I've seen this happen before and every bay window driver should know never
to park the front of the van too close to a garbage bin.

I once observed a rat jump from a garbage bin and onto the spare on the
front of the van, eat through the vinyl cover and into the tire on a bay
window.  Once the tire lets loose from the chewing, the rat is projected at
the bin, bounces back off the bin and breaks the front window.

It actually wasn't that loud, just a short squeel from the rat as it hit the
windsheild.

Kim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Hill" <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: Mounted Spare Blowout

> 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
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>