gps-au
16th September 2009, 10:13 PM
Today I suffered a tyre failure which so far looks a bit different...
Its a Continental AT, and has a vertical slit on the inside wall. I haven't found anything else wrong with the tyre yet (its still on its rim) hanging on the back of the vehicle (which isn't with me tonight).
I suffered a second flat today which meant I had to use LR Assist for the first time, as I couldn't contact The RACQ...
Why no racq contact ? well no phone coverage ! (Not even NextG or MaxG). Fortunately the second flat wasn't completely flat when discovered and a quick trip changing sides of the Burdekin Falls Dam to the nearest telephone box, left me with some air still in the tyre. Where the crunch came was when I discovered the telephone box only accepted cards (no cash) and the emergency card I had in the vehicle had expired.....
Now did you know that telstra cards for telephone boxes expired by date ? (I didn't, which blew the reason for having it !!).
Yeah, I know, badly equipped for this trip.... No compressor (my air-off hasn't been installed yet), No HF installed yet (still gotta get the antenna post for the Kaymar bar), I buried my wheel brace in the wrong place when packing... found it eventually), but the exhaust jack did worked a treat ad much easier to use that the LR supplied unit, and the Kaymar Bar/rear carrier paid for itself, I didn't have to struggle with winding a damn wheel under the vehicle.... still getting there....
Its a Continental AT, and has a vertical slit on the inside wall. I haven't found anything else wrong with the tyre yet (its still on its rim) hanging on the back of the vehicle (which isn't with me tonight).
I suffered a second flat today which meant I had to use LR Assist for the first time, as I couldn't contact The RACQ...
Why no racq contact ? well no phone coverage ! (Not even NextG or MaxG). Fortunately the second flat wasn't completely flat when discovered and a quick trip changing sides of the Burdekin Falls Dam to the nearest telephone box, left me with some air still in the tyre. Where the crunch came was when I discovered the telephone box only accepted cards (no cash) and the emergency card I had in the vehicle had expired.....
Now did you know that telstra cards for telephone boxes expired by date ? (I didn't, which blew the reason for having it !!).
Yeah, I know, badly equipped for this trip.... No compressor (my air-off hasn't been installed yet), No HF installed yet (still gotta get the antenna post for the Kaymar bar), I buried my wheel brace in the wrong place when packing... found it eventually), but the exhaust jack did worked a treat ad much easier to use that the LR supplied unit, and the Kaymar Bar/rear carrier paid for itself, I didn't have to struggle with winding a damn wheel under the vehicle.... still getting there....