Losing the tread on a drive tire can do a number as well. In CA, I threw off the tread from the right-rear-outside drive. It took off all the electrical cable under the trailer... No lights, no ABS, nothing. No, you won't go off the road, but at night, to all the traffic behind you, you SIMPLY DISAPPEAR. Shorted wires in the cable also meant breakers popping open and reseting until I could get it off the road and shut it down.I've never had the tread come off on a steer, but I would imagine it could happen too. I'm told that one of the ways to prevent the steer from blowing is to make certain they you have the proper air pressure. No, it may not stop you from losing a steer, but any tire that is low on air is subject to failure. A very good practice is to use a GUAGE and check your pressure every morning, hazmat or not. You want to do it in the morning so the temp of the tire is AMBIENT, not in the evening when the tire is hot from running. I find that I have to adjust my air about once a month. Usually, add just a little. It's cheap insurance.

 

Do you think the steer tire will call him in the morning? Did it promise it wouldn't AIR in your mouth?

 

I was asleep in the passenger seat of my trainer's truck back in the day when he blew the right front steer. Talk about a rude awakening.

-p.

 

That 19 fatal bus wreck near Dallas had an an illegal retread steer failure.

The radio guy that has the Trooper Monty guy as a guest has a (dated) blown steer video on his website. Interesting and informative. If I could think of the guys name, I'd link it.

Yes, it was the first date, wizeass . .