[Mr. Gryme]

What the.......wow. That was insane!

[Worsen]

Originally Posted by vlvtdemise ↗

I was on the highway, going at least 60. 4 lanes over and about 5 car lengths ahead was a semi. It's tire blew and a piece of it flew at my car. It hit the windshield right in front of me. I swear, my life flashed before my eyes. It ended up cracking my windshield from top to bottom.

Does this mean you still have no dash cam

[GiJoe7898]

There's over 100 lbs air pressure in those tires. It sounds like an artillery shell.

[BiothDaSloth]

Seen someone have a tire explode in his face while he was airing it up. It was a much smaller tire, and he was lucky enough that it happened at lower pressure. Ended up ringing his bell quite enough to stun him, as well as cause significant hearing loss for about half the work day.

[Grimlyfe]

Holy shit I about jumped out of my shorts . If you're laying in bed while watching these then you probably understand

[King Herald]

So a tyre blows and the whole steel wheel comes off with it? Looks very suspicious to me....

[murofhsirgo]

Cool post. I saw a tire blow with a dude standing on top airing it up while seating the bead with the tire hammer. When it blew he went on the hood of a truck and the rim went straight up (tire and all) and left a ring impression in the 18 foot high ceiling. That was only at about 75 psi or so on last check ppl... don't fuck with pressure if you haven't seen what it can do, just sayin'

[sandoval666]

That's not a normal tire explosion. I've spent several years each both on the back of a garbage truck, and driving trucks. I've experienced a few blowouts. It's a helluva big bang, but it's not THAT big and doesn't produce smoke. There's definitely more going on here.
Perhaps they seated the bead with the old WD-40 trick? It is a very popular roadside technique...

[LrlynJy]

Originally Posted by King Herald ↗

So a tyre blows and the whole steel wheel comes off with it? Looks very suspicious to me....

way i see it, right before the truck stopped, that wheel looked like it was already off its mounting. when the truck backed up, that tire is being left behind by the other wheels. the tire was probably pressed with something metal under the chassis or was pierced.

[Splay]

That's like having a heart attack at the hospital. Lucky for him it didn't happen on the highway.