First off we are so thankful that we were not injured and minimal damage was done – someone was looking out for us that day. The wild part is, G did not feel a thing and it took our tire pressure monitoring system a minute or two to give us an alarm. At first we both thought the sound came from on-coming traffic but no, it was our 3rd tire on the driver’s side. I’ve never been so happy to have 6 Goodyear tires on the rig! I don’t care how expensive they are! We are also very lucky that we’ve been on the road for over 4 years now and this is our first blowout. We recommend everyone change the tires that come on rigs to upgraded ones.
The bad part is we could not open G’s door as traffic was about a foot from him (sometimes closer) and I could not open my door because of an embankment. We were in a construction zone, just over a small hill on Hwy 78 East in PA – so none of the big trucks and other vehicles were getting over and kept us “swaying” in their wake. We had one truck swerve onto the shoulder right before they got to us – so scary! We had to wait about 45 minutes for the State Police to arrive, just to survey the damage. The Officer was great and drove behind us for 2 and 1/2 miles so we could limp at 15 mph to the exit where he recommended a large parking lot. Roadside assistance met us right after we got off the exit. He had been in the traffic we caused, it being only 2 lanes. 🙂 There was no room to change the tire on the Hwy and way too dangerous.
We barely fit on the shoulder!
