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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Will running over the pipe cause it to cut a perfectly shaped round plug out of the tire? Absolutely not.

Maybe ... theoretically happened in 2011, maybe before, supposedly a 777 watering truck, rear tire from the looks of it

But you may be right, it may have been shot with a BMG or .338 from the grassy knoll.




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The hole in the tire is WAY too clean. And that pipe isn’t sticking up enough to cause anything but the tire to flex/absorb it like a bump.

Could the pipe damage the tire? Certainly. Could the pipe catch the edge of the tire and damage the sidewall or cause a puncture? Possibly.

Will running over the pipe cause it to cut a perfectly shaped round plug out of the tire? Absolutely not.

Haven’t you ever run over a piece of pistol brass? If you removed it, it ain’t taking a plug of the rubber with it.

It cuts cleanly into the tire, but it’s just cutting a circular shape into the rubber. The cut area is still attached to the tire.
Removed 3 necked down pieces of rifle brass from 3 different tires on 3 different cars over 15 years in high volume shops. Two cut holes through the tread, one through the shoulder. They took plugs out and were leaking slowly before removal. These were in automotive tires in the 80s-90s.
The bullet holes in fenders, doors trans tunnels and transmissions were another story. Not to mention the gas tank. No, the car didn't explode.
 
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The air pressure blew the rubber core down the pipe like an airgun. Maybe.

There are two tires so there are two tread marks. One to the left of the pipe and another right next to it directly in line with the pipe. Neither tread mark goes past the pipe so maybe BOOM HISSS then he backs up ... maybe.
He backed into the pipe
 
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He backed into the pipe
Yeah, I found a reference from a dozen years ago that identified it as a "777 water truck" ... dualies in the back.

They called it a casing which is just a fancy word for pipe.

 
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