i'm a trucker and I would have pulled over and called a tire guy to come out and look after it. Could also be the brakes or a wheel bearing smoking. But the real point I want to make is all the hate over something so simple. Someone made a random video of a truck smoking on the hiway and people are losing their minds with hate over it. You just have to step back and ask what all the hate is about, people never use to treat each other like this. What is happening to us?
@servant714 FINALLY!!! Someone with f**k'n common sense!!! You are so right! I definitely never intended for this video to become the spectacle that it is, or has been. Everyone is acting so exaggerated over some poor-quality footage that came out of my old camera phone. You sir, are awesome!
@servant714 I'm a retired trucker--drove for 22 years, 75% over the road. If I saw a truck like that, I'd sure tell the driver if he didn't look in his mirrors (like he's supposed to). I was going east on 80 over Donner one night and saw a truck going west down a steep grade with one trailer brake on fire. At least 3 of us tried to tell him his brakes were on fire and he just kept going. Too bad 4 wheelers hate us. They couldn't live without us!
@napachild yep, your a trucker all right, we call 'em 4 wheelers up here in the rockies too. You're right man, they hate us, they have no patience with us, but they can't get the latest video game unless we bring it to the store for them.
@TheCrocfiles No doubt. However, I had no idea, when I uploaded this video, that it would get so many views. (This video gets between 200-300 views a day!)
@biggkev4 Really?!? Are you seriously that stupid??? It's quite evident that he knew what was going on. LOOK AT HIS LIGHTS FLASHING!!! He wouldn't have had his lights flashing if he didn't know what went wrong, and do you honestly think he would have pulled over for some random guy to tell him something he already knows? Come on...
That trailer probably was being pulled by a owner operator and the driver was running the tire off the rim so that he won't be charged for what is called running flat. Companies will charge owner operators for flat tires, unless it's a blow out and when you run the tire off the rim, you can claim it as a blow out. Stupid I know but that's the way it is.
i was going south on i-55 in chicago a few weeeks back and thee was a cntainer truck a car the me in my pete and the container truck blew a tire it sounded like a shotgun blast shocked me and the car
@MrErock5353 nah he knew it was out, thats why he was going 15 mph under the speed limit, to reduce stress on the tires next to it b/c they have to carry double the load now. he was driving it for the simple reason that its cheaper to have it fixed at the garage than have a truck come fix it on the side of the road.
Wasn't checking his mirrors every few seconds like he's suppose to. Had he done so his ass would have been on the shoulder before you passed him.
But then again, he probably didn't notice the smoking tire because he was busy fiddling with a video camera like so many of these dip shit truckers have gotten into the habit of doing nowadays.
i dont know who say this in english but los camiones estan hechos para que si se revienta una llanta las demas le sirvan en el camino ya que todo el peso se distribuye en cada una delas llantas
what if his brakes were on fire and had flammable cargo in the trailer? brake fires are impossible to put out with a fire extinguisher. kind of a stupid decision to pull over with a fire on a wheel when there is 40 000 pounds of gasoline above it, fire cannot spread at 60 MPH. so be careful to jump to conclusions it gives truckers a bad name. and remember-if you didnt make it from scratch, it came on a truck!
IT Could be worse I was at a les schwabb getting tires on three of the fleet trailers when the cage failed and a new guy was setting the beads and the tire threw em across the bay he is now in a wheel chair tube fed and can not speak
Looks like the brakes didn't release, causing the tire to explode due to the heat of the brakes, because just a tire that is shredding shouldn't cause that much smoke...
It appears that the trucker in this video may be in the wrong. Professional rules state that in the event of a blowout, a driver may continue to drive the vehicle only until a safe place to pull over is found. Don't sling rubber all over the road by traveling to the shop. Unsafe to do so.
Whenever you notice a truck tire blowout, the best advice is to stay away from that event as much as possible. Even a "small" chunk of flying rubber the size of your fist can break a windshield, radiator, etc.
Watched a Molases tractor and trailer blow up a super single infront of a Caddy on I85..the trailer was loaded with 37k and it lifed like it like it was a ballon..the caddy tried to get away from the hot alligator but it just beat the caddy to death...funny thing the caddy driver never stopped..the driver of the molases truck didnt have a cell phone(1999) i let him use mine, about aminute after he stopped another super single on the same side blew...
@The18Jake Or at least slow down so it stops smoking! That maybe why I see so many trailer tire fires, well, that and I'm sure a bunch of other reasons like bad brakes and low hub oil. But driving that fast, he's throwing huge chunks of rubber and steel cord, too!
