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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Joe Pfeiffer  wrote:   
      
   >"Michael F. Stemper"  writes:   
      
   >> I've never seen that happen. However, I've seen the treads of such tires   
   >> many, many times along the road. My (unconfirmed) speculation is that, due   
   >> to the cost of such large tires, they must often get them recapped, and the   
   >> job is often poorly done.   
   >   
   >I once had a tread separation on a highway while driving a car --   
   >*bang*, looked in the rear view mirror to see my fender skirt flying   
   >away.  Got to the side; found the tread wrapped around my rear axle.   
   >The tire actually kept air for several hours after that; it didn't go   
   >down until the car was being unloaded from the flatbed at the tire   
   >store.   
      
   I once had something happen to a tire or wheel.  The skinny Metro was   
   being towed on a wide U-Haul.  At some point, either the wheel bound   
   or the tire flattened.   
      
   By the time I noticed, I'd ground my way an inch into the brake drum.   
   You don't see much of a Metro behind a U-Haul, and a truck is noisy   
   enough that the drag-stripping of a wheel isn't obvious.   
      
   I've still got the brake drum in my garage as a souvenir.   
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