned into an escape route for the air. So I call up my parents and get a ride to my shop. I've got two good load range E tires with 50% tread, so I put one on the rim from the first flat tire that had the tread seperate, and put the other tire on a spare rim I had at the shop. I head back to the truck and go ahead and swap out both tires on the right side, since the sidewalls had been rubbing together from all the low pressure activity. Great, so we're good to go.
Oh wait, the outside tire on the left if really bulging, and the inside one looks like it has no air because its an inch shorter than the outside. Get the gage, right at zero. Fortunately, I had brought the CO2 tank, just in case...aired it up, didnt' hear any leaks, 6 miles to go, we'll be fine. And were off! Finally!
Until about 2 miles later
I hear that same psssh psssh psssh as the tire turns. That flat tire that I had just inflated now had a 2-3 inch crack in the tread that was helping the air get back to a lower pressure environment. Fortunately, I still had the tire from the right rear inside, so I jacked the truck up, pulled both tires off, put the not leaking one on, torqued everything down, and was back on the road in less than 10 minutes. They finally held together long enough to get home!
On the plus side, I got pretty good at changing tires on the dumptruck. First couple loads took about 3 hours round trip, today was almost 8 hours.
So anybody got a good set of 16" Load Range E tires?
And since everyone loves pictures:
About 5 miles later, I hear psssh psssh psssh as the tire turns. I pull over at a nice big flat parking lot. The sidewall in the spare that I just changed has turned into an escape route for the air. So I call up my parents and get a ride to my shop. I've got two good load range E tires with 50% tread, so I put one on the rim from the first flat tire that had the tread seperate, and put the other tire on a spare rim I had at the shop. I head back to the truck and go ahead and swap out both tires on the right side, since the sidewalls had been rubbing together from all the low pressure activity. Great, so we're good to go.
Oh wait, the outside tire on the left if really bulging, and the inside one looks like it has no air because its an inch shorter than the outside. Get the gage, right at zero. Fortunately, I had brought the CO2 tank, just in case...aired it up, didnt' hear any leaks, 6 miles to go, we'll be fine. And were off! Finally!
Until about 2 miles later
I hear that same psssh psssh psssh as the tire turns. That flat tire that I had just inflated now had a 2-3 inch crack in the tread that was helping the air get back to a lower pressure environment. Fortunately, I still had the tire from the right rear inside, so I jacked the truck up, pulled both tires off, put the not leaking one on, torqued everything down, and was back on the road in less than 10 minutes. They finally held together long enough to get home!On the plus side, I got pretty good at changing tires on the dumptruck. First couple loads took about 3 hours round trip, today was almost 8 hours.
So anybody got a good set of 16" Load Range E tires?
And since everyone loves pictures:
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