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I have filled a lot of tires and I cannot think of a single time where I had appropriate equipment to inflate the tire from any position that wasn’t right in front of it.
The aircraft mechanic school I attended had a little cage to put tires in while inflating them. This is the only such thing I have ever seen including during aviation service in the field.
In all my life I've only heard it now. My own little portable compressor, as I am 4wd travelling. Agree, before that I've never had that option, nor seen, or heard of a tyre exploding. Not to say it doesn't happen.
It happens far more with heavy vehicles than it does with cars. A truck tyre will be inflated to somewhere around 90psi, vs the 30ish a car tyre is. Fleet service technicians for heavy vehicles will place wheels inside a metal cage before inflating in order to contain any explosions which may occur.
Sounds terrifying.
Don't you fill your tires at the gas station? Here in Germany they have a stationary compressor with a hose (that doesn't sound like it's the correct word) that's about 5 m or so and the buttons to fill in or release air are at the station itself. So you connect the valve and then have to get up and walk away to push the air in.
America has a similar setup except our hoses don't attach to the valves, we have to hold them. And if they do attach, there's usually a squeeze valve we have to squeeze near the tire to 'open' the hose and allow air in. America's setup seems designed to keep you near the tire.
Interesting. I doubt my next statement, but I have to wonder if this is a setup that was carried over from when before gas stations were self-service (I was actually shocked how you used to not be allowed to refuel your own vehicle). Maybe something along the lines of "This setup is cheaper to run and if it's only the underpaid employees complaining about a less-than-ideal way to fill up tires, that's a cost I'm willing to eat."