This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion

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Jul 8, 2011 | 05:33 PM

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This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion

As anyone who's been near a big rig that's lost a tire on the interstate will tell you, rubber under pressure can cause some serious damage. In an effort to promote shop safety, the crew from Branick Nitrogen put together a quick video showing just what kind of havoc overinflating a tire can cause inside of a garage. Apparently, this kind of scenario causes more than its share of accidental deaths around the world. After watching the footage, we can certainly believe it. In this case, it looks as if the bead lock separates from the rim itself, creating two large metal projectiles in addition to plenty of rubber shrapnel.

Fortunately, the tire in question was housed in a protective cage designed to handle this exact sort of situation. The force of the failure actually causes the cage to be ripped from its anchors and the metal structure suffers dearly at the hands of physics.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=_3_PMhBa_-c

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http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/08/t...n-slow-motion/

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Jul 8, 2011 | 06:24 PM

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oh daymn... . .that will def. leave a mark

Jul 8, 2011 | 07:33 PM

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did the rim split in half?

Jul 8, 2011 | 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411

In an effort to promote shop safety, the crew from Branick Nitrogen put together a quick video showing just what kind of havoc overinflating a tire can cause inside of a garage.

so this here pretty much sums the pressure of the tire causing a blow out, NOT old age of the tire.

Jul 9, 2011 | 12:16 AM

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A while back i took a tire to a random Discount Tire to get it repaired (middle of nowhere...but needed a flat repair) the guy left it inflating and walked away "real quick"...the tire exploded violently....luckily he didn't get hurt, but he lost his hearing for a bit. That stuff is not anything to take lightly.

Jul 9, 2011 | 12:54 AM

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Uh in that video the rims separated, where is the tire blowing up?

Jul 9, 2011 | 12:30 PM

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i want to know what the pressure was at the time of the explosion. Looks like the wheel is the weaker link in the wheel+tire chain

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Jul 9, 2011 | 01:52 PM

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I am so tired of hitting burst huge 18 wheeler tires around Atlanta...hit another one last night...it is RIDICULOUS.

Jul 9, 2011 | 01:54 PM

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I am so tired of hitting burst huge 18 wheeler tires around Atlanta...hit another one last night...it is RIDICULOUS.

I swear the only I ever hit pieces of shredded tires is in the Camry Hybrid at nights. It's happened twice to me already. You don't notice those things until it's too late, especially on freshly laid asphalt.

Jul 9, 2011 | 02:01 PM

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That is EXACTLY what happened to me last night. Fresh black asphalt, I was cruising at 60, wasn't even speeding, see tire then WHAM, hit tire.

Jul 9, 2011 | 02:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoovey2411

This is what a tire looks like exploding in slow-motion

As anyone who's been near a big rig that's lost a tire on the interstate will tell you, rubber under pressure can cause some serious damage. In an effort to promote shop safety, the crew from Branick Nitrogen put together a quick video showing just what kind of havoc overinflating a tire can cause inside of a garage. Apparently, this kind of scenario causes more than its share of accidental deaths around the world. After watching the footage, we can certainly believe it. In this case, it looks as if the bead lock separates from the rim itself, creating two large metal projectiles in addition to plenty of rubber shrapnel.

Fortunately, the tire in question was housed in a protective cage designed to handle this exact sort of situation. The force of the failure actually causes the cage to be ripped from its anchors and the metal structure suffers dearly at the hands of physics.

most "tires" you see on the interstate from a big rig are the caps. when a tire tread gets low, they re-cap them with new tread(instead of buying a whole new tire). When road/tire temperatures get hot enough, the caps fly right off the tire.
These are what you are running over on the highway most of the time, not exploding tires...