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Originally Posted by HO 67 BIRD
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In the tire industry this air tank with a ball valve is the preferred method to seat beads on hard to seat tires. Tubeless semi truck tires are notoriously hard to seat and the air tank with ball valve is used most often. This tool could also be built from a propane or refrigerant bottle by someone with some fab skills. BTW, 99 times out of 100 the air tank method works just fine.
I believe the mass exposure to the ether, match seating method was shown on monster truck shows on TV. Dennis Anderson was the first person I remember seeing use that method on TV. I have used it before, but you better get air into the tire really quickly, because as soon as the gasses cool off, the bead drops back off the rim.