OT? Changing a tire without a jack

Jim Elbrecht · 2012-10-17T01:36:48+00:00

There are a few clever folks on this list- Wondering how many knewabout this trick, or think it is just 'Hollywood.On this weeks Homeland, the guy got a flat on the front of a newishSUV. no jack. So he found 2 handy pieces of firewood in the woods[OK- *that* part is Hollywood] He laid one against what lookedlike the transaxle, then made a T with the other one to use a brace.Then he held the bracing block in place with a tire iron while someoneelse drove the car forward, the first log bit into the dirt, and stoodup, raising the car enough to change the tire.I don't know if I'd ever be desperate enough to try that but it mightgive me something to ponder in an emergency.Jim

Oct 17, 2012 23 Replies

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Metspitzer 13 years ago

Or call AA

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leonard hofstadter 13 years ago

alcoholics change tires as part of their rehab?

;-p

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clare 13 years ago

When driving out of cell range, or without a cell.

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DerbyDad03 13 years ago

Seems to me that the "while someone else" was a passenger in the SUV that got the flat.

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