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iamdub
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Reposting this from another thread:
Christmas Eve night, around 10:30-11:00, on the side of the road in 36° temps with 18MPH winds, I swapped the spare onto the right rear corner.
Back story: Coming back from my brother's house, some jackasses in mildly lifted crew cab trucks blew past us, weaving around the other cars. There were very, very few cars on the road, but they made it a point to fly up on them, ride their bumpers for a few seconds, then zip around them and swerve back in front of them with just a foot or two of bumper clearance. Really, just the typical Louisiana-douchebag-in-fullsize truck stuff they all do to assert their ****** superiority. They were obviously following each other. One had a rocking horse in the bed and the other had something that I couldn't identify due to the short viewing window. They sped off into the dark until their tail lights vanished. About a minute later, I rounded the blind corner under an overpass and my headlights hit the back of both trucks parked on the roadside with a couple of the Louisiana ********** standing at the tailgates and watching traffic. Right then I noticed something in the road and swerved, but was too late. Whatever it was, it immediately flattened the right rear. I pulled to the side of the road and, as I was getting the girls situated, the two trucks blew by me again. Makes me wish I had a spike strip on hand.
The other truck that wasn't hauling the rocking horse lost whatever it was when they took that corner too fast. Part of it was still hanging over the side of his truck. I don't know what it was, but it was wooden and obviously had some sort of metal brackets on it. Now that I think of it, I'm wondering if it was the frame for the rocking horse and the horse itself was in the other truck. When I hit the stuff in the road, I heard a metallic sound that was very much like a spring or springs on concrete.
It's a lefthand turn that is sharper than 90°, and the turn begins as you're still under the overpass. Due to the embankment, you can't see what's ahead until after you've made the turn. There's also no street lights. They have oversized guard rails cuz people that don't know that curve are always going too fast. There's all kinds of junk and car body parts piled up against the rails.
Thinking back on their stopped positions and where the debris was, it looks like they took the turn too fast and whatever large wooden framework-type thing they had rolled out, hit the guard rail and skid back into the road. It had already been hit by another truck and car since they were ahead of them on the side of the road. I was lucky number three and caught whatever remnants just right to slash my tire. The drivers of the first two vehicles looked to just be checking their tires and were fine so they left.
Right after I rolled over the stuff, they picked it up (or just kicked it to the roadside) and hauled ass.
I'm pissed that their stupidity caused me the trouble, but found a little solace in that the tires were near their end of life, anyway.
Theses tires are OEM equipment and are all over Facebook Marketplace in singles, pairs and full sets in varying tread depths. I'll try to find one similar in condition for cheap and replace it, then roll on 'em for a little while. With how little I drive it, even low tread tires will last me. I'm sure I'll be getting different wheels and new tires this year, though.
Christmas Eve night, around 10:30-11:00, on the side of the road in 36° temps with 18MPH winds, I swapped the spare onto the right rear corner.
Back story: Coming back from my brother's house, some jackasses in mildly lifted crew cab trucks blew past us, weaving around the other cars. There were very, very few cars on the road, but they made it a point to fly up on them, ride their bumpers for a few seconds, then zip around them and swerve back in front of them with just a foot or two of bumper clearance. Really, just the typical Louisiana-douchebag-in-fullsize truck stuff they all do to assert their ****** superiority. They were obviously following each other. One had a rocking horse in the bed and the other had something that I couldn't identify due to the short viewing window. They sped off into the dark until their tail lights vanished. About a minute later, I rounded the blind corner under an overpass and my headlights hit the back of both trucks parked on the roadside with a couple of the Louisiana ********** standing at the tailgates and watching traffic. Right then I noticed something in the road and swerved, but was too late. Whatever it was, it immediately flattened the right rear. I pulled to the side of the road and, as I was getting the girls situated, the two trucks blew by me again. Makes me wish I had a spike strip on hand.
The other truck that wasn't hauling the rocking horse lost whatever it was when they took that corner too fast. Part of it was still hanging over the side of his truck. I don't know what it was, but it was wooden and obviously had some sort of metal brackets on it. Now that I think of it, I'm wondering if it was the frame for the rocking horse and the horse itself was in the other truck. When I hit the stuff in the road, I heard a metallic sound that was very much like a spring or springs on concrete.
It's a lefthand turn that is sharper than 90°, and the turn begins as you're still under the overpass. Due to the embankment, you can't see what's ahead until after you've made the turn. There's also no street lights. They have oversized guard rails cuz people that don't know that curve are always going too fast. There's all kinds of junk and car body parts piled up against the rails.
Thinking back on their stopped positions and where the debris was, it looks like they took the turn too fast and whatever large wooden framework-type thing they had rolled out, hit the guard rail and skid back into the road. It had already been hit by another truck and car since they were ahead of them on the side of the road. I was lucky number three and caught whatever remnants just right to slash my tire. The drivers of the first two vehicles looked to just be checking their tires and were fine so they left.
Right after I rolled over the stuff, they picked it up (or just kicked it to the roadside) and hauled ass.
I'm pissed that their stupidity caused me the trouble, but found a little solace in that the tires were near their end of life, anyway.
Theses tires are OEM equipment and are all over Facebook Marketplace in singles, pairs and full sets in varying tread depths. I'll try to find one similar in condition for cheap and replace it, then roll on 'em for a little while. With how little I drive it, even low tread tires will last me. I'm sure I'll be getting different wheels and new tires this year, though.
