How NOT to inflate a tire! This guy gets launched into space!

solid wheel is lock ring wheels.
The “split wheel” widow makers would be two halves when taken apart. You don’t see those anymore.

 

That hammer and sickle on his shirt says otherwise. I'd love to see his Red self literally vaporized.

 

This is a 20” widow maker I have. I think it was from a 6 bolt GMC. You can see were the two halves clip together in the center. You use the valve stem hole as the pry bar slot. Other then the corrosion trap of that area the major problem with them was there was no good way to visually check that it was latched. And most of them didn’t.
This one I keep for historical purposes like this. It has no air in it and it will never be taken apart because it will never get put back together if it is.

 

Wtf. I’ve never seen anything like that before. Wow

 

Lol

 

They were designed and made by Firestone and were oem on lots of medium duty trucks and busses back in the day. Winabago used them. The military used tons too. Their poor design gave the lock ring design the bad stigma and name we still hear today.

 

So.....the advantages of 2 or 3 piece rims was........?

 

It makes it far less likely to pinch a tube.

 

Dude what is a “split ring” wheel?

never mind, I figured it out. *edit*

dude went higher than a mushroom trip, Jesus

 

Are those the same as the Dayton spoke setups still common on vocational trucks and port chassis’?