This tire safety video was posted on one of my aviation related forums. While relevant to anyone working on any mounted tires this Bridgestone produced video appears to be directed at the truck industry. Makes me appreciate the thermal relief plugs we have on the wheels of the machine I drive at work as those brakes have to stop over 300,00 pounds from speeds above 150mph........ and they can get really hot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBUVzgCH ... r_embedded
Tire safety video
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Tire safety video
John Davidson
'43 GPW
'52 M-37
'43 Stinson L-5
'59 Cessna L-19E/O-1
'43 GPW
'52 M-37
'43 Stinson L-5
'59 Cessna L-19E/O-1
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Re: Tire safety video
Very informative and educational. One would never think a few seconds of welding could cause such a reaction 

David
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1958 M37B1
1968 M101A1 Trailer
MVPA# 33078
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HingsingM37
1958 M37B1
1968 M101A1 Trailer
MVPA# 33078
"Do Not Take Counsel of Your Fears"
General George S. Patton Jr.
"Those who pound their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not".
Re: Tire safety video
I THOUGHT IT WAS IN "FAST FORWARD" IN THE BEGINING!!! SCARY... 

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Re: Tire safety video
Very scarey even heating a lug nut could cause the tire to explode. wow. Like Sotven I thought it was on time lapse at first.
Thanks for the link Av8tor.
Thanks for the link Av8tor.
1952 M37
M101 trailer
1942 Chevy G506
M101 trailer
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Re: Tire safety video
Interesting video and one thing that I noticed is that tire is new, unlike a old milspec M-37 tire that has had 50 years of life and break down of the rubber becoming dried out and cracked with weak cords. Just imagine how a tire would let loose in that same type example, might give a whole new meaning to high order. 

"You know you're in trouble when the first person to get to you after a wreck is carrying a beer"
- NASCAR driver, Jimmy Horton Talladega 1993.
- NASCAR driver, Jimmy Horton Talladega 1993.