Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ada-uts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ada-uts!rouil From: rouil@ada-uts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Re: tire inflation pressures (steel Message-ID: <8100008@ada-uts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 16:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ada-uts.8100008 Posted: Mon Jul 22 16:28:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 00:27:18 EDT References: <52@ssc-vax.UUCP> Lines: 33 Nf-ID: #R:ssc-vax:-5200:ada-uts:8100008:000:1583 Nf-From: ada-uts!rouil Jul 22 16:28:00 1985 >***** ada-uts:net.auto / zeus!augustc / 1:06 pm Jul 19, 1985 >A young gas station attendant was killed in Seattle >a few years ago when the truck tire he was inflating exploded. > Augustine C. ---------- Hold it, different animals. As someone who used to have fun ?? putting air in truck tires (thank God for 18 wheelers :-)), You can't compare inflating truck tires with inflating car tires. Car tires have ONE piece hubs (rims). The hub is the metal ring thing in the middle of the tire. Truck tires, or at least the ones I worked with, had TWO piece hubs. Inflating the tires to normal pressure could make them shoot apart. To fill the two piece hubs we dismounted the tires from the trucks, placed them in a large steel cage hooked up the line and stood back. Stood way back. The case I believe you are talking about was discussed on 60 Minutes. Personally I would not worry about inflating the tires to max or possibly 5% over the max (I don't avocate this overinflation) but in any case you would be more likely to have a blowout while driving and not have the tire blow up in your face. Those two piece hubs should be banned from the road in my opinion. John Rouillard Phone:(617) 661-1840 Intermetrics Inc. 733 Concord Ave Net: {harpo, bellcore, ihnp4}! Cambridge, Ma. 02138 inmet!ada-uts!rouil "Caution the Surgeon General has determined that these thoughts can be dangerous to your health. Read at your own risk."