RoundOut
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While off pavement yesterday, I got a chance to use my new Extreme Outback Ultimate Puncture Repair Kit that I bought from Adventure Trailers shortly after getting home from the Expedition Trophy 2008.
My son and I went shooting at a buddy's ranch yesterday. I used my Stauns to air down to 16 psi after leaving the pavement. About an hour into the shooting, my son noticed my right rear tire was flat. I fired up the OBA, inflated it to about 5 pounds, and then could hear the hiss coming from a spot right on top in the middle (thankfully - since I'd hate to have it scraping the inside of my rim like it could have if it were on the bottom at the time we parked.) This little thorn found its way into my BFG AT somehow.
It took a large pair of vice grips to pull the spike out. Lucky I had a set with me in the tool bag. After chalking the tires, we used the high-lift jack with the slider adapter and a large block to lift the truck in front of the right rear tire. We pulled it off to remove the spike. We reamed the hole after freeing the stow-away. I figured it would be a multiple thread hole, and sure enough, it took three of the large strings to fill it. We started with two, and it seemed to hold air, until we inflated it to about 32 pounds. The bubbles started flowing slowly, so I stuck another of the big strings in the hole. She aired up to 40 pounds without another bubble.
I suppose the spike is from a rural telephone pole step or something similar. It is too short and narrow to be a railroad spike, but not by much. I was just thankful for Martyn's lessons on tire repair and the final tire repair challenge competition from the Expedition Trophy 2008. The lessons learned and practiced made it an easy trail repair with the right tools.
The spike punctured the tread, just below a lug at the approximate angle shown in the picture.
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My son and I went shooting at a buddy's ranch yesterday. I used my Stauns to air down to 16 psi after leaving the pavement. About an hour into the shooting, my son noticed my right rear tire was flat. I fired up the OBA, inflated it to about 5 pounds, and then could hear the hiss coming from a spot right on top in the middle (thankfully - since I'd hate to have it scraping the inside of my rim like it could have if it were on the bottom at the time we parked.) This little thorn found its way into my BFG AT somehow.
It took a large pair of vice grips to pull the spike out. Lucky I had a set with me in the tool bag. After chalking the tires, we used the high-lift jack with the slider adapter and a large block to lift the truck in front of the right rear tire. We pulled it off to remove the spike. We reamed the hole after freeing the stow-away. I figured it would be a multiple thread hole, and sure enough, it took three of the large strings to fill it. We started with two, and it seemed to hold air, until we inflated it to about 32 pounds. The bubbles started flowing slowly, so I stuck another of the big strings in the hole. She aired up to 40 pounds without another bubble.
I suppose the spike is from a rural telephone pole step or something similar. It is too short and narrow to be a railroad spike, but not by much. I was just thankful for Martyn's lessons on tire repair and the final tire repair challenge competition from the Expedition Trophy 2008. The lessons learned and practiced made it an easy trail repair with the right tools.
The spike punctured the tread, just below a lug at the approximate angle shown in the picture.
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