@wraith0127 The guy is not bright for driving. When that tire blew out, he just DOUBLED the load on the tire next to it. Now that tire is over loaded and risks blowing out. Easy chance for the load to shift when the other blows out causing loss of control or roll over. PLUS, look how fast he's going! You know he's loaded heavy, look at the tandem location.
@117asm I understand what FTrain4750 was saying, But as an ex trucker my self i would have preferred to see you stay 12 car lengths behind that truck instead of endangering your lives.
remember us truckers have bigger responsibilities.
@prodigistics bigger responsibilities??? you're an idiot. there is no bigger responsibility than safety on the road. Learn how to replace,or,have a tire replaced moron.
@prodigistics yeah right, and follow him at 15 mph less than the speed limit until he exits? dont forget to stop at the unemployment office on your way to tell ur boss why ur so far behind schedule
as ive told others in this video, none of you understand the simple basic facts of this scenario. Firstly, the trucker def. knows.. without a doubt... that hes down a tire---- he is fully aware of this. Him continuing to drive with the flashers on at a reduced speed is obvious and overwhelming proof of this. The reason he continues is because of the simple fact that its cheaper to have a tire fixed at the garage than to call a service truck out to change it on the side of the road- logistics.
doesnt mean im saying its right or wrong, but thats the plain and simple reason hes doing what hes doing. and its not nearly as unsafe as you all think it is, but then again, most of you arent truck drivers or business people who understand what it takes to make money operating a commercial vehicle.
@FTrain4750 yes, lets all follow behind a semi with a tire about to blow. Heck lets just see how many cars we can hold up behind the truck, maybe we can cause a big car pile up also! woot!
im a new owner operator driver for only five years ive only blown one tire sounds like a 20 gauge next to the window made the trailer bounce and it was loaded
ever hear a big rig tire blow up? i live next to a truck stop and this truck pulled in with his trailer tire smoking... think his axle seized and got the rim hot...but next thing i know i hear and feel this explosion, the sidewall blew out from the airpressure in the tire. shook my house
@117asm It is intense, especially if you're the truck driver! It's happened to me twice and I've been next to a truck on the freeway when their tire blew. It's actually louder than an m-80, a REAL m-80. But with duals, you can usually drive slowly to the next safe place to get it fixed.
@wraith0127 I was waiting to cross the street while this truck was turning around the trailer had three axles the tires on the middle were spinning but the back and front were not since the back end of the trailer wasnt moving anywhere. I was looking at the tires since they were leaving white scratches on the road, just as i was focusing on the front tire it poped i was good almost 2 meters away but still got engulved by dust cloud, and a arm lenght of the thread was left flaping when it took of
@botorchicken wdf were you standing only 2 meters away from a semi turning around? you were most likely in a blind spot, you coulda got smooshed, thats like, 6 feet or so for you imperial folks, think about that eh?
@DylanA321 its was a T intersection on a 6 lane and a 4 lane road and on the sidewalk the curb on that sidewalk was atleast 15cm high so it wasnt too unnoticable
I had one blow out on me the other day. Happens a lot in the summer time with old tires and hot roads. Another truck was passing me when it blew. All the sudden I hear KABOOOOM!!! The other driver damn near ran off the road. It literally does sound like a bomb going off.
@freeman00725 im sorry....i didnt know u had a semi truck tire blow out on you....the reason for his blow out (not moving) was over heated rim due to a sticking brake.......if u had a brain in your head you would know the air pressure in the tire would rrise to an unstable level.....thats alot of air pressur being released. yes it was loud, i was half a city block away from him and it made the walls shake. i could feel it..
@freeman00725 The first time it happen to me, I honestly didn't know what the hell it was. It sounded and felt a lot like the time I had a Big fat fucking owl fly down in front of my on I90. I looked in the mirror and saw the smoke show and cars swerving around the gator like shooting stars, so that pretty much narrowed it down.
@oilfield666 sounds and feels like a bomb. I laughed the first time it happened because the person that I was driving with was sleeping when it happened. Nothing funnier.
Maby this guy is just waiting for the tite to disintigrate so he can continue on.If the tire is gone he won`t have to change it.
