Don't Kill Yourself Repairing Company Equipment.

Yes they would and a solid rubber tire would probably weigh close to a 1000 lbs each. Lots of unstrung weight. Not to mention trying to stop a mass with that much momentum. Forklift tires that are solid are extremely heavy. Some of the duals about 19.5 tire size are close to 600 lbs each. Yes and anything over about 15 mph is a very bouncy ride

 

They often pop while airing up if ran flat, before blowing up.

 

You would definitely feel it, just like you can feel the difference between air-ride trailers and spring-ride trailers.

 

Please NEVER do this. Never use heat to seat a bead:



i'm definitely not a tire expert, but i do have some experience changing truck tires as i use to hang around O/O's. The air blaster thingy is ok for seating, but i prefer tire doughnuts which is a basically a rubber ring that fits snug around the rim and tire. This creates a temporary "seal" between rim and tire. As you air it up the doughnut eventually pops out.

HALTEC Radial Truck Tire Bead Seater, 22.5/24.5

 

Mickey Thompson be like...

 

LOL. "Just took a little bit of heat in that short time". 2 min 5 seconds i think of welding, ON the pressurized area of a wheel.

Does anybody weld to seat a bead?

IMO, the best way to seat a bead, and have it centered, is an air bead blaster. Yeah, I'll use ether in a pinch, but I've done it once or twice.

 

God hates a coward ..lol

 

FYI, eyebrows do eventually grow back after sealing a new 24.5 and using just a bit too much ether!

 

I'll 2nd that ..lol