tire flies off boat trailer … I’m not nearly killed

You know those videos of tires flying off vehicles wrecking havoc?

I saw one yesterday.

I was driving near Searchlight, Nevada on a bleak desert highway. Temperature near 170 degrees F.

The vehicle in front of me was towing a boat. In front of my eyes the wheel broke off, rolling full-speed along the ditch. A couple of hundred yards later it crossed the highway and kept rolling off into the distance.

I swerved around the vehicle in a cloud of smoke and pieces of axle. … Yeesh.

On the bright side, my $1600 ’96 Honda, purchased in February, is still running.

Rick the STIG with 1996 Civic

3 thoughts on “tire flies off boat trailer … I’m not nearly killed

  1. Sandy's avatar Sandy

    Rick,

    That made me think of the time when we were returning from the lake with a trailer full of firewood and the wheel flew off the trailer. The axle dragged on the highway causing sparks to fly and a small grassfire in the ditch. I think you were with us that time too?
    After the tow truck and paying to fix the borrowed trailer, it was a very expensive load of firewood……….

  2. Dana's avatar Dana

    And that reminds ME of when Chris and I were driving back from WCT or Kayaking – and encountered the semi towing a load of hay bails that was on fire! He really did set the entire prairies on fire! We should all just stay home!

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