From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 19:39:19 PST
I have noticed that the older tires on my M35 have developed more cracks. One has a crack in the sidewall all the way around. A result of highway driving with a 2000 lb load in the back?
Steve & Jeanne Keith wrote:
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> 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....
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> 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)
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> Steve AKA Dr Deuce
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> ----- 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
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> > 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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