Changing $40 000 AirCraft Tires of Gigantic US AirCraft

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[@Rockin_Roll]

I understand that "Tire changer" wasn't your (first) "choice" ....and that it's not a very glamorous job ...... but you guys are *Awesome* ...Thank you for your service...!!!

[@bugerzdad]

These are Crew Chiefs. They all take turns rotating in and out of the Wheel And Tire Shop. It’s a small part of their very demanding and multi role career fields.

[@micheal8607]

If I had a dollar for every “.” You said😂

[@johnnyholland8765]

In my 35 year aviation career 30 as a machinist I have made literally thousands of parts for the C17 and C130 aircraft. The cargo systems for the C17 was my last work at Boeing.

[@derekrohan9619]

We were flying in one of these over Iraq/Kuwait back when I was in the Army. Pilots let some of us come up to the flight deck witch was awesome, but the best part was he did some zero g stuff and had us floating around the aircraft. It was like being on the space shuttle. It was amazing, one of the coolest things I ever did in the military.

[@get2dachoppa249]

2:57 "wheet NRTS" means the metal rim itself is " Not Repairable This Station", and has to go to a higher level maintenance facility, usually a depot, for it to be inspected, repaired, or scrapped.

[@darringraham2613]

The tire change was so fast and professional it's like it never happened🤔

[@phillipklein8536]

From the beginning to about 3:30 is the tire change. Though in the literal sense a tire change is just taking the tire off and putting a new one back on, in the bigger sense it also involves the rebuilding of the tire which is most of what is being shown.

[@buddyreed2623]

So much for the changing of the tire. I guess that was footage on the cutting floor.

[@Lockbar]

9:20 Small plane: "Here, take that!" C-130: "Oh yeah? Screw You! Watch this!"

[@georgehahn2979]

A remarkably versatile aircraft. What an asset.

[@Sushilkumar-cb7ns]

I like this job

[@rabbitboy7346]

It's 3am and this one pops up in my recommended vids.

[@Monoplayz]

yes

[@justin8894]

Looks like a well rounded task.

[@prestonransome5362]

But very tiresome.

[@MichaelBrown-kk6ck]

Great vid but I expected to see tires getting changed.

[@brendan5496]

Woah, actually early. Awesome vid.

[@brieflyexplainedofficial]

Long Live America

[@valterantonio8042]

Awesome !!

[@andrewthacker114]

An amazing aircraft

[@garretthodges9918]

This guy at 1:35 has one of the coolest jobs you in the world

[@thunderbird1]

I remember landing once in a cess Cessna 172 and the nose gear blew.. bumpiest ride ever back to the hangar...

[@stangarcia]

Top

[@joseph636]

Nothing can beat MURICA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@joseph636]

@JUNGLE BUNNY Hey man we aint giving up with the Taliban and Hippes made us lose in Nam

[@jrcadventures2905]

I don’t know if we officially lost nam, I think we just pulled out but correct me if I’m wrong

[@flaviojose9022]

Top..

[@baptistalaintz-ganah9989]

Very good .air force

[@jimjonrs3932]

8:00 " they carry 2799 gals." Just couldn't squeeze in one more gal to make an even 2800?

[@archstanton_live]

That would void the warranty.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Imagine doing this for the AN 225 Mira? It has 32 of these tires.

[@joefahrenschon2437]

here in Sask Canada those old tires are recapped and filled with foam and are 3000ft underground in potash mines going probaly 10 miles an hr for the rest of there life

[@prestonransome5362]

You can never have too much potash.

[@hovnous1]

Well it is an interesting video. Too bad there is no tire changing in it.

[@kevinmurphy5506]

Pallets can be loaded and loaded?

[@sidmilla91]

What's the background music at the beginning?

[@polandfox9399]

5:35 cam be quickly loaded and loaded

[@juliogonzo2718]

How much water does the king air put out? Looks like about 15 gallons

[@mayhemnbc22]

I wonder if this beast ever needs an air start

[@jsgll...godgunsliberty1197]

yeah but does it work ? would like to see video of its effectiveness on the fire.

