Tire Blowout

Our tire or what is left of it.

Very scarry event. We had left the pro shop and were on our way to St. Louis when the front right tire blew. John was able to keep the vehicle on the road and stopped the coach on the left shoulder. I called 911 and we got the sheriff and a tow truck. The sheriff backed up and went to where there was a little hill to try to make sure traffic could see us and he could devert them out of the left lane.

The first tow truck that they sent even though I told operator that we had a 40 foot motor home they sent a poor guy who took one look at us and said this is a bus. I cannot help you but I will call someone that works with trucks that can help. Then the sharrif asked him to also help devert traffic. So he backed up and worked on the traffic too. Next a guy came with a tire and once John got the jacks to raise the right side of the coach he got his jack under it and was able to change the tire. We also had some other damage but nothing that would prevent us from driving it. The gasoline filler on the right side was ripped out by the tire and we now can only fill on the left side of the vehicle. John tied it up and we just don't fill the tank all the way.