Truck tire guy dies on camera as tire explodes.

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  1. ramkatral

    ramkatral Heavy Load Member

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    Tyre? You mean tire?
     
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  3. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    Some dictionaries list both ways off spelling.:biggrin_25521:



    Dammed,and here i was so pleased with my self for using good punctuation.:biggrin_25523:
     
  4. freightlinerman

    freightlinerman Road Train Member

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    It's easy, USE shop safety! When I used to work at Ryyyyyyder, I wore safety googles, hearing protection, placed the tire in the cage with clip on air chuck and had a regulator sending air pressure to the tire while I was a distance away.

    I see too many morons standing next to a tire inflating it. They put themselves and others at risk.
     
  5. Everett

    Everett Crusty Shorts, What???

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    this happen here too , at first they thought a welder got too close too a truck fuel tank and got the vapors , but as turn out , the true story is they were fixing tires with no cage at all and blew out the whole east wall of the peterbuilt dealer here, i went out too look at it, what a mess, looks like a missile hit it , 2x4 everywere, insulation , part of the roof flapping in the breeze, they said nobody got hurt, but it shutdown the place for awhile
     
  6. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    100 pounds of pressure per every square inch of the tires surface equals a heck of a lot of energy being released when that tire blows....
     
  7. Gasienica

    Gasienica Heavy Load Member

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    Now y'all know how I feel when I rip one. You should see my seat or what's left of it.
     
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  8. Starline

    Starline Medium Load Member

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    When I worked for Goodyear some 30 yrs ago, we had a picture on the wall of a ring from a 3 pc wheel that had cut a man in two and had literally embedded itself half way into a concrete block wall of the shop.
     
  9. ChristenburyM

    ChristenburyM Bobtail Member

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    I pulled onto a job site years ago and unchained my load and was being unloaded by a front end loader when a tire on my trailer exploded, fortunately I was on the other side of the trailer gathering my chains but it scared the ###### out of me and the loader operator and these tires where 1 week old retreads.
     
  10. Gasienica

    Gasienica Heavy Load Member

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    Warranteeeeeeeeeeeeeee
     
  11. jacksd3

    jacksd3 Bobtail Member

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    Dyaaaaaaaaaaam! That video is an eye opener
     
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