[@steveroth5484]

I have a tech question. There is a specific word for the difference in the reading you get on a gauge when you look at it directly from the front and when you look at it from off to the side. Does anyone remember what this term is ...

[@markweber2958]

I just watched a video on fire fighting..not tires

[@archstanton_live]

I suspect you may have been disappointed. I wanted to know how many take-offs and landings one gets on a $40K tire (assuming proper rotation and what have you.) As usual with Daily Aviation I was disappointed.

[@user-sk7ih3ef2c]

А мы в армии на маленьких ЛА меняли просто как на машине, без всяких балансировок и приспособлений. И специальной службы для замены не было.

[@user-hm6kg9gk8e]

Молодцы.

[@user-sk7ih3ef2c]

Да не мы молодцы,а советские конструкторы ЛА. В се сделано так чтобы неподготовленный человек без спец оборудования смог подготовить к вылету и произвести мелкий ремонт в боевых условиях.

[@user-hm6kg9gk8e]

@@user-sk7ih3ef2c Согласен. А потом наш президент заявляет, что СССР ничего, кроме калош не производил. Сам работаю на советских станках. Бред какой-то...

[@russellhorn6372]

Those split rims were outlawed on trucks years ago

[@ravirajsinhpadhiyar5742]

All of this can be automated ?

[@georgianikolaou655]

Dawood From Pakistan😊

[@pbenga]

I thought they take it to Town Fair Tires to change the tires?

[@justinmorgan4568]

I'm a Kc135 crew chief in the Air Force and to this very day it still weirds me out to see our planes on jacks with the gears up... It just looks unsettling lol.

[@bigsid1984]

What this video do with tires

[@ronbinkc4625]

NRTS = Not Repairable This Station. We used this code on equipment I maintained during Vietnam War...AN/FST-2B...1964-1970 USAF 30551 SGT

[@tf6252]

This might sound stupid, but the tires are actually smaller than I though

[@itzpete1689]

Lol

[@robertheinkel6225]

The original landing gear on the B-36 bomber, had just one tire on each side. The tires were seven feet tall. There were only three runways in the world that could handle that much concentrated weight. The quickly switched the landing gear to a four wheel landing gear, like most aircraft.

[@rajesh-bq9xv]

C 17 globe master back bone of indian air force 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳cargo supplies🤠

[@nicholastimperio4133]

No way that tire should cost anywhere close to that amount. Governments do everything poorly and inefficiently.

[@metaljacket866]

It's how military black budgets get funding off the books ...

[@robertheinkel6225]

Aircraft tires can be recapped up to a dozen times. So it is more expensive for the initial tire.

[@lloydholt6511]

You evidently have not purchased many aviation tires. Remember this aircraft weighs over 280,000 pounds unloaded. It lands at relatively low speeds for an aircraft but can carry staggering loads. imagine landing a nearly four hundred thousand pound aircraft at one hundred miles per hour. Tires go from zero to one hundred mph in a second. Think your auto tires can handle that. Put one on the aircraft and watch it explode when weight is applied. Just imagine how much an Abrams tank weighs and add that to the unloaded weight of the aircraft plus another 30,000- 40,000 pounds of fuel. They also have to endure high speeds when taking off with the same weights. And just for grins and giggles the tires still have to meet minimum aviation standards. Try pricing a tire for a large airbus or large Boeing aircraft. They ain’t as cheap as your car tires are. These aircraft can carry a battle load into a unimproved dirt strip and land or take off in 3500 feet or less.

[@metaljacket866]

@@lloydholt6511 are you really trying to make your point comparing 50 to 500 maybe 1000 dollar auto tires with a tire that commands a 40, 000 dollar price ? Common sense would be to take an passanger airline tire cost and compare it to those tires and add some extra costs for higher weight perhaps, but you are comparing ridiculous extremes.

