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podwerkz 
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
 Topic: Spare Tire Cover Went Flying!Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:16pm |
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I ended up on a 3 day trip into Oklahoma and on the way out of Texas on a north-south highway, I had a pretty fierce broadside wind, 40 mph or so...with passing trucks going the other way, and somewhere, out there, my spare tire cover apparently took flight and is probably in Missouri by now! Check those spare tire covers! Your sway control thinga-ma-bob does NOTHING to prevent a case of the dreaded.... Nekkid Rubber!   |
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3255 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:28pm |
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Hmmm, nekkid tire, neet so goot! Almost had that happen once. Cured that by putting the bottom of the tire cover between the tire and the bar that holds the tire. Snug it tight with the bolt that holds the tire. No problems in the last 9.5 years even though we have been through some pretty significant wind events.
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:31pm |
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Yeah I was in a hurry to get gone and never even thought to check that thing...I was too busy forgetting other stuff!
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3255 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:31pm |
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Curious as to what the antenna is for going up from your nekkid tire?
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:39pm |
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Ham radio...that's a small dual bander (VHF-UHF) antenna on a push-up painters pole....I had a local shop weld on an open piece of pipe along the vertical part of the spare tire mount, and the painters pole slips down into that, and secured with a bolt.
The same idea could be used for any kind of small antenna, flagpole, drone beacon, deep sea fishing pole, windsock, kite anchor, outdoor lighting, religious or political symbols, whatever a person might need....  |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 6:32am |
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When we lived in Hatteras I lost 3 tire covers to 3 hurricanes. Didn’t seem to matter how tight I had em on there. After that I just took em off before the storms and put them back after. Duh.
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 7:59am |
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I ended up wrapping the tire with a plastic trash bag....and securing it with tape and a cargo strap....Since the tire and the lugnuts were so visible and vulnerable, I figured a 50 cent trashbag might keep all the burglars and tweakers and ner-do-wells at bay...not to mention all the forces of nature and physics...
AND IT WORKED! After 3 days and a few hundred miles, I still have the tire on the trailer, wrapped with a trashbag! Looks classy too!  |
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3255 |
Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 1:45pm |
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That must be a 'heavy duty' trash bag to hold up to all that wind without fraying.
 Maybe you should get a patent on that. People today will buy just about anything that looks "classy." |
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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StephenH
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Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 5:32pm |
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Hi from another ham. KO4GOG
I have not had the cover fly off. I am on my second one. The elastic on the first one was wearing out, so I got a new one. I still have the old one and have used it to cover an additional spare that was unmounted to keep it clean while it was in my shed.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 6:37pm |
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It IS 'classy'....for a trash bag!
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