How Many Of you Have tried this Tire Inflation Method..??
 

Got this in an email... Cool Idea.. But I assume if you use to much you'll have a small bomb on your hands. But it does get the tire on the rim for inflation.

http://www.geocities.com/daulquad/ho...ate_a_tyre.wmv

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dangerous idea!!! esp when left on teh truck while they are doing it.

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Yeh ...what I was also thinking.... Starting fluid..(Either) is extreamly Volitable....Or Hair spray...I've seen it done with the tire and rim off the rig. Works.

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Cool

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I have been off roading for almost twenty years now, have had to do this several times. I was taught by a fellow exp off roader. Still can be dangerous, but very effective when done properly. Got an instant arm shave once when i used a little to much ether, could have been worse. When your in a jam you do what ya can to get out

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That was pretty cool. I've never seen that.
Just wondering...what was the guy who first came up with this idea, thinking? :) And how many times did the procedure fail until he got it right.

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We did that in the Army in Nam on A Rough Terrain Crane that had 12 Wheels 6 in the front and six in the back.. The front 6 were stearable.

One day the operator ran over a jagged rock which puncitured the side wall of one of the tires in the front and caused a blow out and the tire jumpped of the bead of the rim as he was still moving and had the wheels cut to the left.

We used 3/4 of a can of either and a rag soked in gasoline to give us some running away time. There was a hell of an explosin...but the 6 foot diameter wheel popped right back on the rim. Patched the side wall and away went.

Talk about a big ass flame.....:jump:

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Starter fluid in the tire (tyre) old trick from way back.
Dad did it in the 50's racing motorcycles( flat track)