Blew tire on loaded Deuce - Tire source close to me?

[ridingshotgun]

Saturday I was hauling fill rock and concrete from my demolition project to the neighbor's washouts. Earlier in the day, he told me that my right front tire looked low. I pulled up to his shop and he put air in. I later found out that he put about 65 PSI in. I have been carying about 45 lbs in each steering tire just because I thought more than that seemed like too much for older tires. Does that sound right to you guys? Anyway, I had a full load on and as I turned out of my field entrance, that tire blew! Sounded like a cannon shot! Fortunately, I was within a hundred yards of home so putting the spare on a loaded truck was not as bad as it could have been.

After that deal, I decided that I want new, or nearly new, tires on the steering axle. I see some new ones (STA) for sale on ebay, but I wondered if anyone else had any experience with those. Anyone know a source close to me, or another member close to me (eastern Iowa) with tires for sale?

My apologies to the mods if this needs to be in the classifieds. Feel free to move it if necessary. I wanted to share the pics of the blowout also.

Don't make fun of my "mobile shop"! Generator, small compressor, impact, etc...pulled by my 4-wheeler.

 

[clinto]

I'd bet dollars to donuts that tire failed due to heat and the obviously-evident dryrot in the sidewall, not an over pressure situation.

1. I have no experience with the STA 9:00x20s, but their Mule tires suck (soft, easily punctured).
2. Always put new tires on the front.

 

[onegmjack]

I like to have your jack.I mean frontend loader.Check the classified,they are tire at different locations.

 

[3dAngus]

Glad it didn't blow as he was filling it. That would have hurt, if he felt anything at all.
Good luck with the search. I'm sure someone will be able to help out more than I.

What I wanted to know is, how do you get that weight off the deuce once you get it on?

 

[Recovry4x4]

They do look pretty crunchy. Reference to your tool cart, its better than most and a milion times better than the guy with no jack or lugwrench.

 

[Bob H]

Armstrong, that tire is old, no it's even older than old. It has been rolling on borrowed time.
65 psi, 45 psi, no matter she was waiting to pop.
Titan T-hawk are the most current, Fidelity next.

Oh and nice bumper jack!

 

[ridingshotgun]

What I wanted to know is, how do you get that weight off the deuce once you get it on?

My deuce has a dump conversion on it. Straight ram...not the light duty scissor lift style.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Glad you are ok.

 

[ridingshotgun]

Armstrong, that tire is old, no it's even older than old. It has been rolling on borrowed time.
65 psi, 45 psi, no matter she was waiting to pop.
Titan T-hawk are the most current, Fidelity next.

Oh and nice bumper jack!

You are correct! that tire probably never should have been on the steering axle...my fault. I used the loader to lift it because it was loaded. I didn't want to put a jack under the axle and put the truck in a twist with the weight on it. Probably would have been fine, but why try it...loader was easier anyway.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Nice dump conversion. If the truck is a farm use truck and not driven on the road much, I'd have driven it with those tires on it. I do agree about new ones on the front, but not untill I had a reason.

 

[Katahdin]

FYI, I've got a tire in the rear I accidentally inflated to 110psi, that thread here. I've put almost 700 miles on it this summer, no heavy loads tho besides the extra ton of the 109 box and some ods and ends. The tire has some cracks but none on the sidewall. That tire did get a tube change, however, due to the valve stem being bent.

 

[scopionf89]

The manul says to inflate your tires to 65 psi. I had my stear tires inflated to 70psi and drove my Duece from GA-WA way with the truck weighing in at 20,000LB wile pulling a 5,000 pound trailer. My tires were not dry roted like yours apear to be. I red on a couple of threads on hear before I started my trip that if you put 70 psi in your tires it is easer to stear. I can't say for sertin because ever sence I got my duece I have kept my stear tires inflated that way. I keep my rear tires at 65psi. I have never had a tire blow and I have put about 6,000 miles on my truck most of them High way and interstate.

I buy my tires frome the goverment. I can get them at action for between $10-20 when I by them 16 at a time. I have not goten any yet that have dry rot but my tires come frome Ft. Lewis

 

[TIGERFANS2]

if you don't mind a bit of a road trip (Salina, Ks.), shoot 91W350 a PM and see what he has available

 

[dittle]

PM me as well as I have some new tires and am a little closer than KS

 

[armytruck63]

Guys, where are you coming up with these pressures? The data plate on my M35A2 says 50 psi at rated capacity for highway use.

 

[Maverick1701]

glad everyone was ok and it didnt blow on the road at speed...that would have been nasty for all parties involved.

 

[barefootin]

Guys, where are you coming up with these pressures? The data plate on my M35A2 says 50 psi at rated capacity for highway use.

That's what mine are set at. It's on the data plate, stenciled above every tire on the fenders and bed, stenciled on my doors, even on two of the rims in white... TP-50 is written so many times on my truck it's usually the first question that is asked....
"What does TP-50 mean?"
This is followed by oh, ok what does CARC mean. Final question is, what does NO RAD mean... My answer, no clue. No Radiation maybe

To the OP; Glad your OK and had the means to do a quick change! I like your portable set up as it looks similar to mine.

 

[ridingshotgun]

glad everyone was ok and it didnt blow on the road at speed...that would have been nasty for all parties involved.

You are correct! I am lucky that I was in the process of shifting from first to second when it blew...barely moving. Most of the time, my truck never gets to road speed. It is used exclusively for farm use and the closest it has gotten to road speed is the 1 mile of gravel between farms.

 

[steelandcanvas]

It's good it happened in a field instead of the Interstate. I exploded a left front at 50 miles per hour with the bed loaded about 5 years ago, and I'm still diggin' seat cushion outta' my butt. The pucker factor was 10+.

 

[John S-B]

Is that a cinder block under the axle? You do know that's a no-no don't you? They're notorious for being unreliable as a jack stand. Use 6x6 cribbing or a regular jack stand to be safe.