60pedrolivecom 2 weeks ago
not a blow out i had this happen to me going down a 6% grade in the north carolina mountains coming in from tennessee
justin3815 2 months ago
I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion,but some people are just plain stupid!
simonspics1 3 months ago
i'm a trucker and I would have pulled over and called a tire guy to come out and look after it. Could also be the brakes or a wheel bearing smoking. But the real point I want to make is all the hate over something so simple. Someone made a random video of a truck smoking on the hiway and people are losing their minds with hate over it. You just have to step back and ask what all the hate is about, people never use to treat each other like this. What is happening to us?
servant714 3 months ago 3
@servant714 FINALLY!!! Someone with f**k'n common sense!!! You are so right! I definitely never intended for this video to become the spectacle that it is, or has been. Everyone is acting so exaggerated over some poor-quality footage that came out of my old camera phone. You sir, are awesome!
117asm 3 months ago 3
@servant714 I'm a retired trucker--drove for 22 years, 75% over the road. If I saw a truck like that, I'd sure tell the driver if he didn't look in his mirrors (like he's supposed to). I was going east on 80 over Donner one night and saw a truck going west down a steep grade with one trailer brake on fire. At least 3 of us tried to tell him his brakes were on fire and he just kept going. Too bad 4 wheelers hate us. They couldn't live without us!
napachild 2 months ago
@napachild yep, your a trucker all right, we call 'em 4 wheelers up here in the rockies too. You're right man, they hate us, they have no patience with us, but they can't get the latest video game unless we bring it to the store for them.
servant714 2 months ago
@servant714 P.S. I'm a female solo trucker. I was always a company driver--too much work and risk being an O/O.
napachild 2 months ago
With all due respect, I think your description would make a better title.
TheCrocfiles 3 months ago
@TheCrocfiles No doubt. However, I had no idea, when I uploaded this video, that it would get so many views. (This video gets between 200-300 views a day!)
117asm 3 months ago
who the fuck cares.. to bad it didn`t hit your loser ass
prescomp 4 months ago
you could of told the driver to stop so you can help him idiot
biggkev4 4 months ago
@biggkev4 Really?!? Are you seriously that stupid??? It's quite evident that he knew what was going on. LOOK AT HIS LIGHTS FLASHING!!! He wouldn't have had his lights flashing if he didn't know what went wrong, and do you honestly think he would have pulled over for some random guy to tell him something he already knows? Come on...
117asm 4 months ago
@biggkev4 You're a dolt.
KiloByte69 4 months ago
That trailer probably was being pulled by a owner operator and the driver was running the tire off the rim so that he won't be charged for what is called running flat. Companies will charge owner operators for flat tires, unless it's a blow out and when you run the tire off the rim, you can claim it as a blow out. Stupid I know but that's the way it is.
deltabtry 4 months ago
I also would have passed. I'd rather be in front of it then behind.
finzgar420 5 months ago
i was going south on i-55 in chicago a few weeeks back and thee was a cntainer truck a car the me in my pete and the container truck blew a tire it sounded like a shotgun blast shocked me and the car
justin3815 5 months ago
i am not a truck driver nor do i pretend to know what it is like to drive a big rig. is it possible that the smoke was in his blind spot?
MrErock5353 5 months ago
@MrErock5353 nah he knew it was out, thats why he was going 15 mph under the speed limit, to reduce stress on the tires next to it b/c they have to carry double the load now. he was driving it for the simple reason that its cheaper to have it fixed at the garage than have a truck come fix it on the side of the road.
oipbhakeld 4 months ago
why there are so many smoke so what happend?
Dimavery11 6 months ago
Wasn't checking his mirrors every few seconds like he's suppose to. Had he done so his ass would have been on the shoulder before you passed him.
But then again, he probably didn't notice the smoking tire because he was busy fiddling with a video camera like so many of these dip shit truckers have gotten into the habit of doing nowadays.
nosajj12345 6 months ago
@nosajj12345 he had his flashers on so it looks like he knew the tire was smoking but kept driving ANYWAY
NativePrairieWolf 5 months ago
i dont know who say this in english but los camiones estan hechos para que si se revienta una llanta las demas le sirvan en el camino ya que todo el peso se distribuye en cada una delas llantas
Arturo0111 6 months ago
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defry2007 6 months ago
That guy should not be driving it, It should be on the side of the road waiting for a mechanic or tow truck. The guy should be charged.
supramanz 7 months ago
what if his brakes were on fire and had flammable cargo in the trailer? brake fires are impossible to put out with a fire extinguisher. kind of a stupid decision to pull over with a fire on a wheel when there is 40 000 pounds of gasoline above it, fire cannot spread at 60 MPH. so be careful to jump to conclusions it gives truckers a bad name. and remember-if you didnt make it from scratch, it came on a truck!
halosux4life 6 months ago
@halosux4life Well I see what you mean. But I don't see any of the legal markings on the truck that could indicate it is carrying explosive material.
supramanz 6 months ago
I like your disclaimer - aint nothing wrong with that!
