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Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? blanket #17371786 06/26/22
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX High_Noon Campfire Outfitter
High_Noon Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX	Originally Posted by Cheesy Several times. Originally Posted by blanket Several times l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371788 06/26/22
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,500 S.C. KS Y yeselk Campfire Regular
yeselk Campfire Regular Y Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,500 S.C. KS	I changed a tire for a couple women on a hot day once. They said a lot of cars drove by and didn't stop. A few days later the elder of the two came to my house and gave me a loaf of fresh bread. That was nice.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371793 06/26/22
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,396 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger
mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,396 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM	Commonly - who wouldn't? I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371794 06/26/22
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DBT Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,654 Likes: 1 QLD Australia.	A few times. One was a lady who knew how to change a tire, but didn't have the strength to undo the nuts because they had been overtighted with an airtool.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371807 06/26/22
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger
OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA	Stopped to change one for a college girl once. Way out in BFE and it was hot as a MF'er! I had a 3" 1911 IWB rig on and as I was getting the jack up under the frame when I heard her kinda gasp. LOL. When I got the maypop spare on there she started telling me she was late for a job interview and was gonna hit the 70 mph freeway and haul ass! Them little donuts are only good for 55 mph but what was I supposed to do? Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

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Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371808 06/26/22
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,965 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna
wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,965 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario	And, I've had young folks help me! These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? yeselk #17371816 06/26/22
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX High_Noon Campfire Outfitter
High_Noon Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX	Originally Posted by yeselk I changed a tire for a couple women on a hot day once. They said a lot of cars drove by and didn't stop. A few days later the elder of the two came to my house and gave me a loaf of fresh bread. That was nice. Did you do her? l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371821 06/26/22
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,460 Likes: 2 California R robertham1 Campfire Regular
robertham1 Campfire Regular R Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,460 Likes: 2 California	Never successfully. I’ve tried to twice. First time heading to an A’s game and a lady had a flat- stopped and offered to change it and at the time a Caltrans/tow truck operations stopped and got it done. Second time was aggravating. Coming home around 1am from what was a 16 hour shift. On a long sweeping off-ramp connecting two busy freeways a car was pulled over on not much of a shoulder. A lady was outside of her car on her phone. Thinking she was probably scared- I pulled over. Flat tire. Offered to help. She said she’s been waiting for a tow truck but they can’t find her. I help translate where the hell she was to the driver. He wouldn’t be there for an hour. I was on a motorcycle so I laid my jacket down to start to change the tire. It was a smaller/newer sports car. The rude lady couldn’t be bothered to get off the phone when I had to ask some basic questions… like can you open the trunk and unlock the doors so I can find the Jack. After getting the Jack/tire it became apparent that I wasnt going to be able to change it as the car was lowered. The Jack woulsnt fit under the Jack point. So I left, after making sure she wasn’t scared. What started out like a porno, ended up with quite the frustration. Last edited by robertham1; 06/26/22.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371822 06/26/22
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Hotrod_Lincoln Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jun 2019 Posts: 9,978 Likes: 8	I stopped in a pretty rough looking neighborhood in East St. Louis to change a tire for an absolutely panic-stricken young mother with a kid in a car seat. The fact that I was packing a P-64 in my waist band and made a point to let it show didn't bother her at all. Of course, both of us were white, and we looked like a couple of polar bears in a coal mine! Over the past 50+ years, I've probably changed a dozen or more tires for total strangers. Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371827 06/26/22
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jwp475 Campfire 'Bwana J Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 30,956 Likes: 3 USA	Certainly have stopped and changed a flat for someone that needed help I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first

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Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371830 06/26/22
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,404 Likes: 1 Jersey Devil Country J JeffyD Campfire Tracker
JeffyD Campfire Tracker J Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,404 Likes: 1 Jersey Devil Country	Numerous times, but it's been years. Now, with two knee replacements, I'm the one who would need help. "No good deed shall go unpunished!"

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371834 06/26/22
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,965 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna
wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,965 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario	I've pulled out folks that were stuck. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371848 06/26/22
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stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,181 Likes: 1 south texas-Corpus Christi	I always stop and offer help, or help. Karma got me yrs ago, I passed an old couple with a flat, but was in a hurry and didn't stop and ended up having a flat myself several miles down the road. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371857 06/26/22
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,181 Likes: 1 south texas-Corpus Christi stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana
stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,181 Likes: 1 south texas-Corpus Christi	Read a story about Trump, A couple stopped to help change a tire on his limo, and he paid off their mortgage. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371858 06/26/22
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA Higginez OP Campfire Ranger
OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,314 Likes: 1 Durham, CA	LOL Roger. I stopped one time to help an elderly couple at the end of road 24 almost to Hwy 99. I put on the little maypop spare and told the fella to go the quarter mile to the end of the road and turn right and he'd run right into a Les Schwaab Tire. He turned left. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371866 06/26/22
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,130 Texas tater74 Campfire Regular
tater74 Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,130 Texas	Yes. Several times. The cow is where you are, the bull is where you want to be. No one gets something for nothing unless someone else got nothing for something.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? stxhunter #17371869 06/26/22
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logger Campfire Tracker L Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,583 Southern Oregon	About 40 years ago my wife and I were heading to a race at the Westwood track outside of Vancouver, BC. Just north of Woodburn, Oregon on I-5 we saw an older Dodge Dart with a flat tire and pulled over. There were 4 nuns in the car heading to Portland for an important event. They said their jack wouldn't work. Not a problem. We got our floor jack from the trailer and had the tire changed in no time at all. They were very appreciative and blessed our racing season. We both won championships that year.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371870 06/26/22
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wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,965 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario	I've sold Ford breaker points on interstate 80. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371879 06/26/22
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,926 Likes: 12 Hi-Line SamOlson Campfire 'Bwana
SamOlson Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,926 Likes: 12 Hi-Line	I once changed out valve cover gaskets alongside a very busy major interstate highway.

Re: Have you ever stopped to change out someone else's tire? Higginez #17371882 06/26/22
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Theoldpinecricker Campfire Regular T Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 1,961	Yep. Two gals had a flat bad tire and their screw style jack was bending up the lift point next to door and barely lifting. Spare was also flat. I put a little bottle jack under and got the car lifted and aired up the limper tire and had them on their way. Can't tell you how many vehicles pull back onto the broad in the winter with the Cummins one ton

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