Maxbell Posted Tuesday at 12:13 AM Posted Tuesday at 12:13 AM 7 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Seen one earlier of one of these idiots trying to slam mount a truck wheel into a new tire. Wheel bounced back off the tire and hit him in the mouth.And then you seen him spit his teeth out 😮🤣 🦷🦷🦷 As a 16 years old I worked a garage and R&R’d at least one split rim. Nothing happened but no protective cage or nothing. That was probably common back then but I think they put them in cages now or maybe the rims are made different now. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted Tuesday at 12:34 AM Posted Tuesday at 12:34 AM 9 minutes ago, Maxbell said: 🦷🦷🦷 As a 16 years old I worked a garage and R&R’d at least one split rim. Nothing happened but no protective cage or nothing. That was probably common back then but I think they put them in cages now or maybe the rims are made different now. My dad owned a shop when I was a kid. In Oct of 73 He ordered a new 74 F350 that was then turned into a tow truck. Because Ford hadn't fully switched over to the 74 design and build specs yet, it came with split rims. There was 1 guy that worked part time for him for like 20 years, he was the only crazy one to mess with them. He would place them under the hoist to contain them while inflating 🫨🫨 I walked out of a job I worked at in the 90s because they wanted me to mount tires on set of split rims. I refused to mess with them. 2 Quote
Maxbell Posted Tuesday at 12:41 AM Posted Tuesday at 12:41 AM 1 minute ago, Captain Kangaroo said: My dad owned a shop when I was a kid. In Oct of 73 He ordered a new 74 F350 that was then turned into a tow truck. Because Ford hadn't fully switched over to the 74 design and build specs yet, it came with split rims. There was 1 guy that worked part time for him for like 20 years, he was the only crazy one to mess with them. He would place them under the hoist to contain them while inflating 🫨🫨 I walked out of a job I worked at in the 90s because they wanted me to mount tires on set of split rims. I refused to mess with them. Under a hoist, very resourceful. 👍 1 Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted Tuesday at 12:58 AM Posted Tuesday at 12:58 AM 8 minutes ago, Maxbell said: Under a hoist, very resourceful. 👍 No chance of it getting loose from under it. I have seen truck tires blow out of wheel cages. Which reminds me. Back in the 80s, some idiot decided that having a 16in & 16.5in wheel sizes was a GREAT IDEA. Until you tried to mingle the wrong size wheels and tires together. I took night classes at a tech school years ago. Well classes got canceled for a week. Instructors wouldn't tell us why they were. Then we learned that one of the day class kids was mounting 16.5 tires on his 16in wheels. Let's just just say his lost his mind over it 🥹🙏 1 Quote
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