Me too, I had them on this 64 F-600, had them all switched out, one was leaking air, used to wedge the chock in there and stand to one side, like you said it's kind of like poking at a landmine. Almsot 20 years ago while driving an R-model mack hauling to a landfill cap/closure job, steering tire blew with 28 ton on, fender well to pieces, battery box cover off and the ring went so far in the woods it was never found. Lot of energy behind them.
You may have heard of the company Douglas Dyer & Sons, out of Mechanicville NY, they've been around here a long time, along with Royal Dyer, not sure of the relation if any they did a lot of utility work in the area. A lot of these outfits do snow removal to keep busy in the winter and that is where you will find a lot of older vintage equipment sitting all year until winter. I did a few tours on snow removal at local malls in NJ years back, late at night, cold snowing, tired from working the first shift, this is when safety gets forgotten.
I am in disbelief that this is still happening, and I can only hope the family he left behind has some some support and comfort at a time like this. Any company that has just one piece of equipment with these type of wheels needs to provide safety instructions or eliminate the hazard, he may not have had a clue, when I was his age I'd have probably done the same thing, no one ever educated me on those wheel types and at that hour you just want to get done with your work and go home.
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