Re: [MV] Split rims
Eugene PANTANO (snoshu@market1.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:57:52 -0600
I was 1SG of a Maintenance Company. We always parked a deuce on top of any
split rim being aired up. The wheel of the deuce would be placed in such a
way as to be on the ring near the valve stem. If it blew, it would not
remove my soldiers hand. We did have 2 blow that that I can remember. We
also used chains at times. In the service areas we had the big cages. What a
mess.. The two that I remember blowing did not injure anyone. The deuce has
enough weight to do its job well.. Both were in extremely cold weather.
Rings were pried off with a special bar with hooked ends. ( I have several
yet) Once the ring started, several soldiers would use the tanker bars like
those old railroad Gandy Dancers and pop off the ring in seconds. Gene
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From: GIjeeps@aol.com <GIjeeps@aol.com>
To: dvsww2@cyberhighway.net <dvsww2@cyberhighway.net>; mil-veh@skylee.com
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Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Split rims
>In a message dated 98-09-20 01:48:50 EDT, dvsww2@cyberhighway.net writes:
>
><< I don't
> think too many WWII GI's had a tire service cage and changed a lot of
tires
> in the field. Should be a TM somepalce on it and it would be interesting
> how they did it >>
>They most often put the wheel under the frame of a heavy truck before they
>added airpressure. Some times they would park one of the truck's wheels
>directly on top of the wheel being fitted with a tire. I had one old GI
>mechanic tell me that they didn't have the long filler attachments for
their
>aircompressors most of the time so if they were right handed they used
their
>left hand to hold the air nozzle and vice-versa. just in case.
>
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