Fire, Explosions and fun.. and a valuable technique

Not a bad idea to have a CO2 extinguisher handy, I'm thinking.

 

Keep those fingers away from the bead. Ive used a long shank bbq lighter and it crushed the end of it. I was doing a stiff mobile home tire at the time.

 

Never had to use that technique.

I was always able to get the tire to seat with just plain air.

Not saying it isn't something you can do as a last resort, but only as that because of the danger.

I remember when I was young and worked in a mobile home factory. They had a cage where they mounted the tires to the wheels for transport of the finished homes. Several times a week there would be a huge KABOOM! when a tire exploded while being seated to the rim. They used an odd size too in order to keep people from stealing the tires to mount on their cars and trucks.

 

Makes these guys seem brilliant.

 

I meant to ask on your YouTube channel but forgot. Did you take out the Schrader valve core before you lit that, or do you leave it in?

 

Ah-ha... I thought that noise was ya'lls pucker factor normalizing after the tire popped!

 

I've done this a few times... it's certainly envigorating, and the noises made are rather disturbing. One time we did this, and it blew all the wheel weights off that flew about 20' up in the air and then landed on us.

The ratchet-strap air compressor method is certainly superior, can be done on the car (wheel lifted) and doesn't blow the WW's off (this imbalances the tire, so you traded one problem for another).

What I did was start carrying an old paintball CO2 cylinder (I think it's a 20oz) and using that as an emergency compressor/fire extinguisher. If you do this, be sure to get a regulator so it's not pushing out 1200PSI.

 

Also, after watching the video... you shouldn't do this indoors. Ever burned a tire? Talk about unpleasant.