Damn Stone!

[Cabin Fever]

My truck was parked in the garage when my wife pulled in on Sunday. She asked if I knew I had a flat tire?! I went out to look and sure enough, it was as flat as a pancake! I assumed I ran over a nail or something.  I pumped it up, but could hear air coming out on top of the tire. It looked like a stone. I pumped it up again yesterday morning and raced 3 miles to the shop to have it fixed. Ended up being a stone that wedged perfectly between my tread and punctured the tire! Damn it! Got it patched from the inside, but was cautioned to keep an eye on it, due to the size of the hole. Seems to be holding air anyways!

 

[Lawdwaz]

As long as the tire is still good you’re ahead of the game……replacing one (or two or FOUR) blows. LOL

[mowin]

59 minutes ago, Cabin Fever said:

My truck was parked in the garage when my wife pulled in on Sunday. She asked if I knew I had a flat tire?! I went out to look and sure enough, it was as flat as a pancake! I assumed I ran over a nail or something.  I pumped it up, but could hear air coming out on top of the tire. It looked like a stone. I pumped it up again yesterday morning and raced 3 miles to the shop to have it fixed. Ended up being a stone that wedged perfectly between my tread and punctured the tire! Damn it! Got it patched from the inside, but was cautioned to keep an eye on it, due to the size of the hole. Seems to be holding air anyways!

 

It's almost like you wouldn't be as pissed if it was a nail.  Don't think I've ever had a stone cause a flat. 

[Breaking Point]

Had a piece of shale slice the sidewall just above the tread a few years back. Only had about 18,000 miles on the tires. Went to buy a new tire and that style tire was discontinued. Ended up buying 4 new tires at $1,100. I was so pissed.

[mowin]

9 hours ago, Breaking Point said:

Had a piece of shale slice the sidewall just above the tread a few years back. Only had about 18,000 miles on the tires. Went to buy a new tire and that style tire was discontinued. Ended up buying 4 new tires at $1,100. I was so pissed.

Only 18,000?  I'm lucky to get that out of a set of tires. Every fall I'm getting new tires for my truck.  Towing every day during the spring-fall and plowing puts a hurting on them. 

[nywaw]

Wow, I've never seen a stone do that either. 

Glad you're back up and running!

[dbHunterNY]

that patch should be good. i've had patches and plugs both run the lifespan of the tire. just make sure you still have the full size spare underneath and it's not seized up under there.

[BowmanMike]

Just about anything can puncture a tire if you catch it just wrong. Funniest thing a repair shop told me about was a pair of pliers in a tire...

[Bionic]

I had the tip of a house key break off in a tire while I was in Maine once, about 15-20 yrs ago.  I was on logging roads all day prior, up over The Golden Road, got back to the hotel after dark, woke up to a flat tire.  The shop never saw anything like that before, obviously was a slow leak, but odd. 

[crappyice]

Phew...I thought it was a kidney stone from your title!!!

[Buckmaster7600]

12 hours ago, BowmanMike said:

Just about anything can puncture a tire if you catch it just wrong. Funniest thing a repair shop told me about was a pair of pliers in a tire...

3/4” deep well socket, on I95, saw it rolling across lanes but couldn’t avoid it. Barely got on the shoulder before it was completely flat. 

[Cabin Fever]

Crazy that we drive over stones every day, never expecting one could puncture a tire. Guess it was just the size to fit in the tread and deep enough to puncture. Funny that I never left the pavement the day this happened. Drove to the store and back, obviously picked up a stone somewhere on the road.

[Robhuntandfish]

GF had this in her tire over the weekend.  Piece of metal.  Told her it looked like something from the Jeepers Creepers movie.  

Had to replace the tire and she just got new ones this summer