This is clearly not the way to mount a tire


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This squarely falls in the category of, don't try this at home.

The redneck tire mounting solution is to have someone spray a flammable aerosol between the tire and its rim, and then light it so the air quickly expands, resetting the bead and inflating the tire.

Sometimes it works, like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M0GNLvPmAg

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And sometimes it goes terribly wrong, like this:

The guy on the video said he had "nothing to lose" by trying this trick. What about his eyebrows?

BTW --- did you notice a little kid is nearby? This could have been much worse.

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