Re: Re: Water in tires?

Posted by Ol Chief on January 04, 2004 at 20:59:13 from (64.12.96.236):

In Reply to: Re: Water in tires? posted by stumpy on January 03, 2004 at 19:53:22:

I noted a suggestion about filling tires from a drum via use of air pressure.For Gods sake and your own safety be very very careful of this method.I once viewed the results of an inexperienced youngster doing this while attempting to emptya drum of heavy cold lube oil. He had hooked up to an 100 # air source using an ordinary 3/4 "globe valve. Then turned on the air.When the drum head began to swell he apparently shut the valve but it leaked and the drum head exploded from the drum. He was evacuated to hospital with serious injuries. If anyone is going to use this means to empty a drum do the math first. PSI means just that! Pounds on every square inch.Now, assume the drum head head has a surface area of two square feet. That means there is a surface equal to 288 square inches. This number multiplied by the psi introduced will produce the outcome total pressure on the drum head.I have seen drum heads begin to swell with a pressure of three psi, which is a total load of 864 pounds on the drum heads.If filling a tire the pressure in the tire will slowly equalize and the tire would need to be vented several times. Caution and Good Luck

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