Thank god for E&P levelling (1 Viewer)

Lanerboy

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Well my self levelling came into its own tonight as had a blow out on the A38 duel carriageway managed to creep into a bit of a pull in not a lay bye but better than nothing. Got out n/s/r tyre shredded so out with the cracker bar got spare out the garage lifted using the E&P levelling jacks all done and changed in less than 10 minutes.

Was a horrible night obviously dark but also very foggy a bit scary but wife stood at the back on the grass looking at the traffic, was very surprised how many lorries never bothered to move over even though we had a yellow beacon flashing 20 yds down the road and our hazard lights on surprised really as they are suppose to be professional drivers a bit of courtesy would have been nice some did move over but not many.

Lesson learnt too, will NEVER travel without a spare wheel other things will be left at home 1st before the spare
 

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Do you know how old the tyre was? If it "shredded" this might suggest it was due replacement on age. Or you just ran over something nasty! :)

Sounds as if it had been a offside tyre you would have needed recovery given the traffic. :(
 
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Do you know how old the tyre was? If it "shredded" this might suggest it was due replacement on age. Or you just ran over something nasty! :)

Carthago was new in March 2019 so tyre was new done 7000 miles, i can see where I have ran over a bolt or similar as found a large hole in the centre of the tread, the hole would be much too big to repair so a good size bolt or object of some sort

It has shredded as it blew out at about 65mph luckily no damage to the wheel arch or other areas

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Sounds as if it had been a offside tyre you would have needed recovery given the traffic. :(

Yes if it had been o/s i would have rang the police so they could have sent a traffic officer out to shut the lane off whilst i changed the wheel, not worth risking yourself is it
 

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Wow! Glad it all worked out for you. Undoubtedly the levellers were a significant contributor.

Ian
 

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