Grandadcast
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Less than 8K miles, tires looked good to excellent, 81 pounds at 79 degrees. Age is 3.5 years so tire eaten within is likely the issue. First blowout was loud very loud bang! and is everyone’s nightmare, at the peak of the Morgan City bridge ‘ Long–Allen Bridge’ at 3,745.2 ft. long and over the Atchafalaya River. Got the bottle jack and extra jack stand because this bridge shakes when 18 wheelers pass by. Lucky there was a good Y striped area still on the bridge where an exit lane was, but still about 30 feet above ground. Cop helped with his lights to ease the tension. No good tire replacement in town so a new Walmart China bomb was used. Second was a few hours from home. Bang! This time in luck as Discount Tire was 32 miles close by and sort-of on our route. Four new Goodyear Endurance, replace spare tire with new one from Walmart from two days ago. In and out in under an hour. My plan was to change the tires before a long up coming trip. That would have taken me four to six hours since it’s an hour to the nearest tire place with Goodyear Endurance. In a way I am glad it happened as now it’s done. Also had everything ready for this kind of event which really matters. Right tools and safety items.
Jess
Jess