[biggestjohn]

Having worked 9 years in the tire business, I have been in the shop when those pieces of crap let go. There is no warning, and if those POCs were not in a safety cage, my co-worker would have been dead!!! (never lost one myself, but always worried about it)

I also read a story in Modern Tire Dealer of a set of tire\wheels that had been sitting for hours outside of a shop, as soon as the customer touched them, the combo exploded, killing him.

One of the shop managers had a customer who wanted to use his air hose to fill one he had changed at home. He had the lock ring held in place with Vice Grips!! He wouldn't let him use it. The customer showed him!!! He took it to the gas station across the street, and died for his efforts!!! The wheel was in the back of his station wagon, and he WAS leaning over it!!

Then there are the story's of people getting killed just topping off the air pressure.

I also got to witness my boss take a sledge hammer to a wheel that we deemed unsafe. He had told the customer that the wheel was unsafe, and the customer got po'ed, said he was going to take it elsewhere!!! NO PROBLEM!!!!

Message for anyone considering using them......Don't touch them!!!