Here's How You Re-Tread A $1000 Airless Tyre
While airless tyres have yet to make it to cars, they're gaining traction (sorry...) in the world of heavy duty industrial machines. But how do you retread one of these hoops? Watch and learn...
There’s no sound on this fascinating video, so perhaps stick on a bit of music (some relaxing classical tunes, perhaps?) and watch these guys at work. It’s a little mesmerising!
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Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I worked in a tire place as a kid and one of my jobs was re-treading lorry (transport truck) tires.
It was bizarrely simple.
Wow they have an autoclave. They are not messing around about retreading tires
Hmmm. Threads fastened with double sided tape :/
Good to know! Maybe, probably, I think…