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Re: [GMCnet] I have a new job! Also, Heavy/medium truck tire age limits? (OT) [message #247580 is a reply to message #247552] Wed, 16 April 2014 08:54 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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Ken,

Your mention of that tire cage reminded me of when I was flying the MC-130,
doing ground-to-air man pickups. We inflated 20" OD spherical fiberglass
helium bottles to 3000 psi in such a cage. Never had one explode, but it
sure scared the heck out of me every time I, as the Fulton Recovery
Officer, watched my crews charge them. I'm not at all sure the cage would
have even slightly restrained the explosion. :-(

Ken H.


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> I spent a few months working midnights in the garage at a steel mill.
> Almost all I did was replace big tires. Split rims were about all we had.
> We had a great big cage made out of about 3/4" steel bars. We rolled the
> tires inside of it and attached an air chuck. Then we stood back and let
> it air up. One guy, not on my shift, had one blow apart. I was shocked at
> how much damage it caused to the cage.
>
> I did not last too long there before I moved on. It was probably the
> worse job I ever had. I did knock over a metal light pole one night with
> a Clark strattle truck. It had no brakes when I went to pick it up and
> no one told me. They never found out it was me and it was still bent over
> at a 45 when I left there.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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