Posted by Steve@Advance on September 06, 2015 at 18:40:39 from (107.203.134.67):
In Reply to: Hard to feel sorry posted by John in La on September 06, 2015 at 17:22:30:
Many years ago I had rented a walk behind trencher that came on a low, tilt bed trailer. I had taken it to Possum Kingdom Lake, (yes, that is a real place and the real name! LOL), to help a friend upgrade his septic system.
The lake is about a 70 mile drive through some fairly remote backroads. On the way back, one of the 8" trailer tires blew running about 70 MPH. It instantly shredded and came completely off the wheel before I could get stopped. No spare, the truck jack was too tall to go under the trailer.
This was pre cell phone, just before dark on a Sunday evening, so getting help was not going to happen. Got to looking around, the drive wheel on the trencher was a 4 lug... Maybe... Got the trencher blocked up with a fence post I found in the ditch and some rocks, got the wheel off. Got the trailer wheel unbolted and was trying to get it blocked up enough to get the jack under. About that time a Highway Patrol stopped, asked if I were having a problem...
"Well, if you will lift the end of that fence post while I change this wheel..." He did, I switched the wheels, he let it down, and we were both on our way!
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