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Some wood shard pierced my tire. A piece of WOOD. We are talking like a 1/4-1/2 inch wide, inch or so long piece of WOOD (or that's at least what was left in the tire) It's almost like someone shoved a rough dowel into the tire.
It's too close to the sidewall to repair and as a bonus the wood somehow broke up the steel belt so it couldn't be repaired anyway. WOOD vs STEEL!!!!
I had a truck carrying studs lose its load in front of me back in 1998. A shard of a stud went through my tire AND my wheel!! Luckily none went through me!!
Some wood shard pierced my tire. A piece of WOOD. We are talking like a 1/4-1/2 inch wide, inch or so long piece of WOOD (or that's at least what was left in the tire) It's almost like someone shoved a rough dowel into the tire.
It's too close to the sidewall to repair and as a bonus the wood somehow broke up the steel belt so it couldn't be repaired anyway. WOOD vs STEEL!!!!
This is just a complaint. Thanks for reading.
Not much of a consolation I realize but something similar happened to me recently. Hit something on the road. Didn't see it but sure felt it. Seconds later the flat tire warning came on. I had just left my house so managed to turn around and made it back home with not much air left in the tire. Big cut in the tire so no surprise it went flat as quickly as it did. Only positive to come out of it was that I was approaching replacement time for all four so that's what I did. The indy doing the replacement guessed it was some kind of piece of metal on the road to make that kind of cut.
A lot of contractors at least here in Florida just load up their pickup trucks with all kinds of junk and tools and drive off with no concern of securing their load. Many even leave their tailgate hanging. Worst I've seen so far was what looked like an 8' or 10' step ladder in the center lane of I 75 just south of Tampa. Imagine driving across that at 80 mph....
Not much of a consolation I realize but something similar happened to me recently. Hit something on the road. Didn't see it but sure felt it. Seconds later the flat tire warning came on. I had just left my house so managed to turn around and made it back home with not much air left in the tire. Big cut in the tire so no surprise it went flat as quickly as it did. Only positive to come out of it was that I was approaching replacement time for all four so that's what I did. The indy doing the replacement guessed it was some kind of piece of metal on the road to make that kind of cut.
A lot of contractors at least here in Florida just load up their pickup trucks with all kinds of junk and tools and drive off with no concern of securing their load. Many even leave their tailgate hanging. Worst I've seen so far was what looked like an 8' or 10' step ladder in the center lane of I 75 just south of Tampa. Imagine driving across that at 80 mph....
I had to dodge a spinning ladder on i-85 in NC at night running about 85 mph back in the early 90s. Almost came out unscathed, but the very end of it just nicked my rocker panel in front of the rear wheel. No dent, just a scratch.
A lot of contractors at least here in Florida just load up their pickup trucks with all kinds of junk and tools and drive off with no concern of securing their load. Many even leave their tailgate hanging. Worst I've seen so far was what looked like an 8' or 10' step ladder in the center lane of I 75 just south of Tampa. Imagine driving across that at 80 mph....
Living up in Ottawa, Canada. I was sat a light waiting to turn right, pickup truck coming in the opposite direction making a left turn across in front of me. A whole bunch of tools slopping around in the back - a 3ft crowbar falls out and bounces end over end towards me. Nothing you can do just watch it come towards you....
Luckily it stopped about two feet in front of the car.
Now I own a 3ft crowbar if anyone needs to borrow one :-)
Bummer to the OP - its amazing what crap you hit on the road....
For the life of me I can't understand the physics of how so many nails, screws and such get sucked into my tires. I couldn't hammer a nail into the tire if I tried, but just driving over one....
This one takes the cake. A wood shard! Must have something to do with the softer compound of these tires.
For the life of me I can't understand the physics of how so many nails, screws and such get sucked into my tires. I couldn't hammer a nail into the tire if I tried, but just driving over one....
This one takes the cake. A wood shard! Must have something to do with the softer compound of these tires.
Whether or not there's anything to it I don't know but my service advisor told me once that the typical scenario is hitting a nail, screw or who knows what with the front tire which sends whatever the object is tumbling towards the rear tire. If the timing and tumbling comes out just right, it hits the rear tire at an angle that allows it to penetrate.
I would give the theory some merit since I've had three flat tires from road debris on my three 997's. All three on either one of the rear tires. None on the frronts.
10-25-2019, 10:16 PM
Wood vs Tire
