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Offline HeliDriver

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Nail through sidewall
« on: March 24, 2015, 01:15:20 pm »
Funny how we were just talking about nails in tires in another thread, and a day later I get this:



It's on an ST (trailer) tire, Load Range D. Found the nail at a gas stop and pulled it out. Aside from the two holes in the rubber where the nail went through, the tire appears undamaged and isn't leaking any air.

I suppose the sidewall plies could have been scuffed up a bit and maybe weakened, but I'm regularly checking for blisters or bubbles, and so far everything looks fine. Gas stops are every 350-400 kms, so it gets checked often.

It's been a week now and over 1,500 kms of highway travel since it happened, and tire still looks fine and hasn't lost any air.

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Re: Nail through sidewall
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2015, 01:17:23 pm »
Yeesh.  :o
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Re: Nail through sidewall
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2015, 01:18:18 pm »
Lucky!!!
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Re: Nail through sidewall
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2015, 01:47:10 pm »
Wow. That nail looks nasty.
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Re: Nail through sidewall
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2015, 02:23:53 pm »
I like how it went through the words "Serious injury may result from"
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Re: Nail through sidewall
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2015, 02:29:51 pm »
Quote from: quadzilla on March 24, 2015, 02:23:53 pm
I like how it went through the words "Serious injury may result from"

Yeah, but I'm all good because it doesn't say "Serious injury may result from ... large, rusty, spiral-shanked nails sticking through the sidewall."  :rofl2:

If the tire blows up, that will be my defense. :)
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Re: Nail through sidewall
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2015, 04:20:23 pm »
Yeah lucky! 

I have a bubble on one of my trailer tires.... lots of KM bubble still there, tire holds air.... not sure if want to replace I have a spare lol
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