Who'da Thunk It....

[Zilverado]

So this is interesting - at least to me....

I go out to my truck the other day (I had it parked on the street). I look in the box where my spare has been laying for quite some time. The tire is an old, worn out thing on a painted steel rim. Nothing worth steeling, so I just leave it laying loose.

Well, I look at the tire and see it's completely destroyed. My first thought was it had been slashed - horribly!!! But it also looks like a blow-out. But it's just been laying in the box...

Well, later that day I stop at a tire shop and the guy confirms it's a blow-out. He said it certainly can happen, even if the tire is not "loaded". Just the 32 lbs of pressure can do it if the tire is in bad shape (and this one certainly was that). Musta' scared the crap out of anyone walking down the sidewalk at the time. I'd imagine it must of sounded like a gun shot.

The scary thought is that just a couple of months ago I used this tire for about 2 weeks while I had one of my regular ones waiting for a me to replace the valve stem. It was the front right. I'm just glad this didn't happen while I was on the road.

So that's it. Just thought I'd share my little experience.