From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 09:49:33 PST
On Annie (the cckw with Bantam crane on the back) a few weeks ago, I had a
7:50 x 20
blow up on me....
I had just inflated all 10 tire to 50# (as much as I dared). I moved the
truck forward about
1 ft and heard a low bang that sounded like someone hit the bottom of the
crane with a 20#
hammer. My wife heard it 800' and thought I had dropped the crane boom on
the POD (Pembroke Ordnance Depot)
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pilcher" <candlewickjeep2@webtv.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:15 AM
Subject: [MV] Tire safety
> I don't think I've ever seen this brought up on the list before. It has
> been my experience both with my own vehicles and in observing other MV
> owner's vehicles that dry rotting of our tires is a common thing. To
> this day I've always been told that with the muli-ply military tires
> the rot isn't a problem SAFETYWISE. "Other than looking like crud
> they're safe." I'm not real comfortable with this. I've seen tires that
> are discolored, some that are "crinkled", and some that are actually
> separated due to rot. They're being used to drive at regular (MV wise)
> speeds.
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> We've discussed what causes dry rot. We've discussed how to prevent dry
> rot.
> We've discussed even how to mask dry rot.
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> But just how safe are dry rotted tires?
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> Inquiring minds want to know.
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> Mike Pilcher
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