SASD209 7 months ago
yea i wouldna rode past it...might lose mi life
kyerra1997 7 months ago
IT Could be worse I was at a les schwabb getting tires on three of the fleet trailers when the cage failed and a new guy was setting the beads and the tire threw em across the bay he is now in a wheel chair tube fed and can not speak
pastorgeorgem 8 months ago
Looks like the brakes didn't release, causing the tire to explode due to the heat of the brakes, because just a tire that is shredding shouldn't cause that much smoke...
Bandsmurf 9 months ago
It appears that the trucker in this video may be in the wrong. Professional rules state that in the event of a blowout, a driver may continue to drive the vehicle only until a safe place to pull over is found. Don't sling rubber all over the road by traveling to the shop. Unsafe to do so.
Whenever you notice a truck tire blowout, the best advice is to stay away from that event as much as possible. Even a "small" chunk of flying rubber the size of your fist can break a windshield, radiator, etc.
123MrBurg 9 months ago
Doesnt look like a tie blow out, more like overheated brakes.
hollytrucker 9 months ago
OK oh
1. good idea stay 15 car links behind
2. worse idea pass him and get knocked into the wall after his trailer hits you on the side.
xbox360rocksful 10 months ago
Watched a Molases tractor and trailer blow up a super single infront of a Caddy on I85..the trailer was loaded with 37k and it lifed like it like it was a ballon..the caddy tried to get away from the hot alligator but it just beat the caddy to death...funny thing the caddy driver never stopped..the driver of the molases truck didnt have a cell phone(1999) i let him use mine, about aminute after he stopped another super single on the same side blew...
stevefromPA2 1 year ago
love how he didnt pull over
The18Jake 1 year ago
@The18Jake Or at least slow down so it stops smoking! That maybe why I see so many trailer tire fires, well, that and I'm sure a bunch of other reasons like bad brakes and low hub oil. But driving that fast, he's throwing huge chunks of rubber and steel cord, too!
wraith0127 1 year ago
@wraith0127 The guy is not bright for driving. When that tire blew out, he just DOUBLED the load on the tire next to it. Now that tire is over loaded and risks blowing out. Easy chance for the load to shift when the other blows out causing loss of control or roll over. PLUS, look how fast he's going! You know he's loaded heavy, look at the tandem location.
studpuppy69 11 months ago
did he died?
CUZC0M 1 year ago
@CUZC0M hahaha
56wb56a 1 year ago
Unless its a steer tire, you might as well drag it to a ramp. I won't change one on the highway. People drive like idiots.
ledfoot73 1 year ago
wow and you were stupid enough to pass too?
FTrain4750 2 years ago 36
@FTrain4750
I wasn't the one driving, retard.
117asm 2 years ago 26
@117asm I understand what FTrain4750 was saying, But as an ex trucker my self i would have preferred to see you stay 12 car lengths behind that truck instead of endangering your lives.
remember us truckers have bigger responsibilities.
prodigistics 10 months ago 7
@prodigistics Indeed. But once again, I wasn't the one driving. If I were the one driving, I would have most likely followed your advice :)
117asm 9 months ago
@prodigistics maybe he should pull over and not drive down the highway and slow everyone else down
TJDeadkid 9 months ago
@prodigistics bigger responsibilities??? you're an idiot. there is no bigger responsibility than safety on the road. Learn how to replace,or,have a tire replaced moron.
stayinstock 8 months ago
@prodigistics truckers have bigger responsibilities than what? being a moron?
He shouldn't even be on the road.You can't tell me he doesn't know somethings wrong.
I think his very first responsibility is the safety of the road.
