The roads are kind to me.

[Lonesome Dove]

Went to get my new tires for the Truck and picked up this dude on the way there. Coincidence maybe?

 

[no2gates]

That's a bizarre bolt .

 

[BRD@66]

That's a bizarre bolt .

Used to bolt bizarres together.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

That's a bizarre bolt .

I think it may be for some type of bracket.

 

[TxStetson]

I think it may be for some type of bracket.

Good thing it happened before the new tires instead of after.

It looks like a bolt for mounting an electric motor so you can adjust belt tension.

ETA: I think I lost one in your neighborhood.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Good thing it happened before the new tires instead of after.

It looks like a bolt for mounting an electric motor so you can adjust belt tension.

ETA: I think I lost one in your neighborhood.

Well someone did and I found it.

 

[Texasjack]

My first car had some pretty worn down tires on it. Baloney skins. Driving home one night I heard a "thump-thump-thump" and stopped to find out what it was. I had a screwdriver embedded in the tire. I still have the screwdriver around here somewhere, 50 years later. I don't think tires back then had decent belts in them.

 

[candcallen]

Texas roads suck. I have had more flat repairs in Texas than 50 years of roads outside of Texas.

Texas uses its residents to sweep up road hazards by collecting them in their 1000 dollar sets of tires. Other states actually sweep the roads.

I could fill a pocket with roofing nails on my walks.

The toll way is the only place I've seen a sweeper on and I'm convinced it's only cause of the construction.

 

[Coon]

And what's crazy is what they call "road hazard warranty" these days.

 

[Charlie]

Damn it's dark outside!!

 

[Lonesome Dove]

My first car had some pretty worn down tires on it. Baloney skins. Driving home one night I heard a "thump-thump-thump" and stopped to find out what it was. I had a screwdriver embedded in the tire. I still have the screwdriver around here somewhere, 50 years later. I don't think tires back then had decent belts in them.

About 30 years ago I had a 1970 Bronco and look what I ran over with it. It's a Sanp-On ratcheting screwdriver that still works. We must have been neighbors.

 

[Texasjack]

Texas roads suck. I have had more flat repairs in Texas than 50 years of roads outside of Texas.

Texas uses its residents to sweep up road hazards by collecting them in their 1000 dollar sets of tires. Other states actually sweep the roads.

I could fill a pocket with roofing nails on my walks.

The toll way is the only place I've seen a sweeper on and I'm convinced it's only cause of the construction.

I used to do a lot of travelling, especially when I worked pipeline. The best roads in NY and NJ make the worst roads in Texas look like the Indianapolis Speedway. Pennsylvania has a system of interconnected potholes that they call roads. I guess they can get away with calling them that because they have road construction crews covering 80% of the roads with barrels and barricades during the summer. Each one has 20 miles of barrels and at the end of the string of barrels there are 3 guys - one working, one watching, and one eating a sandwich.

The one exception to Texas roads being OK is 225 in Houston. There are about 10 million semis per hour driving down that road hauling everything from gravel to high explosives. When I worked along that route, there was an auto glass company that came by the parking lot once per week and replaced windshields. I had a chunk of asphalt that flew out from the other side of the road and hit my windshield that must have weighed at least 5 lbs. It just stuck where it hit.

 

[oldag]

I would have probably found it on the way back with the new tire installed.

 

[stuhoevel]

Could be worse. It could be in a new windshield.

 

[Coiled]

Texas roads suck. I have had more flat repairs in Texas than 50 years of roads outside of Texas.

Texas uses its residents to sweep up road hazards by collecting them in their 1000 dollar sets of tires. Other states actually sweep the roads.

I could fill a pocket with roofing nails on my walks.

The toll way is the only place I've seen a sweeper on and I'm convinced it's only cause of the construction.

Who's making you stay?

In all seriousness my last flat was about 5yrs ago on the way to work because I left the roadway, in the rain, at 70mph, spinning down the ROW and across a concrete culvert. Fortunately sideways and the axles straddled it. The tire (Michelin) was good all day below 40mph but heading home at 70 there was a major malfunction.

 

[candcallen]

Who's making you stay?

In all seriousness my last flat was about 5yrs ago on the way to work because I left the roadway, in the rain, at 70mph, spinning down the ROW and across a concrete culvert. Fortunately sideways and the axles straddled it. The tire (Michelin) was good all day below 40mph but heading home at 70 there was a major malfunction.

A blow out on 2 wheels will kill you right now.

What's making me stay? Seeing what stupid shit you will say out loud at axxes party. Lol

Then we can all look at each other and say you know you just said that out loud right and then point and laugh. It's worth a flat or 3.

Lol

 

[seeker_two]

Could be worse. It could be in a new windshield.

At least the windshield would be covered by insurance....