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Post by Jersey on Nov 9, 2009 20:05:51 GMT -5
I had a hard time driving back up to school last night. I stopped at the a rest stop on the way up to get gas before I continued driving. As I was just about to get back on the main highway, BOOM! I ran right over a crowbar and completely destroyed my back right tire. It went in through the tread and straight out the side, rendering the tire beyond repair. Gotta love lady luck... Anyway I pulled over to the side of the highway re-entrance and started trying to raise the truck and replace the tire with the spare. Naturally, the lug wrench I had didn't fit the custom lug nuts on my rim. After nearly getting run over twice and watching a pair of speeding drivers nearly get into an accident, I actually threw everything into the back of the truck, started it up, and traveled SOUTH on a northbound highway for about 100 feet back to the gas station. Talk about having to pick my moment. But it was better than waiting to get killed by typical Jersey drivers that cannot slow down for the disabled vehicles on the road... Fortunately there was a gentleman at the gas station who had the correct lug wrench. He gave me a hand changing the tire, and after he went on his way I filled up the spare and left myself. I didn't get back here at school until 2:30 AM. I have no idea how the crowbar could have wound up in the road for me to run over it, but here is a picture of the end of it poking out of the tread. I don't have a picture of it sticking out of the side yet, but I'll post one when I get the time to move the tire around more.  |
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Post by fartinggurl on Nov 9, 2009 21:26:14 GMT -5
Wow. Something similar happened to my dad a couple years ago. He was driving down a country road during the day, and while trying to avoid a pothole in the road, he ran over a broken piece of pipe, and it went through the front tire and out the side. Luckily my dad was only a few blocks away from a gas station when it happened.
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Post by Beangirl on Nov 9, 2009 22:19:59 GMT -5
Holy Crap! I am glad you are OK Jersey. A- holes and there tools. There ought to be a stiff fine for those jackasses. I have a Toyota Corolla and I ran over a vice grip pliers. That sucker went into my engine and cracked my engine mounts and tore my CVS Boot.  |
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Post by Classicblast on Nov 9, 2009 23:32:30 GMT -5
Its' real surprising what can be found in the road.
I've run over a whole tractor trailer tire once. Not the rim but the tire was pealed off and I didn't see it until I was right upon it. It vibrated enough I was afraid there could be damage but it appeared as if nothing happened. I was concerned about my radiator, oilpan and breaklines but those were ok. Thankfully.
Jersey this should be a lesson. I hope you went out and bought the right socket for the wheels you have don't wait for another flat tire to say Damn that's what I've been needing to get.
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Post by Blastgirl on Nov 10, 2009 3:42:05 GMT -5
That's weird to get a crow bar in a tire. I hope the rest of your truck wasn't damaged. I had flat tires but it was always a nail. Nothing exciting like this.
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Post by Mahnarch on Nov 12, 2009 3:04:01 GMT -5
Its' real surprising what can be found in the road. I've run over a whole tractor trailer tire once. Not the rim but the tire was pealed off and I didn't see it until I was right upon it. It vibrated enough I was afraid there could be damage but it appeared as if nothing happened. I was concerned about my radiator, oil pan and break lines but those were ok. Thankfully. Classic: What you hit there is what we call a 'Gator' (the peeled off tread of a tire) [short for 'Alligator' - cuz they look like mini-gators]. Good thing it didn't 'bite you' (damage anything). 'Gators' have been known to crack windshields, smash head lights and flatten four-wheeler (car) tires. If you have a CB and hear a driver say, "Keep your eyes pealed, Drivers. We've got a gator in the middle of the strip at ** (whatever mile marker). be alert for a tire tread at that location (in the middle of the road/interstate). OH, hey, Jersey..... Can you mail that crowbar back to me?.......  ;D |
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Post by Classicblast on Nov 12, 2009 12:47:09 GMT -5
The "gator" hahaha, was something I could have avoided altogether. I wasn't really looking until it was right upon me and by then it was too late to swerve.
That's one of those times it would have been better to have more traffic because when everybody moves aside you know something is in the road.
I've seen suitcases broken and clothes everywhere quite a few times. Mufflers a lot too.
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Post by Jason O'Lewa on Nov 14, 2009 17:13:38 GMT -5
theres some pretty weird things in the road sometimes
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Post by Phil on Nov 14, 2009 22:05:41 GMT -5
How bad was the additional damage other than needing a tire of course?
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Post by Beangirl on Nov 14, 2009 23:02:20 GMT -5
Its' real surprising what can be found in the road. I've run over a whole tractor trailer tire once. Not the rim but the tire was pealed off and I didn't see it until I was right upon it. It vibrated enough I was afraid there could be damage but it appeared as if nothing happened. I was concerned about my radiator, oil pan and break lines but those were ok. Thankfully. Classic: What you hit there is what we call a 'Gator' (the peeled off tread of a tire) [short for 'Alligator' - cuz they look like mini-gators]. Good thing it didn't 'bite you' (damage anything). 'Gators' have been known to crack windshields, smash head lights and flatten four-wheeler (car) tires. If you have a CB and hear a driver say, "Keep your eyes pealed, Drivers. We've got a gator in the middle of the strip at ** (whatever mile marker). be alert for a tire tread at that location (in the middle of the road/interstate). OH, hey, Jersey..... Can you mail that crowbar back to me?....... ;D LOL! Hey, you want your vice grips back too??  |
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Post by Blastgirl on Nov 21, 2009 2:33:13 GMT -5
This is almost something you would think only happens in the Movies.
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Post by Beangirl on Nov 22, 2009 16:13:09 GMT -5
This is almost something you would think only happens in the Movies. Or Road Runner Cartoons... was that an ACME Crowbar? |
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Post by Jersey on Nov 22, 2009 16:51:21 GMT -5
How bad was the additional damage other than needing a tire of course? There's a nice scratch on my fender guard. They all need painted eventually but it looks ridiculous now. The new tire was around $200. I had them save the crowbar. I'll post a picture when I get around to it. I also had all the mechanics scratiching their heads wondering how I managed to do this. ACME crowbar indeed. |
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Post by Classicblast on Nov 22, 2009 22:41:07 GMT -5
I'm glad it didn't stick out enough to keep rolling around and smashing the fender that happens sometimes if there's a big item in the tire.
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Post by Blastgirl on Nov 24, 2009 3:14:15 GMT -5
I'm amazed how expensive tires are now.
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Post by Mahnarch on Dec 1, 2009 1:38:22 GMT -5
I'm amazed how expensive tires are now. I bought a set of 4 P265s for my truck a year ago for $500 (cash, of course). Back when I worked at the garage we were selling sets of 4 for $300. The worst thing I ever pulled out of a tire? Road kill bones... Someone killed something. A day or so later my customer ran that same kill over and shoved a femur bone or something through the tread. .....it didn't come out in one peice... Possibly Racoon. |
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Post by Beangirl on Dec 1, 2009 23:30:18 GMT -5
In Los Angeles ...The only road kill we have are "gang bangers". or thugs.. dead after a shottout with the LAPD. |
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Post by Mahnarch on Dec 2, 2009 3:00:07 GMT -5
Good to see you're still up and around, Beanie!!!! HA! Just kidding. I would never suspect you as being a gang banger..... ...then again.... they say that it's always the last one you'd suspect!!! Hmmmm!!! Plus, the bandana wearing avatar, there. I have my doubts as to your real life...... |
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