Allen said some resident vehicles aren’t immediately rendered disabled. Instead, drivers may be on U.S. Highway 72 or Interstate 75 before being stranded on the side of the road.

At the end of 2020, HOA members counted 45 occurrences of flat tires among subdivision residents because of truck debris at a cost of about $3,200. Allen said the cost would have been much higher if it weren’t for various warranties and insurances.

Groups of residents volunteer to pick up the scrap metal from the street, Allen said, and have collected “hundreds of pounds” of debris and taken them to Morgan Olson.

James “Bear” Webb, Loudon police chief, said officers are regularly called to the Corporate Park Drive area.

“Our patrol cars are replacing tires and plugging tires on a regular basis because of those rivets that are coming out of those trucks, and my efforts have been unsuccessful in trying to communicate with leadership about that,” Webb said. “They won’t return any phone calls. I can’t find anybody to call to try and talk to them. If you try to go down there and talk to somebody, they won’t even let you in the building down there. … This is a genuine concern.”

John Ginn, a subdivision resident, said Morgan Olson is aware of the problem.

“I have three grandchildren that live with me in my house and my daughter, and I just fear they’re going to pick up a rivet and get out on the interstate and have a major blowout, and that car could roll over,” Ginn said. “I’m not worried about the cost so much as I am the danger and safety issues. I know there’s people in this room that have had safety issues where they had to call a spouse or somebody to come fix it or a repair person for a broken down car. … When you’ve got a flat on the side of the road, you’re a danger to yourself. It’s a real problem that we just want to work with Morgan Olson to solve it.”