Rene T
Site Team
We left NH on Thursday morning REAL early and made it to Virginia. The next day, we made it to the FL GA line, then the third day, 4 hours to our final destination which is Lakeland.
The only hiccup was a blowout on the trailer around 75 miles north of the SC/GA line. If any of you have travelled I-95 south, the roads are terrible in SC. As soon as we crossed into SC from NC, it was thump, thump, thump and thump. It was 2 thumps for every second.
It was that way for around 40 miles or so. We were doing 60 MPH and wanted to get into the passing lane but they were going 80/85 at least so I know it would have eventually caused an accident. That passing lane was much smoother. I think some of the belts on the side wall internally may have broken. When it happened we just heard a bang and a slight bump. Not knowing what it was because I didn't see anything in the road. Then my TPMS went off about 5 seconds later. Looking at the tire, there is a large piece of sidewall, about the size of a softball peeled open. I think the tire may have developed a leak in the side wall and it created a huge bubble then when it busted, that's what we heard and felt. Luckily we were able to pull off the road far enough to change it. It was on the passenger side.
This is the second time my TPMS has saved my butt. Paid for itself twice now. I would never be without it now and would highly recommend it to everyone.
The only hiccup was a blowout on the trailer around 75 miles north of the SC/GA line. If any of you have travelled I-95 south, the roads are terrible in SC. As soon as we crossed into SC from NC, it was thump, thump, thump and thump. It was 2 thumps for every second.
It was that way for around 40 miles or so. We were doing 60 MPH and wanted to get into the passing lane but they were going 80/85 at least so I know it would have eventually caused an accident. That passing lane was much smoother. I think some of the belts on the side wall internally may have broken. When it happened we just heard a bang and a slight bump. Not knowing what it was because I didn't see anything in the road. Then my TPMS went off about 5 seconds later. Looking at the tire, there is a large piece of sidewall, about the size of a softball peeled open. I think the tire may have developed a leak in the side wall and it created a huge bubble then when it busted, that's what we heard and felt. Luckily we were able to pull off the road far enough to change it. It was on the passenger side.
This is the second time my TPMS has saved my butt. Paid for itself twice now. I would never be without it now and would highly recommend it to everyone.