davo727
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Yeah was done in an instant. It was a very long trip but we made it back. I read all the reviews about the XL tires on here and took the chance anyway so lesson learned and can't really complain. I was still happy the truck made it all the way without any mechanical issues.Wow, that tire didn't have much left to fling off before you got her stopped. Glad you finally got home safely with the new truck. In the shop, the 5 ton makes all your cars look a lot smaller.
She looks really good cleaned up & ready to roll again! Congratulations on your recovery!
To be honest it was pretty intense. Great weather out and not a lot of traffic on I-95. The tire exploded so fast and loud that for a split second I though I was back in Iraq and just hit an IED. No warning at all. There was so much debris from the tire exploding that some flew inside the cab of the truck and I got a little in my eye even though I was wearing my old set of Wiley-X PPE sun glasses. Truck pulled hard to the left and thought I was going into the guard rail but I managed to pull the wheel hard and keep control of it to ease it off to the right shoulder. About 4-5 cars pulled over that were around me a the time and I thought they took hits from the debris but as soon as I got the truck stopped on the side they took off and left, guessing they just wanted to be sure no one was hurt. Thankfully it wasn't any worse.How much seat cushion did you suck up before you got her stopped? Did it give you any clue it was going to blow?