willshak

On 12/31/2004 9:35 AM US(ET), Duane Bozarth took fingers to keys, and
typed the following:

>xrongor wrote:
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>>sigh.
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>>c) lets see your cite for this exploding tire.
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>Chill...while he shewed lack of knowldege, tires <do> burst rather more
>frequently than one might hope...that's why truck tires are remounted in
>the heavy cages...to capture potential shrapnel...
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>It was really much worse in the days of old split rims, but that wasn't
>so much the tire exploding as the locking ring not holding...
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I was a truck mechanic for a short while back in the late 50s. One of my
least favorite jobs was changing a split ring truck tire. I would place
the wheel on a work bench and then inflate it while I ducked down next
to the workbench with only my one hand, holding the inflater, above the
tire. Fortunately, I never had one blow off, but I only did a few of them.

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Bill