Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Never ever inflate a split rim outside of a tire cage. Seen too many broken arms and worse from explosions such as this. Without the tire cage, it’s like playing Russian roulette with 3 of 6 cylinders loaded.
Worked in a shop when that happened . The wheel was out of the cage and the split section was up. The ring went through the roof and landed in the street out front. We were lucky, no injuries occurred.
 
Never ever inflate a split rim outside of a tire cage. Seen too many broken arms and worse from explosions such as this. Without the tire cage, it’s like playing Russian roulette with 3 of 6 cylinders loaded.
Seen one death from Split-Rim Blown out . I was on scaffolding working on a wall when a smaller size Euclid pulls up about 50 yard behind us with a Full Load and stops. One of that excavation crew laborers ( just a young kid ) runs up with an air hose and starts filling a low tire. That was it, it just laid him out right there in the dirt.
 
Split rims fail often?
I worked in a tire shop for three years and never saw one fail. You can tell when they are not put together correctly because the split ring starts popping out when you put a little air in them. They are basically only used on heavey equipment anymore.