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What is the safest way to inflate tires without a cage? It seems to me, that things can still be quite dangerous right after initial installation before installing on vehicle.
 
Safest way is to take it to some one that knows what they are doing. Old tires with the lock ring can take a mans head off in a heart beat if done wrong. Of course there are way it can be done and I have aired up a good many with no cage. One of the safest way you can do it is if you have a loader tractor set the bucket down on the tire in such a way that you can air it up but that is about all that you can see of the tire. rim. You can also warp a chain around it so the ring can not fly. Or turn the ring down but even then a rim can jump up a good ways if the ring pops off
 
what tires are u referring to? split rims?? there is nothing special used for inflating a standard tractor tire or vehicle tire. you need to watch your inflation pressure! and use the proper lube" murphy's soap" on the tire so it seats itself smoothly.
split rims are best to be put in a cage because too much human error of not paying attention to the job at hand.
 
Sorry. Passenger, light truck (pick up), ATV, tractor. I was shown how passenger tires account for a large number of injuries and death.
 
Tire size and type plays a big roll in this. A rear tractor tire might blow at 50lbs but a truck tire will hold nearly 200lbs. A pickup tire rated at 80 won't likely bblow til way over 100 and a car rated at 35 will probly not blow til close to 100. But then any damage to the tire could make those numbers much lower.
 
Common every day car tire lawn mower tire etc are pretty safe unless the rim is messed up of the bead cords are broken in the tire. Yes you still keep your head back and away form the tire when you air it up and never go over say 50PSI tops to get the bead to seal.

I worked at a tire place and on the ceiling there was a mark caused by a tire that came of a rim. Normal car type tire. Broke the guys jaw when it flew off. The owner left that mark there so as to make use think when we worked on tires and what can happen if you do not make sure every thing is good. The guy had taken the lock part of the tire machine and was not watching how much air he was putting in so when the pressure got to high the tire blew off the back side and flew. Guy had way to much air in it
 
The danger is not in the tire that is free of defect getting over inflated... the danger is in the tire that has a defect blowing well below stated pressure.
I know some will say all tires should always be restrained/caged but in reality that seldom happens. The most sensible thing to do is use clip on chucks and just stay clear while inflating. Use of Murphy's soap or something similar also goes a long way to helping them bead up smoothly rather than having to push the inflation pressure to get them to pop...

Rod
 
Centash has it, use a clip on chuck.

If the tire is in bad condition, and you still want to use it, get it mounted, put just enough air in it to hold it on the bead. Then put it on the vehicle, finish inflating it with the clip on.

You can also use a regulator with the clip on, just set the regulator for the desired pressure, clip it on and leave it. It will only inflate to what the regulator is set to.

A few years ago I was working on a light trailer, had automotive type tires on it. There was a broken weld under the fender. I had taken the wheel off, did the welding, put the wheel back on.

The next day the owner went out, the tire was flat. On closer investigation, there was a 6" long blow out on the outside sidewall! Inches from where my face had been the day before! There was no reason to distrust that tire, it was not rotten, over inflated, over loaded, just sitting there on an empty trailer!

You never know!
 
Same here. I worked in a place that another section did tires. Foreign worker, who didn't read English well, mis-read the size and tried to put a 15.5 tire on a 15" rim. When it blew it bounced off the ceiling (same mark) and came down hitting him in the back. Needed some special surgery to get him normal again.
Another guy mis-read 8 pounds, on a tractor tire, for 80 pounds. It was in a cage when it blew. Bulged these huge bars outward. Felt like an earthquake throughout the facility. I thought the building (it was next door to us) blew up. When the dust started to clear the guy staggered out shell shocked. Don't think he wanted to do tires anymore.
 
(quoted from post at 21:28:58 11/06/16) Same here. I worked in a place that another section did tires. Foreign worker, who didn't read English well, mis-read the size and tried to put a 15.5 tire on a 15" rim. When it blew it bounced off the ceiling (same mark) and came down hitting him in the back. Needed some special surgery to get him normal again.
Another guy mis-read 8 pounds, on a tractor tire, for 80 pounds. It was in a cage when it blew. Bulged these huge bars outward. Felt like an earthquake throughout the facility. I thought the building (it was next door to us) blew up. When the dust started to clear the guy staggered out shell shocked. Don't think he wanted to do tires anymore.
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Even light trailer tires can be dangerous. A classmate in high school had one blow at his uncle's gas station. He graduated with the rest of his class, but both wrists were in casts and his jaw was wired shut. It really pays to be cautious.
 

As previously stated the clip on chuck with a long hose and the pressure gauge located at the hand held trigger. Won't use anything else around here.
 
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