This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion
07-08-11, 05:33 PM
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This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion
This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion
As anyone who's been near a big rig that's lost a tire on the interstate will tell you, rubber under pressure can cause some serious damage. In an effort to promote shop safety, the crew from Branick Nitrogen put together a quick video showing just what kind of havoc overinflating a tire can cause inside of a garage. Apparently, this kind of scenario causes more than its share of accidental deaths around the world. After watching the footage, we can certainly believe it. In this case, it looks as if the bead lock separates from the rim itself, creating two large metal projectiles in addition to plenty of rubber shrapnel.
Fortunately, the tire in question was housed in a protective cage designed to handle this exact sort of situation. The force of the failure actually causes the cage to be ripped from its anchors and the metal structure suffers dearly at the hands of physics.
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=_3_PMhBa_-c
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http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/08/t...n-slow-motion/
Last edited by Hoovey689; 07-09-11 at 12:39 AM.
07-09-11, 12:16 AM
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A while back i took a tire to a random Discount Tire to get it repaired (middle of nowhere...but needed a flat repair) the guy left it inflating and walked away "real quick"...the tire exploded violently....luckily he didn't get hurt, but he lost his hearing for a bit. That stuff is not anything to take lightly.
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07-09-11, 01:54 PM
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I swear the only I ever hit pieces of shredded tires is in the Camry Hybrid at nights. It's happened twice to me already. You don't notice those things until it's too late, especially on freshly laid asphalt.
07-09-11, 02:01 PM
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07-09-11, 02:50 PM
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This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion
As anyone who's been near a big rig that's lost a tire on the interstate will tell you, rubber under pressure can cause some serious damage. In an effort to promote shop safety, the crew from Branick Nitrogen put together a quick video showing just what kind of havoc overinflating a tire can cause inside of a garage. Apparently, this kind of scenario causes more than its share of accidental deaths around the world. After watching the footage, we can certainly believe it. In this case, it looks as if the bead lock separates from the rim itself, creating two large metal projectiles in addition to plenty of rubber shrapnel.
Fortunately, the tire in question was housed in a protective cage designed to handle this exact sort of situation. The force of the failure actually causes the cage to be ripped from its anchors and the metal structure suffers dearly at the hands of physics.
These are what you are running over on the highway most of the time, not exploding tires...
07-10-11, 01:06 AM
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most "tires" you see on the interstate from a big rig are the caps. when a tire tread gets low, they re-cap them with new tread(instead of buying a whole new tire). When road/tire temperatures get hot enough, the caps fly right off the tire.
These are what you are running over on the highway most of the time, not exploding tires...
These are what you are running over on the highway most of the time, not exploding tires...
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