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Originally Posted by James Brown
No, a tire with 30-40 psi will kill you if it fails, check out the inflation cages used to service tires that MOST tire shops should use. There built with very heavy steel tubes and the operator stands back 10' from the cage. Most shops don't use them because there a time wasters, until a tire fails. I think it's a OSHA requirement.
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We don't need no stinking inflation cages...
Back in the 60's I worked at a "filling station" during summer breaks. We fixed about any kind of flat tire you can imagine as this was cotton farming country. The tires that gave you a real pucker factor were split rim truck tires. When we started airing them up we used an air hose with a long metal extension to reach the metal fill valve on the tire and then laid down beside the tire so if the metal ring blew off it wouldn't take your hand, arm or head with it... no OSHA in those days. Those suckers are seriously dangerous....