12/18/2023 0 Comments Tire plug sticking out![]() ![]() Now, I could have easily driven to where I got my tires installed and they would have fixed this for free. ![]() It was mocking me right there in the open. In the morning the tire was much lower and after a closer inspection, I saw the offending object, a screw lodged right there for all the world to see. When we stopped, I checked the tires and saw my rear passenger side was a little low, but I chalked this up to the cold snap we just received and drove home. My wife and I were out the other day and I noticed my tire pressure indicator light had come on. It has been safely stored away in the back of my rig since last summer just waiting for an opportunity to be used and finally, that happened. ![]() When you are 20 miles down a forest service road at night and push a sharp root or some piece of trail debris through your tire, it’s good to have options.įor those reasons and probably mostly looking at this from a preparedness standpoint, I bought my own tire plug kit. I would do just like many of you I assume and throw the spare on, chuck the flat in the back and drive to the local tire dealer or mechanic to get the repair done by someone with the skills and equipment to do it right.īut overland travel or bugging out situations present us with a different set of circumstances to consider. We do this because a flat tire is a relatively common, but easily remedied repair that anyone with the most limited knowledge can perform competently.Ĭhanging a tire is one thing but how many of you have gone the extra mile and used a tire plug kit to fix that flat tire? Before this past summer I personally hadn’t. My father showed me how to change my first tire when I was much too young to drive, and this simple skill is something that fathers and mothers have instilled in their own children (girls too!) just the same for many decades. Simply having a tire plug kit can get you back on the road and back to safety.įor years growing up, it was a simple fact of life that any card-carrying member of the “Mans club” had to be proficient at changing a flat tire. Don’t let a relatively minor puncture put you out of commission. ![]()
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