tits n tires

[longarm]

Triple A is cheap.
I'd let her sit at home with a flat tire and the kids whining
for a couple days so she gets the message.

 

[RustyRatRod]

You caint even plug your wife's tire?

 

[MitchDart]

If it makes you feel any better, I read the first 90% of your post thinking it was the set-up for some joke- waiting for the punchline...

Seriously, go back and try to turn it into some joke because you've got a great set-up. Maybe something about rolling up the $20 bill and shoving it in the nail hole...

...just trying to turn it into a smile for ya'

Damn, my wife had a nail in her van tire. I pump it up with air, i tell her i cannot get it patched during the week as everythings closed when i get home, plus i can never get the van from her to fix it. I give her $20, tell her to go to the local flats fix place and have it patched.

Well a week and a half goes by with nothing more said about the tire until this morning she tells me her tire is flat. I'm like what the ****?!? I tell her why the hell didnt you get it fixed. She tells me a story about getting caught up on christmas shopping, and having to use the money for gas. I tell her, without a round tire you aint doing any christmas shopping. Heres the thing, if she told me hey, i had to use it for gas, i would have given her another $20 to fix it.

So here i am in freezing rain pulling the tire off, and hunting around for a shop that can patch it on a saturday morning. She gets nails all the freakin time. Its like her van is a fuckin nail magnet.

I had a bunch o **** i was planning on doing today, but this just soured my mood. I ******* hate weekends. Kids home fighting and whining about stupid ****, pissing us all off, and its raining and freezing cold so we all are stuck inside together.

TITS or TIRES, Sheesh. If its got either, your gonna have trouble.

Matt

 

[TrailBeast]

Somebody's wife is spoiled, and knew damn well what would happen if she didn't get it fixed.

As for the girls, that's normal for girls.
We raised two and I can tell you that it only gets better when they move out.

 

[Leadfoot]

I know I'll get some disagreement about this, but I'd just plug it myself. I've done several over the years, with no problem.

Not from me. I live on a farm and get flat tires all the time. I have so many plugs I sometimes think about getting the tires balanced again.

 

[moparmat2000]

You caint even plug your wife's tire?

As i said before. I had a plug kit. Never had good luck with using it. I prefer to have it patched on the inside. Is that a crime? Not to mention the fact that when i get home during the week she is running the kids here and there, and isnt home herself, so i can never get the damn van to fix it. I got lucky one tire shop was open today so i could put a patch on it. I explained it all in previous posts. In a perfect world id be able to come home from work at about 4pm, and the van would be there for me to pull the wheel off and get it fixed. But since that is not possible with her schedule, thats why i gave her $20 and told her where she needed to bring it during the day to get it fixed. Comprende mi amigo ? Very easy to play monday morning quarterback.

 

[RustyRatRod]

As i said before. I had a plug kit. Never had good luck with using it. I prefer to have it patched on the inside. Is that a crime?

No of course not, but it's the incorrect way to repair a radial tire.

A plug is the best for a couple of reasons. First, a radial tire "squirms" when it meets the road, whereas a bias ply tire does not. This movement can and will make a patch work loose.

Secondly, when you patch a tire, you still have a hole in it. The patch does nothing to repair the hole. So, dirt and debris fill the hole from the outside and cause the patch to work loose.

A plug is a very simple and effective repair. If you are "having trouble with it" then you're doing something wrong.

 

[moparmat2000]

I have a friend who lives about 20 miles away who knows how to plug tires. He wasnt home today, i prob would have asked him for help plugging it. Next time i have a nail in a tire i will see if he can show me how to use the plug kit it so it wont leak.

If i had luck with plug kits i would have plugged it when i could have gotten my hands on the van, and been done with it.

Didnt know that about radial tires and patches, however i never had any come loose.

Matt

 

[pishta]

patches on radials also let water in and rust the belts. plug em!

oh, and as for the pic.....tire meat and sweater meat!

 

[Princess Valiant]

I have a friend who lives about 20 miles away who knows how to plug tires. He wasnt home today, i prob would have asked him for help plugging it. Next time i have a nail in a tire i will see if he can show me how to use the plug kit it so it wont leak.

If i had luck with plug kits i would have plugged it when i could have gotten my hands on the van, and been done with it.

Didnt know that about radial tires and patches, however i never had any come loose.

Matt

plugs are easy ...I am probably half your size and I get them ....takes some persistence. I have the kit with "T" handles. ....you just take the nail out and stab it with the rat file one and clean it out ......then get the plug on other T handle and I wet the plug with water with dishsoap in it .....fill the tire with some air so its harder to push against and make sure the plug is wet and jam it in with all your might and the leave about a 1/4 sticking out and trim it off. when you pull the "T" handle out it should seal and once it dries .....it should be sealed real good.

if it needs a plug on the sidewall or close to the sidewall where it flexes ...I wouldn't plug but seek tire replacement.

 

[Princess Valiant]

Didnt know that about radial tires and patches, however i never had any come loose.

Matt

it doesn't need to come loose to allow water in to rust the belts ....the patch is on the inside and there is still a hole on the outside exposing a few belts.

 

[Ddaddy]

At least a tire is always round and firm and doesn't sag with age.

Tits...not so much.

 

[krazykuda]

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[Abodybomber]

Not from me. I live on a farm and get flat tires all the time. I have so many plugs I sometimes think about getting the tires balanced again.

LMAO,Karl... Keep plugs on hand,most of the time. They work,most of the time. Anything near the sidewall on a radial, hot boot or properly applied inside patch,MAYBE....

 

[Abodybomber]

plugs are easy ...I am probably half your size and I get them ....takes some persistence. I have the kit with "T" handles. ....you just take the nail out and stab it with the rat file one and clean it out ......then get the plug on other T handle and I wet the plug with water with dishsoap in it .....fill the tire with some air so its harder to push against and make sure the plug is wet and jam it in with all your might and the leave about a 1/4 sticking out and trim it off. when you pull the "T" handle out it should seal and once it dries .....it should be sealed real good.

if it needs a plug on the sidewall or close to the sidewall where it flexes ...I wouldn't plug but seek tire replacement.

That's as traditional ,as it gets...and safe...

 

['73red-duster]

Plug kits are pretty simple to use. (Don't cheap out, buy a good one) Follow the instruction on the kit, and you should be good. I wouldn't attempt fixing a sidewall, with either method.

 

[moparmat2000]

Allright y'all got me convinced. I'm going to buy another decent plug kit. I gave the other one away i had. Will try this again. I know on the edges of the tread or on sidewalls patching and plugging is a no no. With the way her van hoovers up nails i'm sure it wont be long before i need to fix a tire again.

 

[moparmat2000]

patches on radials also let water in and rust the belts. plug em!

oh, and as for the pic.....tire meat and sweater meat!

Yep i had pro tracs in the early 90s on my 69 charger. She got some nice ones too.

 

[goldfish65]

Like the title says...

In retrospect it makes no sense to keep driving on a tire when there's a nail in it, but we all know some people don't always think logically!

I would be inclined to rant too... Glad to see it all worked out.

 

[Johnny Dart]

:d

 

[69FBCuda]

Plugs, why not pickup a cheap rim and tire for a quick change out while getting the other repaired. Keep the jack and tire right there inside the garage by the door. As far as the Tits, probably wont be around long without the tires. Then your really SCREWED