The Ford Barn

Lanny · 03-29-2023, 08:53 PM

A short video,,, URL below to view

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYMfy1LYF0U

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petehoovie · 03-29-2023, 09:15 PM

51504bat · 03-29-2023, 09:30 PM

Saw it on the local news. Crazy.

GB SISSON · 03-29-2023, 11:15 PM

Dang! I sent it to my kids and one of them said there were no injuries. Maybe he meant no fatal injuries... Holy crap.

cas3 · 03-29-2023, 11:17 PM

Wow !
years ago, I owned a 22' roll deck car hauler. Locally, I did not carry a spare tire, but on long trips I would carry one up on the deck. Usually, chained up front to the front bulkhead.
One time, I dunno, guess I was in a hurry, so I flipped it up on the rear of the empty deck, ran a chain over the top with a chain binder holding it down...good to go.
About 100 miles from home, for some reason my eye was watching the mirror when the tire, a 22.5 truck tire, fell off the back at 70 MPH and bounced about 50 feet in the air !
Thank God no one was behind me or I might have killed em.
Hindsight and logic, the rear end of an empty deck bounces a lot more than the front.
Lucky that day!

A bones · 03-30-2023, 03:35 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cas3

Wow !
Lucky that day!

Call that one a win

nickthebandit · 03-30-2023, 04:17 AM

It was, if you didn't see it, it would be hard to believe. Hopefully no one was injured.

5851a · 03-30-2023, 10:30 AM

That tire came off that pick up appeared to have some offset rims, the tire from the truck also looked to contain the brake rotor. I would guess bearing failure from the non stock wheel offset. Might get expensive for truck owner.

Honda · 03-30-2023, 10:55 AM

OMG...the whole situation looks like a Hollywood movie scene - like from 'The Matrix'.

Also...what's with runaway wheels coming back for a second bash at the
victim - just like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV1fpKz_-AM

GB SISSON · 03-30-2023, 12:12 PM

I'm lucky too. I lost both driver side duals on my F350 at about 60 on a divided state highway. They crossed the median and flew into oncoming traffic. One took out a grill and headlight of some gal's car but no injuries. My hub was shot but my load of salvaged beams stayed put. The state trooper commended me for using 5 large ratchet straps. The tires were six months old, stock wheels and tire size, installed by a West Coast chain. I knew we were extremely fortunate with the outcome, but this video cements it. I researched the subject well and found a comment from a company that has a large fleet of '90s F350s and said "we lose about one set of duallies a year". I immediately bought sixteen 9/16" jamb nuts.

Lanny · 03-30-2023, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honda

OMG...the whole situation looks like a Hollywood movie scene - like from 'The Matrix'.

Also...what's with runaway wheels coming back for a second bash at the
victim - just like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV1fpKz_-AM

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Honda, thanks for listing that video in your post.
It is unbelievable how that tire, after hitting the
motor bike, went way up the tunnel roadway and
then made it all the way back thru heavy traffic
and then hit the bike rider again.
Can you imagine the carnage inside the tunnel
if one of the cars or trucks would have hit that
tire. Would have been way worse than the video
I posted.

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Tim Ayers · 03-30-2023, 02:29 PM

Growing up I remember an unfortunate and fatal incident similar to this. There was a grocery store on Rt 22 in Phillipsburg, NJ. That stretch was and still is heavily traveled by tractor trailers.

An entire wheel came off a rig and rolled right at the door while an elderly woman was walking out. Killed her instantly. Sad. I could only imagine the force that wheel had generated as it picked up speed before impact.

Newc · 03-30-2023, 04:57 PM

In Europe; everyone has video, cause the insurance cos. are a pain. Newc

Honda · 03-31-2023, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lanny

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Honda, thanks for listing that video in your post.
It is unbelievable how that tire, after hitting the
motor bike, went way up the tunnel roadway and
then made it all the way back thru heavy traffic
and then hit the bike rider again.
Can you imagine the carnage inside the tunnel
if one of the cars or trucks would have hit that
tire. Would have been way worse than the video
I posted.

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Yeah...the odds seem so against this incident - and yet it happened.

I'm also glad another vehicle didn't hit it!

Honda · 03-31-2023, 12:21 AM

My Dad was driving his Ford F-350 Lariat recently...when the tread of his tyre (or 'tire' to USA) suddenly flew off.

Luckily he was able to keep control off the vehicle and safely pull over.

His truck got significant damage though.

The tyre was a Michelin LTX...if anyone has these fitted to anything - you
might wish to consider replacing them with something else.

When I looked up 'Michelin LTX fail' on Google today...I found several other
people with the identical make and model to Dad's tyres - with the same
issue.

19Fordy · 03-31-2023, 08:44 AM

Looks like the driver of the white pickup truck fled the scene and made a bee line for the exit ramp. Didn't have the integrity to pull over and stop. Pretty sad!!
Hope the folks in the black car weren't injured.

Honda · 03-31-2023, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 19Fordy

Looks like the driver of the white pickup truck fled the scene and made a bee line for the exit ramp. Didn't have the integrity to pull over and stop. Pretty sad!!
Hope the folks in the black car weren't injured.

I just watched it again...and Wow - you seem to be right.

Looks like he was going to get to the roadside and pull
over...but then seems to just keep going?

