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Old 04-23-2010, 10:40 AM   #1
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Well, new to me anyway.



Note: near the end, he mentions that the heat source can be many thing and the resulting explosion can happen up to 24 after the fact!

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Perhaps this is another reason over 90% of all tire failures are the result of under-inflation/overloading. Those load/inflation charts reflect the minimum safe air pressure for the corresponding load, not necessarily the optimum.

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Can't count the times I took a torch to a lug nut on a Deuce and Half in the Army. Makes that look like the dumbest thing I did. And I did some pretty dumb things!
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