I switched out the tires on my spare wheel. Videos like these made me paranoid, but it was only a small passenger car tire. I have seen vids where small tires can still explode, though.
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daftcunt (Old Spike)
Tyres explode like this when they are overpressured in order to fit them correctly on the rim. A tyre exploding under normal pressure is not nearly as severe as that.
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Dude (Old Spike)
Yeah i had a tire blow out on my car and it just went WOOSH not BANG
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bronobo (Long Spike)
i got the bead to seat at 20psi, was afraid it would take a lot more. used an upright hand pump, took a lot of pumps.
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Woodsman (Old Spike)
That was a commercial tire which makes a much bigger boom than a passenger tire. They have a high ply-count and run at higher PSI, and as they get bigger carry a larger volume of air. Most semi-truck tires are in the 120 psi range. When I was in a camp, the off-highway trucks (oversized semi trucks) had split rims and they weren't in good shape so it wasn't uncommon for the mechanics to shoot damaged tires to deflate them so they could be safely dismantled. Big equipment like loaders are even sketchier. A school mates dad that was a heavy duty mechanic was killed by a loader tire that blew.
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(Long Spike)
I switched out the tires on my spare wheel. Videos like these made me paranoid, but it was only a small passenger car tire. I have seen vids where small tires can still explode, though.
(Old Spike)
Tyres explode like this when they are overpressured in order to fit them correctly on the rim. A tyre exploding under normal pressure is not nearly as severe as that.
(Old Spike)
Yeah i had a tire blow out on my car and it just went WOOSH not BANG
(Long Spike)
i got the bead to seat at 20psi, was afraid it would take a lot more. used an upright hand pump, took a lot of pumps.
(Old Spike)
That was a commercial tire which makes a much bigger boom than a passenger tire. They have a high ply-count and run at higher PSI, and as they get bigger carry a larger volume of air. Most semi-truck tires are in the 120 psi range. When I was in a camp, the off-highway trucks (oversized semi trucks) had split rims and they weren't in good shape so it wasn't uncommon for the mechanics to shoot damaged tires to deflate them so they could be safely dismantled. Big equipment like loaders are even sketchier. A school mates dad that was a heavy duty mechanic was killed by a loader tire that blew.