Had a blow out on I-65 in Indiana. Tire wrapped around the axle and brake and had to use a Stanley knife and small pair of wire cutters to get it off. Took me 2 hours to cut it all off. Lots damage.
Question is what are some good tools to carry with to make cutting the tire of easier?

 

That bites, when you took the wheel off didn't the remnants of it come with? Then take it to a garage and have that taken off of the rim?

 

I had to cut the center section of the tire off of the rim just so I could remove the rim. The tire got wrapped 2 different ways and the rim wouldn't budge unless I cut it. It was wrapped tight.

 

It also broke my emergency brake cable connector but the cable didn't brake.

 

Maybe some bull dog sheet metal snips. They should cut thru the rubber & the braiding

 

Lowe's or home Depot carry them?

 

cover in liquid nitrogen then smack it with a hammer, all the rubber falls off


hard part is keeping the nitrogen in liquid state for a long time

 

Those wires that are part of the bead are some damn hardened wires and I am not sure what to use to cut them. Maybe a Dremel drill with a cut off blade? Bolt cutters are capable but those wires are on the thin side and many bolt cutters won't cut that small. Maybe a small set of bolt cutters would do it. That sounds like a real mess to deal with.

 

Someone here posted a photo of their front tire which brew-out and damaged his truck.


I had a snow chain come off 20 or so years ago which annihilated the entire right side of the bed of my 76 F-150. As soon as I heard it I stopped. Looks as though you faired better.


That tire, "almost" worth carrying a Battery Operated Reciprocating Saw.

 

41/2" cordless angle grinder with a Cutting disk,(a few). Don't ask......

 

I doubt you will have power for power tools (angle grinder), so I will say pliers and Weiss cutting snips.

 

That's why I specified a cordless unit.....(Dewalt)

 

Glad to see that things didn't get worse than it did. But, does it warrant carrying a specific tool for something like this? I've had blowouts before, but never where it wrapped itself around the axle.

 

I've thought about a Dewalt battery angle grinder also but does it warrent the price? Today it would have but also a good pair of metal shears or snips would have made work at least twice as fast.

 

One of the handiest things I've ever bought was an 1000w Power inverter, clip it onto the battery (with the truck running or you'll have a dead battery) and you have 120V power that will run most hand power tools anywhere you can take your truck. I don't believe I paid over 100$ for the cheap one I bought and it fits under the driver seat for storage.