Another Tire Death

Steve@Advance · Dec 26, 2017

Just saw this on the news. Happened where I grew up, went to school.

Never seen a tire bead cut like that. Not many details, could have been run flat.

Scary!
Tire Explosion

docmirror · Dec 26, 2017

One in a million or so. Very rare. There's a ton of other things to worry about. could have been damaged in installation.

kcm.MN · Dec 26, 2017

His friend said he lived on the edge. I would suspect that he has probably taken his truck rock climbing, maybe in Colorado? All is needed is for a rock (or ???) to incur enough stress that the tire eventually blows.

Is very sad, but screwy, seemingly impossible things happen all the time. ...Sure won't make the family and friends feel any better though!

hd6gtom · Dec 26, 2017

Probably run it real low or flat. Radial tires have a tendency to do that. Prayers for the family.

MSD · Dec 26, 2017

Same happened to a guy in NE this fall. He was lucking and survived. He was airing up a truck tire and was watching it's pressure. He went to check it and it exploded sending him out into the road knocking him out. His wife got him to a hospital and he had a nasty looking head scrap and his knee was sore.

HuskerLyn · Dec 27, 2017

Rock climbing with a four door one ton dually??
What makes you think that truck with all the
advertising in the bed would be in CO. rock
climbing?

MarkB_MI · Dec 27, 2017

Well, as a self-employed arborist with three kids, I'm sure he was well-insured...not.

sms · Dec 27, 2017

I knew two people badly injured while changing tires. Both had bad arm injuries, the one a piece of the rim severed his arm which was reattached, that was a faulty rim. The other tried to put a 16" tire on a 16.5 rim by mistake. I don't have a cage for truck and tractor tires but inflate them outside with a locking chuck and set the regulater at desired pressure and stay away for long time.

Stephen Newell · Dec 27, 2017

I can see it happening with radial tires. Twice I've had tires blow out while the vehicle was parked.

showcrop · Dec 27, 2017

A good lesson for all of us. The only reason to air up a tire is because the pressure was low. The pressure was low because it lost air. What we don't know is whether the loss was just the normal 3-4 lbs lost when the temp drops in the fall, or if he had a slow leak and it was run flat and sustained damage not long before the explosion. The cop on inflaters are a very good idea.

Sprint 6 · Dec 27, 2017

Looks like that tire had a lot of existing sidewall damage. Looks like somebody had trouble keeping it off curbs.

Eagle Beagle · Dec 27, 2017

Federal Couragia M/T

Cheap China tire with a well known history of sidewall failure, he chose poorly.

Beagle

hydro70guy · Dec 27, 2017

While it is sad. I hope some government agency does not decide that inflating tires is to dangerous to leave to the people and decide we need liscensed individuals for this hazardous sometimes deadly activity.

I wish I was joking.

Joe

9001ron · Dec 27, 2017

Most tires are made in china now . I have Hercules on my motorhome now -- has any body had bad experiences with them ???

kcm.MN · Dec 27, 2017

(quoted from post at 08:28:12 12/27/17) Federal Couragia M/T

Cheap China tire with a well known history of sidewall failure, he chose poorly.

Beagle

Thanks Beagle. Had planned on looking up the tire last night but forgot. I keep forgetting that even tires are coming from China now. Heck, I'm just now gettin' used to the idea of tires coming from Mexico. *lol*

buickanddeere · Dec 27, 2017

This is why we use the clip on tire chucks with the remote pressure gauge and air trigger.

1206SWMO · Dec 27, 2017

I have Hercules tires on the front of my F-350 Ford...In August with only 10-12,000 miles on it,the right
front separated...It was 3 years old....In the past 10 years I have had so many tires separate that I've
lost track...Over the years I've aired up 1,000's of tires with no problems...I check the pressure real often
when airing but theres always the possibility of one blowing..

sammydwm · Dec 27, 2017

Bought a pair of Hercules for my 2500HD a few years ago. Didn't get many miles out of them. Didn't crap out, just went bald quickly.

jeffcat · Dec 27, 2017

One neighbor borrowed a little pull behind civilian flat trailer. Went and got a BIG load of mulch and towed it home. As he was shoveling off the mulch he sees that the one tire is "low". Trailer tire sidewalls are very thick and flex very little. It was FLAT. what happens when you put 45lbs. of air in a trailer tire with ground up sidewals?

Oliver 500 Wa · Dec 27, 2017

This is why we use the clip on tire chucks with the remote pressure gauge and air trigger.

I've been telling myself to do this for a while now.

I don't worry about airing the car or truck tires. They are all relatively new and top quality on good wheels.

The tractor is a different story. The rears are ~30 years old but still look decent. the fronts are ~15 years old and still look decent. Looks can not tell everything about condition though.

The rims are what concern me most. They are 50+ years old. They have been used dry and with calcium. They have some corrosion but have been cleaned up and painted a few times. Just how good they are is a big question in my mind.

ericlb · Dec 27, 2017

looked like a bead with prior damage, then he aired it up not realizing it was, having worked in a tire shop when i was young, i dont know why drivers ed doesnt teach people about tires, not only to keep them inflated, but what to recognize as a dangerous problem so they can avoid this kind of thing, when i was in collegde in the 70's i worked in a oilfield equipment repair center part time to pay for it, i saw a 10.00 20 rim blow up, it wasnt one of the r-5 Firestones, it was a lock ring wheel, the guy fortunately was inflating it with a clamp on air chuck but he didnt cage the assembly, and he didnt know what to watch for when inflating a lock ring rim, the thing flew up and put a hole in the roof of a hanger designed for a b-52 bomber!

Kansasredneck · Dec 27, 2017

That is how they look when run any distance with low pressure.

fixerupper · Dec 27, 2017

Too bad a young life was lost. Every time I air up a tire on the tire changer I’m a little jumpy about it. I use a clip on chuck and stand to the side but that’s still too close. Son cages truck tires in his shop using a clip on chuck but even a caged explosion can hurt someone pretty bad. I’ve watched some YouTube vids of tire explosions, I think everyone should watch a few.

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