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That's possible, there were no visible signs of damage but who knows what they have been through. Not sure what the white spray paint is for, it was on there when I got them, I think it's to mark any checking, but it wasn't bad at all on that tire.
Yes it is a tubeless rim. Nothing sharp near it or anything rubbing on it, I'm hoping it was just a fluke and will never happen again! The only thing the tire hit was the mud flap when it let go, I'll bet it made a heck of a boom when it blew!
I have a semi tire shop right by my house, they do the mounting for me, they weren't sure why it let go either. It had very minor weather checking and it wasn't near the failure. It was kind of an old tire with a date code of 515 which is the 51st week of 1995 (or 1985).
I run single Michelin 14.5 R20's on my deuce and I really like them, however, I had a little issue with one. I used my deuce to take my kids to their baseball game (probably an 8 mile drive one way, mostly 40-50 MPH), everything was fine when I got home, the next day I found this! Just glad I...