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Kayteg1
Jan 05, 2021Explorer II
you are definitely right about different tires taking flex differently.
Car tires have like 1/16" of sidewall and you can see how they fold when flat.
Out of curiosity I cut the semi-truck tire I had on my previous bus.
It had 3/4" of rubber/fabric/steel mesh on the side.
When I bought my bus, the old tires had side cracks big enough to stick my fingertip in them, yet they would hold 90psi as there was much more rubber behind the crack.
Car tires have like 1/16" of sidewall and you can see how they fold when flat.
Out of curiosity I cut the semi-truck tire I had on my previous bus.
It had 3/4" of rubber/fabric/steel mesh on the side.
When I bought my bus, the old tires had side cracks big enough to stick my fingertip in them, yet they would hold 90psi as there was much more rubber behind the crack.
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