Blowout protector

[chessie4905]

Blowout protector. Any thoughts about this? First I saw it.

https://www.rettroband.com

[buswarrior]

Aimed at the RV market, and not the commercial big boys?

I call BS. Trying to liberate ca$h from inexperienced peeps.

Tire pressure monitor system does the job. Blowouts rarely happen without a pressure related problem showing first.

(assuming young tires, reputable manufacturer, daily inspection, some brains in the driver's seat to notice developing irregularities...)

Watch the Michelin videos on recovering from a front wheel blow-out, it is only a crisis, if you panic and nail the brakes.

Rears typically just make a bunch of noise.

Watch them over and over. It's really just a big noise and take it to the shoulder at your leisure.

Messing yer drawers is optional.

No product is going to deny natural selection...

And if that isn't enough, be more right than wrong with the God(s) you habitually deny?

You'd think I had an axe to grind?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[luvrbus]

My Humvee has a system similar to that on each wheel only rubber not metal
 

[DoubleEagle]

The military has had metal liners that function as a combat situation backup for rubber tires that get hit by shrapnel for years. Assuming that the plastic liner is tough enough, and does not cost too much, it might be worth a try, if they don't affect the wheel balance. Tires can blow even with proper air pressure, especially when you push the age factor.

[freds]

I would say that it is more valuable on the today's mass production matchstick RV's. Our heavy metal conversions as a model type has been through the test of time and the NTSB would have already reacted if this was a real problem.

[TomC]

I have Pressure Pro tire monitoring and also stop every 2 hours to feel the tires for hot running tire. In 1.3 million miles of truck driving plus several more thousand in the bus, never had a front tire blowout. Good Luck, TomC

[Jim Blackwood]

I'm sure it's not cheap. Wouldn't it make more sense to just put the money into new front tires?

Jim