Blown Tire?
I doubt that this truck had tires that were to old. The odds are that he ran over something in the road. It doesn’t really matter how a tire blows out if this is the end result. There are some precautions you can take however. The odds of having a flat will on a front tire will be significantly diminished if you understand how to determine the age of your tires, and how long the tire is good for, time wise, not mileage wise.
The majority of flat tires happen to a rear tire. The reason is that when you roll over a nail or screw in the road, the front tire stands the nail up for the rear tire to roll over while it is standing up. It is that simple.
Now that you understand that little vibe, the most important piece of information to know is when your tires were made. If you don’t know how to figure out your tires date code, it is not to hard once you know how.
I’ll bet there are a lot of mid-range and low mileage drivers with tires that are to old. The problem with rubber is that it dry-rots, regardless of weather you use them or they just sit around. I am guilty of having a set of tires older than 7 years on my truck. I have also rationalized to myself why I can still drive my truck!
One of the issues with tire is that they make them so much better than they did when I was a kid, and they have not gone up in price that much, but they last 4 times longer now. I buy tires for relatively cheap, that have 60,000 miles warranty, I drive about 12,000 miles a year. Split that between four cars and three motorcycles and you can see that I never wear the tread down on any of my tires before they are to old.
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