It happened to me this morning. Airing up a tire to allow me to load a project truck, the rim blew apart. This was not an RH-5°. The side ring stayed attached, it was the rim itself that came apart due to unseen rust damage. No injury or other damage, thankfully. Stu

 

Yikes! I'd say that was at least a 7.1 on the pucker-factor scale. Very "educational" picture.

 

Another demonstration that these old wheels are just time bombs regardless of appearance. Glad to hear that no one was hurt.

 

Wow, that's scary. Having it fail on the side away from the valve was fortunate.
So if our world renowned wheel expert was unable to catch this. Imagine what might befall someone less experienced. Those are very educational pictures. Thanks for the warning.

Now.....where are the rest of the pictures? You get a project truck and this is all you show!!!

 

Well, I didn't say new project. I'm just trying to rearrange the barn to get the daily driver in for the winter. This happened on the '50 wrecker that I've posted pics of before. Stu

 

WOW - Stuff like that is bad for the ticker and your Furit of the Looms - Glad that you're OK - And thanks for posting a Lesson Learned

 

Good thing that nothing happened to you!! Truck tires are time bombs....there is a lot of stored energy in those big ones!

 

Thanks for the education Stu....for your efforts, we will all chip in to buy you some new fruit of the looms!
w

 

Holy Cow Stu!!!!

I am very glad that you are OK. That is truly scary. Thanks for sharing those pictures.

Bobby

 

betcha had to change yer undies stu ..................... thankfully yer weren't hurt !

 

This past Saturday I had four tires dismounted from wheels that I got from old_dan. I had to throw away two of the wheels because they were badly pitted and corroded once the tire was removed. The moisture caught in-between the tube and the rim, as well as the tire and the wheel bead, caused significant corrosion. I didn't feel safe letting others use these two wheels, so off to scrap they went.

 

Heck, I get a 3.5 just looking at the pictures. Glad everyone is ok

 

Glad you were not on the road when that happened. Can you imagine the damage it could have done to anyone around you. I think you should go buy a lottery ticket you are one lucky guy not to be hurt.

 

I think what sticks in my head is how fast this happened, and without warning. I wasn't really at great risk of injury because I was off to one side and was using a long wand. But (note to self), I should have used the one that locks on and lets you stand way clear. The first thing I did after this was to (carefully) pull the valve cores on the others in the set that came with this one. Once is enough. They will all go away to return as your neighbor's new Kia. Stu

 

Stu, glad you're ok, and able to post this! I, myself, have the locking wand, and I have an extra 25 ft of hose with a ball valve on the "male" end. So, I can hook it up, and stand 25 ft away, cracking the ball valve open to fill... along with short section of chain and hook. I've got both rusted lock rings and widowmakers, though.