Bloomer Tire Accident

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Wonder what tune some of you would sing if it happened to someone you like. Amazing, the ignorance on here.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Wonder what tune some of you would sing if it happened to someone you like. Amazing, the ignorance on here.

Thought the same thing.

[Bubstr]

When you go to a bead lock, it is much like a split rim. When I was in fighter squadron VF101, we lost a guy airing up a main gear landing wheel. Rim wasn't torqued or put in a cage for air and took the top of his head off, just above the eye brows.. They get 550 lbs psi on a Carrier.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Wonder what tune some of you would sing if it happened to someone you like. Amazing, the ignorance on here.

Wouldn't happen to me, period.

[zach51]

Glad nobody was injured, the pic looked pretty severe. I'm not really sure how you forget about airing up a tire though. It doesn't take that long. They don't need to try to multi-task apparently. But in all seriousness, it is amazing and fortunate that more stuff like this doesn't happen more often than it does.

[Krooser]

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[chupp n bloomer fan]

Wouldn't happen to me, period.

Didn't mean you honey. Nor me. That's nothing you fuk with. I run heavy equipment, so I kinda know what Bubstr is talking about. But no matter what it is, you need to respect the danger that is there. You make ONE guy do that job, and that is his job till it is done. You don't try and do ten things, you take care of the tires, then you move on.

I was actually referring to if it was Moyer, Pierce, Sheppard, whoever, would they still crack stupid wise a$$ remarks.

[Josh Bayko]

I was actually referring to if it was Moyer, Pierce, Sheppard, whoever, would they still crack stupid wise a$$ remarks.

Somebody would. Most of 4M is poorly thought out "humor" anymore.

[ptown]

Wonder what tune some of you would sing if it happened to someone you like. Amazing, the ignorance on here.

Now some of you Hillary loving liberal delicate little snowflakes shouldn't take things so serious.....lol

[dirtcrazy4u]

I saw the same thing. A split rim came apart and took the side of a guys head right off. Very, very ugly scene. Anybody making lite of that situation, your pretty screwed up and should go look at yourself in a mirror...

[golddirt]

I did but the mirror cracked

[Jim11h]

Why must some bring such realization to a topic bubstr? Danger is everywhere and like how you told it. Racing one thing but honestly think when you bring in service it reaches another level and it very well should!! Couldn't nor wanna ever see that (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)!

[buster83]

yelp them cages work well even better when bolted down.

[lw82]

They were no doubt using a clip on air chuck. Takes a while to put 50 pounds in a tire to grow it so bending over to do it is a pain. Once it on one person distracts you and you forget and boom. I never liked using it cause so easy to forget. Safer to just hold it on there

[Last Rebel 1]

It's a wonder tires have not killed more racers.
Years ago if I needed 1 1/2 or 2 inches in staggers on a dirt tire I have put 70-80 pounds of air in a tire,water it down and put it in the hot summer sun and you could get 2 to 3 more inches of stagger.
In the early 80's you had to mount pavement tire's you hand to blow the tire to the bead with starter fluid.
I've been very lucky
Glad no one was hurt.