SUV hits tire off pickup

RustyRatRod said

I have no idea whether spacers were involved. I can tell you this. The way these guys now put these really offset wheels on to make them "illegally" stick out from the fenders is likely one cause of this. It puts an uneven load on the wheel bearings and leads to premature failure. I believe I am correct in saying it is illegal in all 50 states to have tires that protrude past the fenders.

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Back in the '80's when the Toyota Tonka-Toy was the "thing"(made more popular by the Dream Truck in 'Back to the Future'), I was on the way to tech school on the parkway when traffic backed up earlier than usual, there was said Toy on it's side with the top facing the traffic behind. There was a nice big black tire track right up the side of the Jersey Barrier, lol. May have got pinched by a rig moving over or whatnot, but I have a feeling they reconsidered the wheel&tire package after that adventure.