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A potato gun would work pretty well, without the potato. NO, NO....I'm not recommending that. I was just thinking about the force from the air tank and it seemed about the same force as a potato gun.

The guys at tire shops have a tank that has a ball valve and nozzle, putting a bunch of pressure into the tank and then releasing it in big volume inside the tire. It's a bit safer than either or hair spray....still a violent event.

Are all HMMWV, M1101/2 trailers equipped with run flats (from the military)?

Wow....how do you do that cut? Edit....is that a bandsaw cut? Yes rigid is what I was thinking. The width dimension would be critical and I assume one brand to another of tire may have thicker or thinner beads. It wouldn't matter so much with the rubber. A woman whose hubby was putting...

A PVC schedule 40 that is 18" od is 16.803 inside diameter and has a .562 wall. Schedule 80 18" is 16.01. With a schedule 40, some small spacers would keep it centered. Edit....that is an odd size but a commercial pipe supplier in Kokomo IN can get it @ $37/foot for a 20' piece. Thus a stick...

Henderson rubber ones I have have air passages in them. They are all 20". I have not had a HMMWV 16.5" apart that has the RF in them. From the weight of the ones I have, they may all have RF in them. Here is a trailer I made that gets the M35 bed as a dump...4 there and then the M1101, 2...

Have any of you made bead locks from pipe? Is it 16" schedule 80 PVC? I have too many to buy them at $50 each (trailers). On the page Suzukovich linked there are holes...I'll assume those are to lighten them, but do they have other purpose? I note other beadlocks (20") have air passages...