Oh, so it wasn't a Vanagon spare but a front-mounted Bay window?

That's quite a bit different Allen.

On 5/29/07, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>
> I had a tractor tire do this once. We heard it like a dynamite blast,
> checked all the sheds to see if a can had exploded. Two days later we
> finally noticed the tractor. No way to figure out what caused it.
>
> Jim
>
> On May 29, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Allen Hill wrote:
>
> > No thunderstorms (or rain) in this area for quite a long while.
> > Also, the
> > tire was checked at 45 psi last winter and was covered with one of
> > those HD
> > vinyl covers.  Just the way that it was so totally shredded is what
> > is so
> > strange!
> >
> >
> > Route 66 Rider!
> > Ramon Hill
> > Live Long and Be Free
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Jake de Villiers
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:13 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Mounted Spare Blowout
> >
> > Did you have a thunderstorm?
> >
> > On 5/29/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmmmm ... Was it a tire rated for 35 psi inflated to 50 psi?
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> Allen Hill wrote:
> >>> Does anyone have any idea why the spare would just blow out while
> >> mounted on the
> >>> carrier?  The weather is in the mid 80s and the parking platform is
> >> shaded by a number of large trees.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com