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[*] posted on 10-12-2006 at 05:41 PM


Shari,

the answer I always get from people when I suggest they air down is they are afraid the tire will come off of the rim.

Gotta admit, when we were all running 16.5 tires, they actually could lose the bead if aired down too low.




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[*] posted on 10-12-2006 at 05:42 PM


Good article Bajalou--thanks for the link.

As for Ford, Firestone, and the Explorer, Ford's defense in that matter (as I read while the issue was still fresh) was that the people who had trouble were running their tires at less than the pressure indicated on the door plate, which increased the tire temperature enough to explode tires that were probably of marginal construction to begin with. I'm sure there were other factors as well, but naturally, Ford didn't want to get into that!




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[*] posted on 10-12-2006 at 05:57 PM


When I was a teenager, a neighbor had a large motorhome. He told me he had weighed each corner of the motorhome at a public scale, and did the math according to the weight each tire could hold in accordance to the psi the tire could hold. Since his load was roughly always the same, I can see where that could work.

But he was kind of an anal guy and yelled at us when we skateboarded in front of his house...




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[*] posted on 10-14-2006 at 12:52 PM


Shari let them ignore you and open a tire shop :lol::lol:
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[*] posted on 10-14-2006 at 01:42 PM


great idea and a free puppy with each flat repair!



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