Aluminum wheel blow out
I have a Jayco eagle with 6 bolt aluminum wheels. Right after I got it I put 14 ply tires on it. I never looked to see if the wheels had a pressure rating on them. I changed the valve stems to high pr...
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SoCalDesertRider wrote:Exactly. That is why in industrial situations some pressure vessels and piping are hydro-tested using water pressure, not air pressure. If a failure occurs during testing, it may crack or even break apart but it will not explode with catastrophic results as with air pressure. ;)
..........................Still, I would not run any pressure vessel of any kind above it's rated pressure.
Air pressure can do amazing, spectacular, catastrophic things when the vessel holding it decides to let go at once!
