GREAT Public Service

[Tyg3rW01f]

Okay, we all know them: the State Highway Patrol.

Well, tonight, in the midst of the insanity of Race Weekend, I blew a flat post-delivery. I discovered my spare was flat, and had to enlist a fellow driver's help to get it refilled.

I show up at my car and get to work changing the tire, flashing the oncoming traffic with my 2-cell Mag-Light "anti-aircraft" flashlight while I do so, and up pulls Trooper Julie Campbell of the TN State Highway Patrol. She had actually circled around to see if I would come back and asked if I needed assistance. When it was apparent I did, she radioed in to her Sergeant, whose name I have unfortunately forgotten, and asked for his help.

When her Sergeant arrives, he's a BIIIIIG and STRONG guy who breaks loose the lug nuts, then hunts up chocks in his car!!

Long story of AWESOME later, I pull away and make it Home thanks to the two nicest, most helpful Troopers I'll ever meet.

[sms001]

Very very nice!

(And throw a can of PBlaster (NOT WD-40) in your trunk next to that newly fixed spare. Works almost as well as huge HP officers.)

[Tyg3rW01f]

I'll get a can... as well as a four-foot length of steel pipe. Greater LEEverage, less need for folks stronger than me... Take THAT you impactdriver-tightened lugnuts!!

[wolfie]

I'll get a can... as well as a four-foot length of steel pipe. Greater LEEverage, less need for folks stronger than me... Take THAT you impactdriver-tightened lugnuts!!

Lug nuts should NEVER (at least on light-duty vehicles - it's SOP on big rigs) be tightened with an impact driver. It's VERY easy to over-torque them and warp the wheel and/or brake drum/rotor.