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07-17-2010, 03:46 PM
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Jeeper
 
2006 LJ Wrangler
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Jeep absorbs trailer tire blowout on 81
 I was 8 feet behind a trailer when one of the rear tires exploded. Hopefully the N.Y. based trucking company will follow through on their promise to fix the damage.
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07-17-2010, 03:52 PM
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2006 LJ Wrangler
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8 feet, are you nuts? Maybe now you will stop tailgating.
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07-17-2010, 03:56 PM
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1998 ZJ
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I'm not at all surprised of the damage from 8 feet away
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07-17-2010, 06:52 PM
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1990 YJ Wrangler
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8ft?!? --- Were you trying to draft off of the trailer?
Try putting a safety cushion between you and the vehicle in front next time and you might be able to avoid the damage in the first place  |
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07-17-2010, 06:56 PM
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1994 YJ Wrangler
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The truck couldv been passing him when this happened. Dont't flame on him its lucky that noone got hurt.
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07-17-2010, 10:53 PM
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1990 YJ Wrangler
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^True.
He is lucky that no one got hurt. And he seems pretty calm about the situation if he was cut off. |
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07-18-2010, 01:35 PM
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Jeeper
2006 LJ Wrangler
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Thank you, steve20. If only you could've posted first...
Lots of negativity out there 
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07-19-2010, 01:38 AM
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Likes midgets
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So, whats the story....
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07-19-2010, 02:12 AM
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2005 TJ Wrangler
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yeah, what's the story? 8 feet huh? lol, you deserve to be flamed for that.
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07-19-2010, 06:03 PM
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Jeeper
2006 LJ Wrangler
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Around 3 in the afternoon on Friday the 16th I was going north on 81, approaching exit 12. I reached the overpass in the left lane going ~70, a semi cut over in front of me and seconds later one of the rear trailer tires blew. A large piece of the tire flew out and hit my Jeep in the face.
Also, the trucking company's insurance contacted me today and assumed full liability.
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GO FLYERS -2006 Stone White LJ Stock 4.0 42RLE and NP231 4"RC lift, adj trackbar, steering stabilizer, and hydro8000 shocks 33x12.5 Mickey Baha Claws on 15x8 Cragars Xenon flat fenders and Olympic reverse-a-bars Let's Go Mountaineers! p s -this is what part of the alphabet would look like if q&r were eliminated -RIP Mitch Last edited by UnlWrnglr; 07-19-2010 at 08:02 PM.. Reason: grammar |
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07-19-2010, 09:27 PM
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2008 JK Wrangler
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thats good news. Pretty substantial damage though
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07-20-2010, 05:35 AM
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i gotta be honest, i'm that guy sometimes. I'll draft behind a trailer about 40% of the time when i'm on the highway >.> maybe i'll stop after seeing this
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07-20-2010, 03:51 PM
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Jeeper
2006 LJ Wrangler
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia
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I'm not comfortable if I'm less than 2 seconds behind any vehicle on the interstate. But traffic often dictates otherwise. I70 & I81 are terrible, I will go out of my way to avoid them sometimes. I79 and I68 are much better.
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GO FLYERS -2006 Stone White LJ Stock 4.0 42RLE and NP231 4"RC lift, adj trackbar, steering stabilizer, and hydro8000 shocks 33x12.5 Mickey Baha Claws on 15x8 Cragars Xenon flat fenders and Olympic reverse-a-bars Let's Go Mountaineers! p s -this is what part of the alphabet would look like if q&r were eliminated -RIP Mitch |
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07-31-2010, 11:17 PM
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1998 TJ Wrangler
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Besides the fog light, the bug guard on the hood, the windshield, and the swirly above the damaged windshield, it looks like theres hardly any damage. Truck tires are very dangerous, be lucky it didn't go through your windshield. I know Mythbusters did something like this and it was gruesome.
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