Brother got new tires put on today. Cost $600. He does about 20,000 miles a year, so the tires will last for about 3 years. The cost is $16 a month. So, in trying to save $32, tire wear for two months, he got a blowout and got to change a tire on the shoulder. I also ran those numbers by him, two months ago.
He is lucky, it was the left rear tire. Had that been a front tire he might have been in a bad wreck.
Rear tire blows have caused rollovers and ejections.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I was in the same boat recently. I was trying to push the new tire purchase out a couple months. One of the tire specialists in our motorcycle riding group told me that I was trying to save nothing. He was right. That weekend I was pulling my RV trailer and the rear tire developed a leak. I had to stop every 25 miles to fill the tire with air. I was in a battle to save a $1000.00 aluminum 20" rim. I made it home after begging stores and gas stations to plug in my air compressor. You would be surprised how many women store managers didn’t think I was capable of plugging in a compressor.
tires ain't nuttin to mess with. if you ever had a car hydroplane all the way into the opposing lane you would pay close attention to your tires.
they used to recap tires around here back in the day. i don't know if thats still a thing or not. i ran recaps a lot. they were like 10 bucks a tire back the 70's.
I sent the wife down to the sawmill in the f250 and 16ft trailer to get a bundle of hickory slabs.
If I go down there to the sawmill, they say all the slabs are presold for the tobacco growing mennonites. Ok sure
Send here down, tell her to do the yoga pants, pony tail, sports bra thing. Sure enough, the greaseballs will load the trailer up.
Calls me says trailer had a magnificent explosion on one of the 4 trailer tires. 10 miles from the house. Told he still had 3 more back there come on with it. She said hunks of rubber was flying 20ft in the air and chit. Got home and the tire was completely off the rim and gone. Lol.
Piece of cake.
She must be a saint!
wipes butts, builds cabinets, has her own radial arm saw, eats raw okra, stacks wood, cleans up puke, changes her own brake pads, can deck a roof and lay shingles too and makes key lime pie.
My recently purchased 95 subaru had what looked like 4 good skins. "Cool, car 23 years old, 115k good rubber, $1500.
Ran it around here, thought it had a wobble, couldn t see anything with a quick look. Dro ve it a few months, 8-10 mile trips to work. "Seems worse?"
Had to go to doc, 40 miles interstate, didnt notice anything. Slowed down on the ramp, whomp, whomp, whom.
Stopping at the stoplight, it felt wiggly, and you could feel a corner going up and down. Pulled into the lot, looked at it, couldn't see anything. Smoke rolling out the hood from the leaky valve covers, and wherever the tranny fluid leaks from, "Hope some [bleep] doesn't call the fire dept. They will destroy my car trying to put out the "fire".
Done with doc, start down the old road, its slower. And the car acts worse, big road, drop the hammer. ("Hope this bitch hold till i get home)
Get off the ramp, 5 miles to go. She's shaking.
Home! !
Get my wife, I lay in the road, she is going to pull forward, then backup. She moves a few feet, That SOB is bent about 6 inches laterally, 3 inches vertically.
Pull one off the retired junker in the yard. Next day, the fallen soldier is flat.
I think I cut that one close.
Couple months later, it's mate on the other Side did the same. Swapped it immediately.
Still running the thing. Mostly my 17 year old daughter short tripping. (She uses a better car for any distance) Of course she loves it. Smoke coming out the hood, squeaky brakes. Dad hit a snowbank, come-a-long and hammer fender. zip tie stitched front end plastic and bumper. Too bad the exhaust gaskets don't leak, yet!
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
Sometimes money is tight. BTDT. I drove a few tires down past the wear bars in my day. When in that condition, I take extra care.
Nowadays I do well enough to keep decent skins on my autos. Planning on new skins for my truck. Currently rolls with AT D load rating, will go to E load rating. Ds have served me fine, but E are just more common.
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deadlift_dude “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.” ----Fred Rogers