[@metaljacket866]

@@lloydholt6511 oh look I just wasted a couple of minutes doing a search on aviation tires , including military. .. and that cost is nowhere near $40,000 so before you get all righteous about a $40, 000 tire for a military aircraft .

[@roysnider3456]

I worked security at a large airport and got to talking to the maintenance crew doing a tire change one of them told me they get 3 to 4 landings out of each tire so very expensive and a short service life.

[@flymoore]

What? Someone was just lying to you. They last far longer than 3-4 landings so long as the pilot doesn’t lock them up and flat spot them.

[@roysnider3456]

@@flymoore really ? 747 tires ?

[@MrIdasam]

I never enjoyed tire changes on the C-17. Break changes weren't fun either.

[@gregmiller7123]

So you don't just take your C-17 into a Discount Tire store for a change? Do the tires come with a road hazard warranty?...or I guess it would be a runway hazard warranty in case you get a nail or screw in the sidewall! Buy 17 tires, get the 18th for free! 🤣

[@deanhankio6304]

4 of them for my monster truck..

[@joshw9037]

4:14 where’s your PT belt bro?!?!

[@lorac30]

Just changed one of these.

[@MrIdasam]

I never enjoyed tire changes on the C-17. Break changes weren't fun either. Having to swap out the OBIGGS compressor was always a real treat.

[@sarcasticedge5109]

I'm so early dude

[@jasonbell5905]

Nice equipment, some of the best, makes me feel proud of my tax dollars

[@ekghostofficial]

Likes from Pakistan

[@USMilitaryUM]

interesting video, the C-17 Globemaster III is the most advanced aircraft in America

[@Hossman757]

Hahahaha. Not even close.

[@alexm566]

@@Hossman757 what's more advanced besides fighter jets?

[@Sp00kq]

Did you really just say it's the most advanced plane in the US? If so, you're FAR off. Cus the F-35 and F-22 are much more advanced. Pretty much every modern fighter is more advances

[@derekrohan9619]

Haha. Did you really just say that? How do you figure that this cargo aircraft is the most advanced aircraft in the U.S. I can list a few that are far more advanced but I’m not even going to bother as somehow I don’t think it’s going to matter much.. hahaha wtf.

[@marem3038]

How old are you

[@bladerj]

to think years ago this was classified now its like, whatever you cant afford it anyway

[@blakeyuk1981]

$40,000. Is that cost of the rubber or total costs including the technicians. That’s a lot for a tyre!

[@remb9614]

Just a tire...it is the government we’re talking about...

[@kurtwm2010]

$120 at COSCO

[@prestonransome5362]

It's $10,000 extra if you want them balanced.

[@Nathan15038]

Damn 40 K is its like a Bugatti tire

[@MrChpinoza]

Le plus gigantesque avion cargo du monde est l' Antonov-An-225 Mriya de fabrication Russe. Il peut transporter le C-17 Globemaster avec ces pneus et ces quatre moteurs.

[@Mr.XYZ6775]

They should train with nascar tire changers to save GOV money

[@penguinatorfps8205]

spirit of fairborn dont get me wrong but this one sits at wpafb in fairborn ohio

[@dustin1481]

You could also have bought a 100tb ssd which also costs 40,000$.

[@brjgtm2011]

Only 40 k. ?... i think wheel loaders wheel cost more than this..

[@TheLarinator]

Military discount.

[@raajmata]

Would have been better with narration.. next time please do it

[@edmarchiarelli647]

Troca de pneu????????????

[@roberthaney4106]

Don't for get to change the air between seasons

[@battagliaanthony8197]

Rien a voir avec l image de présentation

[@johnathandeckard1954]

Your math doesn't add up. If the plane weighs 282,500lbs empty and it's Max liftoff weight is 585,000lbs, then that leaves 302,500lbs for cargo. Not the 170,900lbs stated in the video. Maybe you mean it can carry 170,900lbs of cargo after fuel and all other plane accessories are installed. If so, then you should state that clearly.

