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SCREW FLAT!!! GRRRRR!!
After adjusting the breaks I checked all the tires and the air was good on all four. The next day we left headed south. 6 miles later a car honks at me and says "you have a low tire". We happen to be in the middle of 5 miles of construction with no place to pull off. we made it 9 miles to the first exit and it just happened to have a truck stop. I pulled in and went back to check the tires and sure enough the left rear was pretty low. As I walked on it I saw the head of a Philips Head screw sitting flush with the center of the tread. I hooked up the scuba bottle I keep for just such a situation and got the impact wrench and spare tire out. Jacked, removed and replaced tire in about 15 minutes and got back on the road. I had the tire fixed yesterday in Forsyth Georgia for 15.00. That included a patch with plug and wheel balancing. Not a bad price, I would have posted this sooner but they decided to play with the servers again...
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