I have always been somewhat accident prone, but rarely did it lead to injuries. However, when I was young, I went through a period of time where I had to visit the doctor every couple weeks for something. I imagine my parents were not too thrilled with me at that stage of my life. Well, I don't have kids that need to be fixed up at the doctor, but my pickup seemed to be going through a phase where it needs attention.
Today I was headed out the door on my way to work when I noticed my pickup had a flat tire - not just low, completely flat. Just what I wanted to see this morning; made my day you know. After lugging the air compressor up to the front of my house, a few well chosen words, and a good kick (which hurt my foot a little), I finally got the tire to take air so I could get it down to my garage. Here I started removing the lug nuts. Four of the six came of easily (like they should), one got stuck halfway off, and the last wouldn't budge. After applying a little extra muscle to the stuck lugs, the tire came off. However, this was only possible because the force applied was greater than the strength of the studs, which snapped in two. After all that work to get the tire off, it had a nail in the sidewall, which was not fixable.
In the future, maybe I will give my pickup a little more attention on a regular basis so it doesn't feel the need to get my attention by acting out.
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