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Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 12, 2007 at 13:21:49 from (209.226.247.68):
In Reply to: suicide rims posted by sven on March 12, 2007 at 12:51:01:
sven: BE CAREFUL, these rims are not to be fooled with. They have killed people, coming apart during inflation, and have been known to come apart at other times. I had one blow off on a wagon loaded with gravel. It mowed a swath the shape of it through 25' of heavy alfalfa-timothy hay. Had anyone been in front of it, they would either be dead or crippled for life. There is a gas station back in my home town, the old guy that ran it changed many a tire on these type rims. He once was inflating a tire with ring down a he lieing across tire and other side of rim. The folks who saw this, said when the ring blew off on the down side, it took man, rim and tire to within 2' of a 12' ceiling. He had respect for these and over the years never got hurt. There still are prints where those rings hit the ceiling, many of them cutting almost through it. There is a reason why folks in shops will not change them. Insurance and work place safety will not tolerate these rims. If I were you, I'd find other rims giving same height of tire and fabricate and weld in centers.
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