15,000 pounds, not 15,000 tonnes.

15,000 tones would be a 30 million pound tire, weigh 245 times as much as an M1 tank.

Neat sift though

You caught me in a little slip, however please note that I said 15 tonnes, not 15 000- a much smaller margin of error. Let's agree to round it off and call it 7 1/2 tonnes, okay?

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Ok, we're getting this coal for what? To make electricity, "welcome to electric avenue!" so....

When production costs of one GD tire are this high,,, why not just put all of that money into producing mirrored - heat tower power plants!

Duh dunuh naaah!

The tire makers can get jobs cleaning mirrors at night, or assembly/repair. About the same fun/skill level as they were working at before.

Oh wait, I forgot about capitalism...

The hydraulic press that forms the tire is the best part!

Upvote for being able to blast a 200lb man 10,000ft in the air. Wanted to see that tho... SOMEONE CALL MYTHBUSTERS!!!

The construction process is very interesting.

And I like how they hype everything up needlessly.

America's (sorry, "WORLD'S")strongest tyre, strongest digger type thing and BIGGEST hauler and most amount of soil anywhere!

The critical part of the operation: the elite team of tyre builders carefully check every square inch. Should they see any moulding imperfection, they swiftly address it [with what looks like a little scraper thing to me...]

When did 15,000 pounds equal 15 tonnes? Last time I check a tonne was 2,000 pounds. I'm no math whiz, but I'm guessing the title should read 7.5 tonnes.

Imagine the size of a tire this thing would use!

I never get TIRED of watching this!
I enjoyed watching those workers PLY their trade!

TIRES!

You could have one hell of a bonfire with one of those!

My god I wish the states would go metric, all this guff over how many pounds are in a tonne... urgh, and using Fahrenheit. Why can't 'scientific' shows on Discovery lead the way and start showing mainstream America that scientists actually use metric these days. Madness.

And also, the ridiculous comparisons... yeah, because knowing how far I can blast a 200 pound man really lets me visualize the tire energy better.

Still, quite fascinating.

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