Inferior Drive Tires Almost Killed Feeder Driver

[olroadbeech]

Friday, during rainstorm, one of our experienced feeder drivers was almost killed when he lost control of tractor and crashed.

the drive tires are of poor design. the tread is closed so there is nowhere for water or snow and ice to escape. this was brought to managements attention last winter.

after careful study they decided to change to a much better tire but the swap out has been very slow.

almost killed a driver. maybe they will wake up and change these tires before the snow flies. now, before you haters chime in about the driver, he is very experienced and has plenty of time with rain and snow. the tires are just a bad design.

drivers are talking about sick outs for the first snow.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Friday, during rainstorm, one of our experienced feeder drivers was almost killed when he lost control of tractor and crashed.

the drive tires are of poor design. the tread is closed so there is nowhere for water or snow and ice to escape. this was brought to managements attention last winter.

after careful study they decided to change to a much better tire but the swap out has been very slow.

almost killed a driver. maybe they will wake up and change these tires before the snow flies. now, before you haters chime in about the driver, he is very experienced and has plenty of time with rain and snow. the tires are just a bad design.

drivers are talking about sick outs for the first snow.

Let's see,how serious the company Is about "safety"!
All steering tires should be replaced immediately,if they are truly that dangerous!

 

[soberups]

Cheap/worn/poorly designed tires are an easy fix. All you need is a hammer and a screwdriver.

 

[QKRSTKR]

Let's see,how serious the company Is about "safety"!
All steering tires should be replaced immediately,if they are truly that dangerous!

It's not the steering tires, it's the drive tires on tractors. No escape channel for water. Terrible design. Glad I have them on the tractor I'm driving. Now I'll slow down even more when it's raining.

 

[QKRSTKR]

Can't imagine how bad they will be in winter. Ups is being very cheap when it come to tires. They won't change them out till the tread is low enough. Tractor last year I drove had literally 4 different tires on the drive axle. Crazy

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Can't imagine how bad they will be in winter. Ups is being very cheap when it come to tires. They won't change them out till the tread is low enough. Tractor last year I drove had literally 4 different tires on the drive axle. Crazy

Their are no tier 1 accidents in feeders! Who has to get killed,a family of five in a mini van! Before the issue is corrected!

That's a friggin sin!

 

[soberups]

Its like we work for 2 different companies.

I have a mud/snow route and when winter starts I write my pkg car up for new tires and they give them to me even if my old ones are only half worn out. The mechanic says its easy to do because they need to have partially worn spares on hand to match up with cars that get flats.

 

[jumpman23]

Exactly why I would never go into feeders, whole lot of truck to be responsible for in crappy weather.

 

[feeder05]

that's why when we get terrible weather I slow down…I've gone as slow as 50 mph when it's been a down pour. My time on road is my time.

 

[jumpman23]

I shut it down for 50 minutes on Thursday because it was raining so hard. Couldn't see in front of you at all and traffic was getting backed up and congested. I called the supe and told him I was shutting it down til it let up. Totally not worth my life, they will just have to get over it. My life is more important, sorry bout your luck Chuck lol.

 

[muthatrucka]

Friday, during rainstorm, one of our experienced feeder drivers was almost killed when he lost control of tractor and crashed.

the drive tires are of poor design. the tread is closed so there is nowhere for water or snow and ice to escape. this was brought to managements attention last winter.

after careful study they decided to change to a much better tire but the swap out has been very slow.

almost killed a driver. maybe they will wake up and change these tires before the snow flies. now, before you haters chime in about the driver, he is very experienced and has plenty of time with rain and snow. the tires are just a bad design.

drivers are talking about sick outs for the first snow.

We.ve been complaining about this same thing for at least a year. A mechanic told me my steer tires shake on the interstate b/c they r cheap. $$ over safety.

 

[jumpman23]

Until they get a super big lawsuit against them after somebody gets hurt real bad because of them.

 

[olroadbeech]

last winter they were horrible. after a half mile in snow , the tread was completely iced. it was like a slick drag tire. very little control.

we had to put chains on just to get out of the yard.

 

[olroadbeech]

I forgot to add that the driver was in the hospital with head injury but they were able to release him late Friday night.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

last winter they were horrible. after a half mile in snow , the tread was completely iced. it was like a slick drag tire. very little control.

we had to put chains on just to get out of the yard.

By popular demand,bring the bouncing boobs back!

I took alot of crap by asking you to change your avatar.

I was just messing with you!

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

We.ve been complaining about this same thing for at least a year. A mechanic told me my steer tires shake on the interstate b/c they r cheap. $$ over safety.

There seems to be an issue with the 225/70R19.5 steer tires that our tire recapper can't resolve. I always specify NEW on my requisitions for them and, knock on wood, they are filling them as requested. I won't even put the recaps on if I get them instead.
Tractor STEER tires are usually Bridgestones and they are far from cheap. No recaps in that position by law.

 

[MaceFremonti]

One of our twin screw Kenworths has those tires just on the right side and the decent Bridgestones on the left. I was just talking about that issue with those tires to the guy that drives it on Friday....

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[1BROWNWRENCH]

Not a good idea to have mixed manufacture tires side to side.

 

[greengrenades]

I'm in feeders, still a rookie. How can I tell if I have the inferior tires? I can tell tread depth and all that but is there a way to judge these inferior ones? I do know they put those tires on some tractors that the tread is just a straight line. I always thought those were kind of shady. I was on the road several weeks ago and went around a curve and it felt like the tractor kept moving straight for a bit then it kept going, I thought I was just scaring myself but maybe I had those tires on there.

 

[ChickenLegs]

What could the driver have done to prevent this?

No tire is immune from hydroplaning.