[@_namenloses_4593]

That one tire is more expensive than my car xD (I got no car I am 13)

[@maccas3037]

18 wheeler flying...

[@chase123456ist]

Not a lot of water in one go.

[@jmrev8968]

forgets about beast and instead is to proceeds of: - Life(cooking, gardening, gathering rock samples ...) - Education(uprightness) - Monetary - Past time(leisure) & - Rossary prayers(repetition prayers) THIS IS THE REAL SOLUTION.

[@TheEwolfin]

holy I'm so early

[@19thrange15]

Holy this comment says 5 hours ago but this video is 4 hours ago. Sir you just broke KZbin

[@johnevans6399]

Tyre is the correct way to spell tyre, unless of course you are too tire ed or find yourself tire ing then spell tyre the lazy way, tire....

[@gregmiller7123]

You spell it tyre if you drive on the wrong side of the road! Just messing with 'ya! But with the C-17 being an American aircraft I'm going to go with tire and our cars have hoods and trunks as opposed to bonnets and boots! Stay safe on the other side of the pond!

[@BikerGirlTraveler]

Thumbs down for not disabling mid-roll ads, and stopped watching.

[@jebise1126]

are those dudes wear latex gloves?

[@marzolian]

These are interesting videos, but you really need to give them better titles.

[@jhorne18]

This is what thy SHOULD be doing, not supplying these endless US overseas wars for Wall Street's benefit.

[@tacjam1]

LMAO...if you people only knew who the Air Force sends to the "Wheel and Tire Shop!" It's mostly those that don't do very well on the flight line working on airplanes.

[@user-we5hy7oj1s]

After all America is amazing! Japan should lose in the last war! The old man who died said that Japan couldn't fight against the United States. However, Japan was sunk by the United States, the country that built the battleship Yamato and Musashi, which has nine 46 Santi guns, but ... Glory to the United States and the Empire of Japan! !!

[@Whiteboytripping]

Baby let’s make love 💕 not war

[@wrstew1272]

Not much about fourth grand tires

[@icegiant1000]

40 grand for a tire is inexcusable. It would be cheaper to take the wheels off of a Bugatti Veyron, and those tires are hand made and can handle 260 mph.

[@MolsonPeanut]

Couldn't get 2,800 gallons, no no, just 2,799 gallons

[@maddrex6683]

ดี

[@politica9062]

Airbus the great Belal Elahy Creative

[@bestamerica]

' that airplane can carry two M1 main battle tanks

[@stevenscherry4143]

Why show a C130 tire blown out and then talk about the C17??

[@fcb7409]

God save usa

[@petebuck9889]

So many things wrong health and safety wise in that tyre bay but the huge one is a tyre should be inflated in a cage in case the split rim wheel isn’t assembled correctly. The tyre co7ld explode then everybody would get a bit

[@space_cakes]

Bugatti veyron tyres

[@cornerspeed92]

Fail, wish you people would stop adding music.

[@kevinmurphy5506]

Aw yeah that's the aircraft that the air force wanted so bad and then turned around and tried to get rid of.

[@Nisarg312]

Hey Pls make some Videos about Indian Military Aircraft Pls

[@rajesh-bq9xv]

Il 76 and c17 globe master are the back bone of indian air force 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🤠

[@seanlincoln9984]

When you have a massive fart but your sitting next to your crush on a test 0:54

[@gamergomali6031]

2nd

[@hardyanpajero69]

👍😎🍺🍩🔧🔧

[@paulorobertodebarros4013]

usa usa usa usa usa

[@1986Mazhara]

Американская лесная служба научилась контактировать с армией и использовать ее ресурсы во благо. В России могут такое организовать только для позирования перед камерой. И пусть наша техника круче, а толку ноль

[@chrisv4640]

So many typos and bad grammer. Why don't you show your subscriber count?