Flat Tires Anyone?

[LibertyTC]

When was the last time your Jeep experienced a FLAT? If so how?
Or is tire technology so greatly improved, that we rarely get a flat?
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I know we all carry a spare tire with a compressor & tire plug kits right?:gr_grin:

 

[CzarKJ]

I used to get flats weekly when I was running the SRAs. Picked up all the screws and nails from work. Now with the grabbers I haven't had one in 4 years. Knock on wood.

 

[JasonJ]

When I spun out on ice and slammed into a guardrail at 20mph, impacting the front right tire.

And yes, I carry a small air compressor and tire plug kit.

I think flats nowadays are more likely due to slow leaks form running over nails and such. The days of explosive sidewalls popping on the highway are pretty rare.

Pretty much just tractor/trailer tires doing that now.

 

[dude1116]

Had a screw in one of my last tires. Plugged it for a trip to NOLA and it lasted another 7k miles or so before having a pretty serious leak. Got around 70k miles out of those tires.

 

[KJ604]

Got a flat 2 weeks before I put my kit on. Picked something up on the way to work but it fell back out. The put the spare on and rode it out until I could put my new wheels on. It reminded me the importance of rotating the spare too because the flat was on the rear and the tires were at 20% but the spare was practically brand new. So I had to take a wheel off the front and put it on the back and then put the spare on the front

 

[tommudd]

We don't ever talk about flat tires
Bad ju-ju
you start talking about them and then next thing you have one
:happy175:

 

[CactusJacked]

Probably shouldn't say (Murphy has good ears), but in my 41 plus years of driving, I've never gotten a flat tire. A slow leak yeah, but not a single leave you on the side of the road flat.

 

[dude1116]

Probably shouldn't say (Murphy has good ears), but in my 41 plus years of driving, I've never gotten a flat tire. A slow leak yeah, but not a single leave you on the side of the road flat.

You're screwed now, buddy.

 

[LibertyTC]

Thanks Chuck(CactusJacked) you just reminded me about slow leaks & to check all the valve stems for tightness again...
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Ya those SRA's & ST's seem to be worst tires for nails and traction, and the first flat photo was an S--T.

 

[Dave]

We don't ever talk about flat tires
Bad ju-ju
you start talking about them and then next thing you have one
:happy175:

^^^this....................


Dave

 

[profdlp]

My fiancee's car picked up a screw in one of the tires a while back. (Here come the jokes...) Thanks to my tire plug kit and compressor it was a garage fix, which made me the hero for about fifteen minutes.

I check the tires regularly, including the spare, which can be easy to overlook. The way I see it, there is a universal law of conservation of energy at work. All the little five-minute checks I run add up to more time spent on them than changing one flat due to neglect. The difference is I get to spread out the time spent and don't have to change a tire on the side of a busy road in a snowstorm. That's a bonus.

 

[Jbergun]

Got a flat a few years back plugged it and ran it till i had enough money to get the grabbers. No problems since.

 

[tommudd]

Amazing what you find in tires that people brought in.
At one shop I managed we had a board in the showroom with everything we had removed from flat tires. Wrenches/ pliers/ sticks/ chicken bones/ screw drivers, you name it its been found either still sticking in the tire or inside

 

[mikejeepstarternoob]

I haven't but i deal with a lot of flat tires at my fathers used tire shop. I do 10 tire plugs a day lol.

 

[smittyfromPA]

One flat 10 years ago with stock SRA tires. A sharp stick on a logging trail was the culprit. Nice to have a full size spare when you are deep in the woods and its getting dark. No problems so far with the BFG mud terrain KM2's.