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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
I would absolutely LOVE to see someone take an old wheel and pump the tire till it bursts. What I read in the past lead me to believe it would not burst below 150 psi.
Anyone got an old wheel in his backyard, a compressor with a pretty long hose, and some place to take cover? (That could turn into a redneck's "watch this" so play it safe)
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Several Years ago my friends little brother pumped up a flat tire on his mother's mini-van. He did not know how to do it, so he just kept the compressor on for several minutes. My friend and I went out and saw that the tire was clearly over inflated. We took a pressure gauge to see what the pressure was. The pressure was so high that it shot the measuring stick out of the gauge about 10 feet. If I recall correctly, it was a 75psi gauge. I would guess that the pressure was over 100psi to destroy the gauge like that.