Exploding Tire Kills 8yr old boy
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chopped
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Thats a sad christmas story for sure..When I read of these things I oftne want details. Then we can access just what could have been avoided. Its a given that the boy probably shouldnt have been close by..
But a sad story none the less
But a sad story none the less
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Makes one wonder if it was the tire or rim.
Scooby074
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Very sad.
I know a fellow who was almost killed from a split rim during inflation. Very dangerous do do if not in a cage.
I know a fellow who was almost killed from a split rim during inflation. Very dangerous do do if not in a cage.
Qapla
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The article did say a "tractor-trailer" tire. They are supposed to be filled inside a safety cage in case of explosion due to the high air pressure.
Very sad . My condolences go out to them.
Very sad . My condolences go out to them.
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Our 1989 F700 truck has the bias tires with the split rims and I am buying some used radial tires with the one piece rim from a bus company that rebuilds busses and changes over to the Bud wheels with new tires.
I am not really concerned about them after they are correctly mounted but locally more and more have quit doing truck tires and I bet 10 years from now very few shops will even change a tire with the split rims. Forgetting about safety issues they are WORK to demount and remount.
It is money I do not really want to spend but hopefully it will add value to the old truck should there be an estate sale down the road.
I am not really concerned about them after they are correctly mounted but locally more and more have quit doing truck tires and I bet 10 years from now very few shops will even change a tire with the split rims. Forgetting about safety issues they are WORK to demount and remount.
It is money I do not really want to spend but hopefully it will add value to the old truck should there be an estate sale down the road.
powerstroke444e
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One can bet all the kid wanted to do was spend time with dad, hope everyone on here reads this and realizes that sometime kids just need to stay in the house. My heart goes out to the family and dad as we will never understand how they feel.
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So true and sad. Ours are now 13 and around equipment and getting them to remember to be careful is still a full time job. I find I have to forget the short cuts and do things the most safe way in front of them. If I forget my daughter seems to enjoy correcting my ways.
Kids need to learn about danger but if the adult(s) do not stay focused on the kid(s) bad things can happen.
i got the switching of my life when I was about four. Dad was sawing down a tree and I moved from the tractor so I could see him better but it was in the path the tree was to fall.
There was no way I understood the danger and about the time it was ready to fall he looks up and sees me standing out there and shouted for me to run.
Run I did but it was in line with the falling tree. As a father today I know it must have really scared him and there was nothing he could do to stop the falling tree.
The ends of the small top branches switched me good but I was OK. If the tree had been taller I might not be posting tonight.
It is sad when this happens to some one 80 years old but very very sad when one's life ends at 8.
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On all days. It had to happen on Christmas of all days, Hours earlier the child was the happiest child on the planet, hours later - DEAD. Man I don't know how his parents will handle this.
crazyal
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It doesn't really say much about what happened other than the son was hit by the tire. I just hope for the sake of the father he wasn't doing something really stupid or had a few too many and decided it was a good time to fix the tire. Something like having your son die that way would be hard enough.
Don't know if it was a split rim but they are a pain. I've changed several without a cage (I just fill them using a remote valve). The wheels rust and the rubber sticks to the rust making them come apart hard. It's easy to damage the ring while trying to break the bead. Secondly once apart you need to remove all the rust to make sure nothing will hold the ring from seating into it's groove. Finally if the groove or ring is rusted too much it may not lock and you are better off tossing them. To change one is a lot of work, I can see tire shops just refusing to do it.
Don't know if it was a split rim but they are a pain. I've changed several without a cage (I just fill them using a remote valve). The wheels rust and the rubber sticks to the rust making them come apart hard. It's easy to damage the ring while trying to break the bead. Secondly once apart you need to remove all the rust to make sure nothing will hold the ring from seating into it's groove. Finally if the groove or ring is rusted too much it may not lock and you are better off tossing them. To change one is a lot of work, I can see tire shops just refusing to do it.