Hot topic truck tire fires heatin'up highways

摘要

You don't have to be older than dirt-but it helps-to remember when most trucks ran on bias-ply tires and tire fires were a fairly common occurrence.Thirty years ago most commercial trucks ran on standard bias tires and many still used tubes.Excessive heat was the greatest enemy of high-speed bias truck tire durability.It didn't take much to set bias tires on fire.Brake heat,wheel bearing heat or just spinning the tires on dirt or ice could set them ablaze.Heck,just driving by a restaurant serving hot wings was enough to touch them off!