Bob NH · 03-31-2023, 09:52 AM

Several years ago I was following an oil truck,(straight job) down an off ramp ,when he turned left both left rear duals came off the truck ,one laid down immediately and the other one rolled down the road till a mustang coming the other direction took it in the left fender and it went over the car ! No one hurt and we walked back up the ramp looking for any lug nuts and never found one. wonder how long the truck traveled in a straight line without lug nuts ?

ronn · 03-31-2023, 11:13 AM

5851 very good eye.

very hard to believe such mayhem from a lone wheel......

spdster · 03-31-2023, 07:35 PM

Been there done that - wrote the car off - never caught the transport driver who lost the tire. Nobody killed - police not interested in finding the bugger. Nice argument with the insurance company. Better half pissed. Upside still alive.

03-29-2023, 08:53 PM	#1
Lanny Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mn Posts: 2,411	Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose A short video,,, URL below to view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYMfy1LYF0U . __________________ If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. But if daddy ain't happy...RUN

03-29-2023, 09:15 PM	#2
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,151	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

03-29-2023, 09:30 PM	#3
51504bat Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: SoCal-Redlands Posts: 3,024	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Saw it on the local news. Crazy. __________________ Making the simple complicated for over 30 years.

03-29-2023, 11:15 PM	#4
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,941	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Dang! I sent it to my kids and one of them said there were no injuries. Maybe he meant no fatal injuries... Holy crap. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

03-29-2023, 11:17 PM	#5
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sw minnesota Posts: 4,577	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Wow ! years ago, I owned a 22' roll deck car hauler. Locally, I did not carry a spare tire, but on long trips I would carry one up on the deck. Usually, chained up front to the front bulkhead. One time, I dunno, guess I was in a hurry, so I flipped it up on the rear of the empty deck, ran a chain over the top with a chain binder holding it down...good to go. About 100 miles from home, for some reason my eye was watching the mirror when the tire, a 22.5 truck tire, fell off the back at 70 MPH and bounced about 50 feet in the air ! Thank God no one was behind me or I might have killed em. Hindsight and logic, the rear end of an empty deck bounces a lot more than the front. Lucky that day! Last edited by cas3; 03-29-2023 at 11:33 PM.

03-30-2023, 04:17 AM	#7
nickthebandit Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Shippensburg, pa. Posts: 417	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose It was, if you didn't see it, it would be hard to believe. Hopefully no one was injured.

03-30-2023, 10:30 AM	#8
5851a Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: NE Iowa Posts: 1,664	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose That tire came off that pick up appeared to have some offset rims, the tire from the truck also looked to contain the brake rotor. I would guess bearing failure from the non stock wheel offset. Might get expensive for truck owner.

03-30-2023, 10:55 AM	#9
Honda Member Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: Australia Posts: 57	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose OMG...the whole situation looks like a Hollywood movie scene - like from 'The Matrix'. Also...what's with runaway wheels coming back for a second bash at the victim - just like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV1fpKz_-AM

03-30-2023, 12:12 PM	#10
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 4,941	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose I'm lucky too. I lost both driver side duals on my F350 at about 60 on a divided state highway. They crossed the median and flew into oncoming traffic. One took out a grill and headlight of some gal's car but no injuries. My hub was shot but my load of salvaged beams stayed put. The state trooper commended me for using 5 large ratchet straps. The tires were six months old, stock wheels and tire size, installed by a West Coast chain. I knew we were extremely fortunate with the outcome, but this video cements it. I researched the subject well and found a comment from a company that has a large fleet of '90s F350s and said "we lose about one set of duallies a year". I immediately bought sixteen 9/16" jamb nuts. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

03-30-2023, 02:29 PM	#12
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,181	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Growing up I remember an unfortunate and fatal incident similar to this. There was a grocery store on Rt 22 in Phillipsburg, NJ. That stretch was and still is heavily traveled by tractor trailers. An entire wheel came off a rig and rolled right at the door while an elderly woman was walking out. Killed her instantly. Sad. I could only imagine the force that wheel had generated as it picked up speed before impact.

03-30-2023, 04:57 PM	#13
Newc Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,488	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose In Europe; everyone has video, cause the insurance cos. are a pain. Newc

03-31-2023, 08:44 AM	#16
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,950	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Looks like the driver of the white pickup truck fled the scene and made a bee line for the exit ramp. Didn't have the integrity to pull over and stop. Pretty sad!! Hope the folks in the black car weren't injured.

03-31-2023, 09:52 AM	#18
Bob NH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Meredith, N.H. Posts: 766	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Several years ago I was following an oil truck,(straight job) down an off ramp ,when he turned left both left rear duals came off the truck ,one laid down immediately and the other one rolled down the road till a mustang coming the other direction took it in the left fender and it went over the car ! No one hurt and we walked back up the ramp looking for any lug nuts and never found one. wonder how long the truck traveled in a straight line without lug nuts ?

03-31-2023, 11:13 AM	#19
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,791	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose 5851 very good eye. very hard to believe such mayhem from a lone wheel......

03-31-2023, 07:35 PM	#20
spdster Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Great White North Posts: 20	Re: Off Topic, Car hits tire, all hell breaks loose Been there done that - wrote the car off - never caught the transport driver who lost the tire. Nobody killed - police not interested in finding the bugger. Nice argument with the insurance company. Better half pissed. Upside still alive.