Safely fill tires

When I was a mechanic in the Marines, they circulated a picture of a guy in the Air Force airing up a tire on a jet. The rim came apart, and split him from his crotch, to his neck. Looked like a pile of hamburger with a boot on each end. I've been scared of tires ever since.

Strangely enough, I'll seat a bead with ether all day long.

 

Not my first choice, but tire needs back on and I've got stuff to do.

 

I don't have a router in my truck yet!

 

I've never had a tire blow up or have had it happen at any shop I've worked in. It can happen though. I've seen a lot of batteries go boom. Thankfully it never happened to me.

 

Seen 3 or 4 so far. Most were due to idiocy on the part of the guy working on it.

 

I've done ether, too. It usually takes more than ether to start pyrolysis, but I always remember this vid.

 

Dad had 1 blow up on him battery acid on the lower body, fortunately not in the face.

 

You're talking split rim though, those things WERE DANGEROUS, are they even legal anymore?

 

Split rims are now illegal due to when mounted they can and will at times fly apart-if your standing in the way, most likely you will be hurt very bad if not killed.

 

Worked in a tire shop in HS. All the loggers had split rims and even 3/4 ton pu's. I have stories.