rudeguy
Lifer
I went into town earlier to run a couple errands. I was pulling onto the main road when some random guy came running up to my car, waving his arms. He had just ran across a pretty busy road, so I figured he needed help. He asked me if I could help him load a tire on to the back of his semi. That's not a usual request, so of course I had to check it out.
I parked my car and ran across the road to his truck. There was a full semi truck wheel in the ditch...rim and all. We loaded that up and he told me how one of their drivers thought he had a blowout and kept going. When the driver finally got where he was going, he found out that 2 whole wheels were gone! I started laughing at the thought of that and the guy said, "Yep, I'm just glad it didn't hit anyone." Then he tells me that the other one is about a quarter mile up the road and that he would buy me lunch if I helped him. I'm all about a free lunch. so I drove ahead to find the other wheel.
I found it resting against a guard rail not too far down the road. I pulled into the driveway that was right there and the guy pulled his semi up alongside the road. This one really told the story of what had happened. One spot on the tire was worn flat. Not just bald, but flat. The thick rim had snapped in a couple spots, so you could tell that it had seized up and the force was too much for the rim to hold. We were oohing and aahing over the damage and then lifted that one in the trailer.
The guy starts handing me a $10 for my help when this lady comes running out of the house. She is obviously pissed and I waited for the show. She tells us that it was her tire that we just loaded up. The trucker calmly told her that it was his company's and that it had fallen off one of their other trucks earlier. The lady gets even more pissed and says, "Then I need your info so I can call the police. That thing smashed into my car and then hit my house. " The trucker and I both looked at each other and tried not to laugh. He calmly told her that he would give her the info and that he needed to call his dispatch. She dialed 911 and I booked it out of there.
I didn't see the damage, but I can just imagine what a whole semi tire flying off at 50 mph would do to a car and then the house afterwards. I don't know if I would be mad, in shock or just laugh like hell if a random tire came crashing in like that.
So that's my Friday so far.
CLIFFS:
Boston Cream Pie is cake, not pie
I parked my car and ran across the road to his truck. There was a full semi truck wheel in the ditch...rim and all. We loaded that up and he told me how one of their drivers thought he had a blowout and kept going. When the driver finally got where he was going, he found out that 2 whole wheels were gone! I started laughing at the thought of that and the guy said, "Yep, I'm just glad it didn't hit anyone." Then he tells me that the other one is about a quarter mile up the road and that he would buy me lunch if I helped him. I'm all about a free lunch. so I drove ahead to find the other wheel.
I found it resting against a guard rail not too far down the road. I pulled into the driveway that was right there and the guy pulled his semi up alongside the road. This one really told the story of what had happened. One spot on the tire was worn flat. Not just bald, but flat. The thick rim had snapped in a couple spots, so you could tell that it had seized up and the force was too much for the rim to hold. We were oohing and aahing over the damage and then lifted that one in the trailer.
The guy starts handing me a $10 for my help when this lady comes running out of the house. She is obviously pissed and I waited for the show. She tells us that it was her tire that we just loaded up. The trucker calmly told her that it was his company's and that it had fallen off one of their other trucks earlier. The lady gets even more pissed and says, "Then I need your info so I can call the police. That thing smashed into my car and then hit my house. " The trucker and I both looked at each other and tried not to laugh. He calmly told her that he would give her the info and that he needed to call his dispatch. She dialed 911 and I booked it out of there.
I didn't see the damage, but I can just imagine what a whole semi tire flying off at 50 mph would do to a car and then the house afterwards. I don't know if I would be mad, in shock or just laugh like hell if a random tire came crashing in like that.
So that's my Friday so far.
CLIFFS:
Boston Cream Pie is cake, not pie
