i have no turkey storey to tell this weekend...thursday morning going to work a rear tire blowed out on my pickup went about a quater mile before i could pull safely off the rode no damage other than tire...i jacked the truck up took the lug nuts off aluminum rim was stuck to the axle...called several people for help but no body answered ....call the wife it was now 6.15 am told her to bring me a sledge hammer she says what is that....after explaing what it looked like and where it was she brought it to me about 20 minutes later....knocked the rim off but took several blows....got the spare and it was about flat so a short ride to a truck shop they aired up my tire....went back to truck put on the spare let the jack down...bow was i pooped...my daughter came by and stopped she grabbed up the blowed out tire and throwed it in the bed....thank goodness for that.....they said for me to rest a while when i got to work this i did i had a easy day so saturday morning i was setting at the tire shop at 7.00am to get new tires on the truck...plus now a sledge hammer rides with me....i went home got the tractor out and my grandson came over a help service the tractor...then at 3 oclock my brother came by to visit and there went my evening turkey hunt...oh well next time....charlie
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