Most truckers don't think like you.Thank God.
stayinstock 6 months ago
@prodigistics yeah right, and follow him at 15 mph less than the speed limit until he exits? dont forget to stop at the unemployment office on your way to tell ur boss why ur so far behind schedule
oipbhakeld 4 months ago
as ive told others in this video, none of you understand the simple basic facts of this scenario. Firstly, the trucker def. knows.. without a doubt... that hes down a tire---- he is fully aware of this. Him continuing to drive with the flashers on at a reduced speed is obvious and overwhelming proof of this. The reason he continues is because of the simple fact that its cheaper to have a tire fixed at the garage than to call a service truck out to change it on the side of the road- logistics.
oipbhakeld 4 months ago
@oipbhakeld AGREED
pastorgeorgem 3 months ago
doesnt mean im saying its right or wrong, but thats the plain and simple reason hes doing what hes doing. and its not nearly as unsafe as you all think it is, but then again, most of you arent truck drivers or business people who understand what it takes to make money operating a commercial vehicle.
oipbhakeld 4 months ago
@117asm so your dad drive it?
irfan123100 6 months ago
@117asm and you dont have a mouth to say "DON'T PASS HIM YOU FUCKTARD" ???
deadfish30 5 months ago
@FTrain4750 Well, would you rather pass and get in front of the danger, or stay behind where you could get hit by flying tire bits???
wraith0127 1 year ago 3
@FTrain4750 how else should he get around the truck?
blackpenguin69 11 months ago
@FTrain4750 yes, lets all follow behind a semi with a tire about to blow. Heck lets just see how many cars we can hold up behind the truck, maybe we can cause a big car pile up also! woot!
nub...
l337pwnage 9 months ago
im a new owner operator driver for only five years ive only blown one tire sounds like a 20 gauge next to the window made the trailer bounce and it was loaded
LCSnigga 2 years ago
ever hear a big rig tire blow up? i live next to a truck stop and this truck pulled in with his trailer tire smoking... think his axle seized and got the rim hot...but next thing i know i hear and feel this explosion, the sidewall blew out from the airpressure in the tire. shook my house
oilfield666 2 years ago 10
Sounds pretty intense.
117asm 2 years ago 2
@117asm It is intense, especially if you're the truck driver! It's happened to me twice and I've been next to a truck on the freeway when their tire blew. It's actually louder than an m-80, a REAL m-80. But with duals, you can usually drive slowly to the next safe place to get it fixed.
wraith0127 1 year ago
@wraith0127 I was waiting to cross the street while this truck was turning around the trailer had three axles the tires on the middle were spinning but the back and front were not since the back end of the trailer wasnt moving anywhere. I was looking at the tires since they were leaving white scratches on the road, just as i was focusing on the front tire it poped i was good almost 2 meters away but still got engulved by dust cloud, and a arm lenght of the thread was left flaping when it took of
botorchicken 1 year ago
@botorchicken wdf were you standing only 2 meters away from a semi turning around? you were most likely in a blind spot, you coulda got smooshed, thats like, 6 feet or so for you imperial folks, think about that eh?
DylanA321 9 months ago
@DylanA321 its was a T intersection on a 6 lane and a 4 lane road and on the sidewalk the curb on that sidewalk was atleast 15cm high so it wasnt too unnoticable
botorchicken 9 months ago
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mackman989 2 years ago
@oilfield666
I had one blow out on me the other day. Happens a lot in the summer time with old tires and hot roads. Another truck was passing me when it blew. All the sudden I hear KABOOOOM!!! The other driver damn near ran off the road. It literally does sound like a bomb going off.
freeman00725 1 year ago
@freeman00725 im sorry....i didnt know u had a semi truck tire blow out on you....the reason for his blow out (not moving) was over heated rim due to a sticking brake.......if u had a brain in your head you would know the air pressure in the tire would rrise to an unstable level.....thats alot of air pressur being released. yes it was loud, i was half a city block away from him and it made the walls shake. i could feel it..
oilfield666 1 year ago
@freeman00725 The first time it happen to me, I honestly didn't know what the hell it was. It sounded and felt a lot like the time I had a Big fat fucking owl fly down in front of my on I90. I looked in the mirror and saw the smoke show and cars swerving around the gator like shooting stars, so that pretty much narrowed it down.
mlke4258 1 year ago
@oilfield666 sounds and feels like a bomb. I laughed the first time it happened because the person that I was driving with was sleeping when it happened. Nothing funnier.
sargeballer 1 year ago
Shouldve stopped his ass! Ccall the cops if he wont! Jeez!
jmfree12408 2 years ago
i think him having his hazards on and going slowly in the right lane would warrant him a clue to what was going on
inktoxicated 2 years ago 2
that's what i thought
chooseright24 2 years ago
pull it over rookie!!!!!!!!!!!!
bubba2301 3 years ago 2