Rock, Tire, Hole.....
Soooo....
I posted earlier about putting solid valve stems on my rear duallys. Well, I ended up ordering the Borg kit..a little expensive, but a quality product. I had a local shop put them on last week and about mid-morning I get a text message from the technician (friend of mine) with a picture...
I thinking...WTH???? Then he sends me this one....
Yeah, I said the same thing again...WTH?? Turns out, what I was seeing was the rock that I had picked up that was perfectly shaped to fit nicely down inside the tread and puncture through the tread to where you can see a wire. (Might not be able to see it in the above picture, but it's there.) So, since we are leaving for a trip in a few days, I had to buy a new tire....and this one was just over a year old with less than 1K miles on it.....still basically brand new.....
Moral of the story? That innocent rock sitting in your tread MIGHT not be so innocent. Add another checkbox to the pre-flight checklist.......
I posted earlier about putting solid valve stems on my rear duallys. Well, I ended up ordering the Borg kit..a little expensive, but a quality product. I had a local shop put them on last week and about mid-morning I get a text message from the technician (friend of mine) with a picture...
I thinking...WTH???? Then he sends me this one....
Yeah, I said the same thing again...WTH?? Turns out, what I was seeing was the rock that I had picked up that was perfectly shaped to fit nicely down inside the tread and puncture through the tread to where you can see a wire. (Might not be able to see it in the above picture, but it's there.) So, since we are leaving for a trip in a few days, I had to buy a new tire....and this one was just over a year old with less than 1K miles on it.....still basically brand new.....
Moral of the story? That innocent rock sitting in your tread MIGHT not be so innocent. Add another checkbox to the pre-flight checklist.......
