After a trip to town for shopping and errands, I was speeding home (about 35 mph) when there was a sudden loud bang. My first thought was backfire, then some kind of engine problem. Those thoughts lasted about a second, then I noticed that the car was pulling to the left and I saw a tire pass me on the left. By the time I got the car stopped, I realized what the bang was.
I walked back along the road to retrieve the missing tire. It was easy finding the tube, which was out in plain sight. But the tire was another matter. It had rolled into the Johnson grass or the wheat, and I never found it. Maybe it will turn up when they harvest the wheat sometime in the next couple of weeks.
From the looks of the tube, which was left with no stem, I would guess that the tire had lost enough pressure to slip on the rim and shear it off.
Steve, I know I discussed this with you on Facebook a few nights ago but it wasn't long ago when I had a blowout on my bike.
That isn't good when you hear a bang and then see your tire!
Yep, it's a bit disappointing. I had other things I could have been doing.
Steve, glad to see that you did not get hurt. That inner tube looks awfully thin.
Garrett, I had the rear tire come off of the rim on my bicycle once. I was going down a fairly steep hill and squeezed the brake next thing I knew I was sliding around on the rim. I was finally able to stop just before I got to the bottom of the hill by pushing my foot against the front tire, not very fun. Oddly enough the instance did not cause any damage to the tire except for a little rubbing on the side wall from the spokes.
Stephen
Steve, by the way, did you have a spare with you? Hope you find your tire.
Stephen
Speaking of bike tires: I was blowing one up at a local convenience store once and it blew like a bomb next to my head. Never did that again.
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Above is a true story. A few weeks ago I was riding home from a friend's house. I just re-inflated the tube and all of a sudden I heard a loud "BANG!" I thought a car had a blowout or backfired, or somebody shot a gun. The bike immediately came to a halt, I jumped off. Sure enough, the tire was bent outwards like someone bent it and the tube was ripped. Come to find out that it was a old Steel Rim -- not meant to hold pressures over 75 PSI.
Had a bike tire blow out while carrying it in the back of my van, had just filled the tires to 90 lbs. It was a big bang!!!!
Donald, that is weird because when I had my blowout I inflated my tire (the one that blew out) to 90 lbs!
I can usually guess which are Steve Jelf posts just by the title,yep right again.
It would be nice if you could find the tire, it could do several thousand dollars damage to the combine if it gets sucked into it, and the tire will not be worth retrieving.
Best
Gus
Man oh man Steve........what you've saved at one end you've been paying for at the other lately.
I think those good auction deals have jinxed you.......
When I was a wee little shaver, we were in my parents '29 A and my Dad said "look, there goes somebody's tire and wheel". We came to a stop sign and we stopped....the car fell askew...Dad said, "guess it was our tire and wheel". I don't remember the result, but I sure thought it was neat to see a wheel pass us.............
I lost a front tire at 65 on the 605 a few years back. The folded flap was on the axle, but I could find no trace of tire or tube. I think they went over the side, which is 30 feet or more there near the 5.
rdr
When the tire blows clean off, there's no steering problem, but let it go flat and hang onto the rim, and the car goes a "Waltzing Matilda."
Yes,Steve,if you can,do the farmer a favor and look around for that tire.
I remember when 1 of my recap snow tires blew out on my station wagon.Wow,it sent me sideways out thru a soybean field.
No fun.
Are your shorts salvageable? Not funny at the time,but just a bit after all the excitement wears down.
Yep, I'm trying to reach the guy by phone and give him a heads up. If that doesn't work I'll just stop by his house and leave him as note.
I'm just glad I could go home and get another wheel. That saved a lot of hassle.
This is a perfect example why you should always carry a spare tube, tire, a patch kit, a spare wheel, spare rim, and a tire pump.
Hey Steve,
Good for you for contacting the farmer, One can see quite a bit from the operator's platform, but if the machine is going fast, it can be difficult to stop in time, and it will not be good for the T crowd for the farmer to find a unique tire in his machine.
Best
Gus
Many more years ago than I care to admit. I was working on my first T speedster. My original set of lined inside parking brakes needed new linings. The only car I had running at the time was the speedster. It had the rear wheels off.
I usually rode a bicycle when I went to college.
I had called the friction materials/brake shop that did custom jobs and knew I had till 5 o'clock that day to get them in so I could have it back by Friday and I could make the tour on Sunday. So, at about twenty minutes before five, I headed out for the fast ride about five miles across town. Piece of cake I thought, I routinely rode an average of 21mph for distance. Then about two miles from home was the loud bang you have already come to expect.
Have you ever tried to maintain about 20mph on a bicycle with a blown rear tire? For over three miles? I made it. Both for the brakes and the tour.
So far, I have not had a remarkable blowout in a model T(knock on wood). So this is my T related story.
Drive carefully, and carry a tire pump and tube, W2
At Ken Meek's grave site service I heard a cannon go off by the cars. I walked back to look and found my right rear tire blown off the rim. The tire had 60 lbs of air in it but the tire still slipped off the rim. The tire was not damaged but the tube was destroyed. I am still driving on that tire.
Steven
Steven, here's your tire at the cemetery.
A number of years back, dad was repainting his wheels. He forgot to tighten the right rear wheel, it was only finger tight. Driving along, BANG, car starts to buck with a grinding sound. He remembers the wheel shooting past him missing the turn as it bounded into the woods and down a long hill. He and a friend hiked the woods for four days till they found it. It went down the hill, missing trees bounded a small creek, went up the other side of the hill. Found fifty yards up the other side of a steep incline.