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I was mowing the lawn at work (part-time job when I was a teenager). A kid was filling his bicycle tire at the gas station across the street. There was a loud bang, and then the kid was walking his bicycle home instead of riding it.
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Just wondering what countries those videos clips are from. Russia? India? I'm sure at least one may be from the U.S. but wondering about the others. It matters because other countries have more lax safety standards than we do.
I used to know someone who was a serious hypermiler and would take their tires up to 60-80PSI even with a "44psi max" warning label written on the side f the tire (and the vehicle itself calling for 32PSI). Sure hope this never happens to them.
The posts talking about 100 psi tires being only on trucks me reminds me of old Ford Club Wagon van that had tires with a max 75 psi on them.
And the door jam probably called for 30-40 psi.
Pro tip, don't put 200 psi in your tires. Oddly no mention of how much tire pressure. Makes sense for the random security camera footage but in the lab that was an intentional decision by the editor. It's not nearly as exciting when a tire rated for 50 psi maximum goes pop at 230 psi. If you can't tell that the pressure gauge on the end of the gas station compressor isn't working, leave inflating tires to the "professionals."
Consider there are people who work fixing tires all day long. This has not happened as frequent and that depending on the type of tires. You can have automatic max air setting on inflaters that simply set and walk away.
Pro tip, don't put 200 psi in your tires. Oddly no mention of how much tire pressure. Makes sense for the random security camera footage but in the lab that was an intentional decision by the editor. It's not nearly as exciting when a tire rated for 50 psi maximum goes pop at 230 psi. If you can't tell that the pressure gauge on the end of the gas station compressor isn't working, leave inflating tires to the "professionals."
No. The door jamb sticker had a much higher number than that on it. I don’t remember the number (1982 Van) but there many of them out there. This was the E-250 van with 16.5 rims. It was a heavy duty van.
No. The door jamb sticker had a much higher number than that on it. I don’t remember the number (1982 Van) but there many of them out there. This was the E-250 van with 16.5 rims. It was a heavy duty van.
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Had a flat on my 1967 3/4 ton PU with split rims. After patching the tire when they went to inflate it they raised the car lift just enough to slide the tire under a ramp then lowered so that it touched the tire so it would contain the retaining ring from taking off.
Don't let your treads wear down completely and then pretend that the tire just needs more air.
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