2006-08-12 11:06:31 · 14 answers · asked by Jeff 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
when they have a blowout. in the big truck they dont always know about it. so as they keep driving the tire shreds
2006-08-12 11:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by lc_firefighter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These (alligators) pieces of tread are what is left of a retreaded tire. Poor air pressure maintenance and extreme heat allow the bond between the recap and the tire casing to let loose in conjunction with the ensuing blow out will all result in the tread being left on the road. This sometimes happens in stages too where the tread comes off and several miles later the blow out occurs. Some recaps are used on drive tires of the tractor and many are on the trailers. Drive tire problems are more apparent than trailer tires. Regardless in either case the is no advance warning and therefore may of these failures occur on the road rather than being changed beforehand.
2006-08-19 11:51:44 · answer #2 · answered by Moto-Man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tractor tires on the owner operator rigs tend to be good original tires. However freight company trailers for cost savings use re caped tires. Take a worn down tire grind the tread surface and re cap the tire with new tread that does not stay stuck when the tire gets punctured. Try to miss those treads they really pack a wallop to the bottom of a car.
2006-08-12 11:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tires on those trucks wear out fast and often ; so rather than install new tires they simply glue on new tread and keep on trucking . Down side of this is ,it comes unglued and flys all over the road.
No problem though just stop at the next truck stop ,take my handy dandy Elmer's glue and stick me on some more tread and I'm ready for another 10 miles til it flys off again !!! :)
Boy who ever invented this was a genius !!!
2006-08-12 11:31:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tires go down or loose air pressure for different reasons and the heat generated causes the tread to separate from the core
2006-08-18 18:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by rpchrytec 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are pieces of re-capped tires. Most truck tires are expensive, so trucking companies buy tires that have new tread bonded on to the old carcasses. Sometimes the bond fails, resulting in the retread shredding and going all over the place.
2006-08-12 11:14:16 · answer #6 · answered by Capn Jon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Big trucks use alot of retreaded tires, normal air in tires can cause the tire to overheat and when the air inside gets hot it causes the pressure in the tire to increase and blow the tire up, like over filling a balloon,
some trucks are running nitrogen air in them, it doesnt heat up like regular air,
2006-08-20 03:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by rich2481 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tread that was just rplaced on tires. depending on the load there pulling and the presuer on the tires this will cause the tire to heat up, and the adhesave on the tire will let go
2006-08-20 10:42:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i comprehend some cases one truck may well be ruled a million or 2 mph speedier and it seams to take continuously yet as long as they are working the minimum velocity there is not any longer lots to do yet wait yet there are various 4-wheelers that do a similar situation. command interest is a situation of the previous expressly with the greater youthful technology.
2016-11-04 11:08:40 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tread separation. the tread part of the tire shears off, it happens more with the 18 wheelers because they drive more
2006-08-12 11:12:29 · answer #10 · answered by cynthetiq 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