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rvrev2
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015

One killed, another injured due to tire explosion

I just read that at least one man was killed at a Sear's Auto Center in Salem, NH, when a large tire exploded while being aired up. Very sad. I know that some of us run with large tires that operate...
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gbopp
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
Several years ago I saw the results of a tire exploding while being inflated.
The 'tech' had the wheel/tire leaning against the outside of the safety cage.
He died because he didn't roll the tire inside the cage.

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