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JayKim-no regrets


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Found this link in another forum, (hope it's ok to post here?) I thought it might be worthwhile for anyone new or not to driving bigger vehicles.

Have to admit I wouldn't have known what to do, definitely surprised by the video and the right way to react to a blowout!

 



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My IPad would not play it, I have however seen it before and it is a very helpful piece of video for anyone who has not seen it....Thanks...

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Thanks for posting this. It is vitally important information and much more so since the correct thing to do is not necessarily the natural reaction.

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Welcome! That's what I thought too, who would thave thought to step on the gas? I know we wouldn't!
huggs kim x

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Jay is a civillian Gov't Historian Randolph AFB TX (retired AD in '07 after 23 yrs)
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WOW!!!!! What an eye-opener!!!! Stepping on the gas would be the furthest thought from my mind!! Good info - I think I'll put a reminder sign on my dash!!!
I'll have a list of things;

Height of RV
Bring in slide & bring up levelers
Detach all connections
Tire air loss - STEP ON THE GAS - PRAY

So much to think of!!!





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You sound a bit like me with your lists! Jay laughs, but even he will admit that we would be lost without them
huggs kim x

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My DW and I love to make notes and lists - with the most fun being crossing off items as they are done!!! :>)

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It is interesting to note a big difference between RV tires and automobile tires when a blow out occurs. If you watch the video closely you will see that the tire comes right off of the bead on the rim quite quickly. That tends to contribute to the loss of steering control because it drops the rim right onto the pavement. A car tire will stay on the bead through most flats and blow outs but not an RV tire. It has to do with the .5 designation after the rim size, like 22.5 or 19.5. That designates that the bead edge is set at about 60 degrees or there about rather than the almost 90 degrees of the typical automobile rim. I just thought that was interesting.

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I too have viewed this video and found it interesting that you step on the gas! Now the key is to remember to do in the split second you have to make a decision.

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Trabuco wrote:

I too have viewed this video and found it interesting that you step on the gas! Now the key is to remember to do in the split second you have to make a decision.

 

Yeah! That's the trick huh, remembering to do that in the moment of sheer terror! Lets just hope we never have to find out if we do it rightno 

 

Still, it's good to watch the video, it may just 'plant' itself in the memory banks somewhere!smile



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