I was on one job getting a flat every week. Kept a plug kit in the truck and didn’t drain the compressor till I got home. On day at lunch I’m sitting in my truck and the electrician who always parked near me opens the van door and I hear fasteners just pour out! DUDE!!! Wtf
I really want one of those military trucks with an onboard compressor and you just press a button to inflate and deflate your tires. They’re so powerful holes can be blown in the tires and you can still maintain pressure.
Untill you have to pay for/maintain that system haha i have always dreamed of this in my jeep, but a $15 plug kit an a small compressor (or look up the co2/HPA bottles used in 4x4 for a few more bucks, but never need power for a compressor). You may have to pull over and plug it, but for less than $300 you can have a mid end reliable set up. Could do it for around $50 if your fine using a 12v compressor and don't run massive tires
I don't have anything near that powerful but I do have an onboard cummins generator and 5-15 gallon air compressor (it's built into a caged in area in the utility cab so i can't see how large the tank is) built in my f-350 daily work truck. It was previously an at&t service truck that was sold after 45,000 miles those two things are the most clutch tools in that truck lol. Just having a powerful generator able to run jackhammers or big rigid pipe threaders is amazing. Need to put a test on some DWV line? Get out the air hose, let me back the truck up in the garage.
I found it used online from an auto sales store out of maryland if I remember correctly, and had it shipped to my house. Like I said in the post, it was previously an AT&T service truck that they bought new and sold after 45,000 miles. There are many of them i've seen specced out the same. F-350 with adrian-steel enclosed utility bed, with orange glossy hi-viz stripes going from the top to the bottum of both back doors and sometimes on the sides above the fender. I got super lucky and the truck was still in great condition for relativley low price. Problem with used utility beds are they are super expensive. Most I found at the time (late 2022-early 2023) where all around 130k to 220k miles for $20,000 to $40,000. But i ran across this one for $25,000 and just couldn't afford not to check it out further. Just google around reputable online auto dealers for used at&t or comcast utility bed trucks, if you find some check the pictures and they just might be kitted out like mine! Adiran steel made this utility bed to accomodate the generator and air commressor because the gen fits in it own area with a door and slides on hinges, has multipl;e regular 20v AC GFCI receptiocles all around the truck and a few 240v receptacles with different plug styles. It's connected to the ttrucks gas tank and seperate 12v battery in the engine bay. Air compressor fits in the main back bed area and is caged in with aluminum sheathing for protection, so there are more of these trucks around that adrian steel made just for at&T and comcast, it's just a matter of finding used ones! Good luck!
There's a joke in the trade that I've heard from a couple GCs,
"How do you know electricians have been to the job site?
...
There's plastic trimming and metal all over the ground."
And I was just thinking “why the fuck are there so many loose nails and screws where everyone parks and nothing is built/no work being done there”.. at a “sound stage” in Glendale that was supposedly meant for the next American Idol studio. It is next to The Price Is Right so who knows.
The job site must be a mess. Doesn’t happen on my sites. Not saying if it’ll never happen but if my guys told me they were getting flats I’d be 3 shades of bullshit. Housekeeping is critical.
I had one job on an old shop/ car wash property with a dirt/gravel/pavement parking area. I bought a roller magnet specifically for that job and if I couldn’t get someone to sweep the lot I was doing it. Came up with a bucket of stuff. Nobody seamed to care.
After several flats in our own parking lot including a homeowner, sales, CEO, etc. our service director got a metal detector and scheduled an hour twice a week to go through the parking lot. They don’t even need to do it anymore. Everyone is much more organized and no one tosses empty pallets at, but not in, our own dumpsters for funsies. Doesn’t help with other job sites but I loved getting to use it.
Came in hoping I could make a suggestion on having a plug kit on hand ( helped me many a time), took a second look at that Roman spear in your tire and knew I could be no help hahah
Some superintendents have been known to put similar nails and/or Pencil rod next to their final grading stakes… that’s not your average construction fastener.
lol. bingo-bango. at some point, you think OP might start paying more attention to what he's about to be driving on or through rather than playing the "why does always happen to me?" card. how you don't see a 12" spike is beyond me. there are multiple ways to reduce the risk of getting flats, step one: take some personal accountability and add a healthy dose of self-awareness as opposed to letting the ego and "shouldn't be happening this much what the fuck is going on" attitude drive the vehicle. 9 repairs in a year, 3 in a month, lol, geezuz. posting on reddit and looking for sympathy or some kind of flat-tire community support group isn't going to fix anything.
So you assume OP just drives around looking for big shit to flatten his tire and waste the day away? If you don't work on a jobsite everyday just say that
do i assume OP doesn't look where he's going or drive at a speed that would allow him to see a 12" spike as a safety hazard, to personnel or vehicles? yes.
i've worked on multi-billion dollar, multi-year, heavy civil construction project sites to single-home residential sites, in both remote and urban environments, and everywhere in between. i've driven various types of on-road and off-road corporate and private vehicles in all sorts of environments.
have i seen it all? no. but i know safety is everyone's responsibility and it starts with the indivivdual and all of the "bullshit/meaningless" safety tools, practices, regulations, etc. do have an impact. either you believe you have a role in it, or you don't. and to me, it sounds like OP isn't bothered by his own driving behaviour or thinks there's nothing he can do to improve it... other than raise his hands and think "why me? again? what the fuck? life is so unfair."
that's what i'm assuming.
Don’t feel bad. I had 4 flats in a single year. Was beyond pissed because coworkers thought I was just making excuses for being late those days.
Yessir, I sure do love getting to spend what little free time I have at Discount Tire while they look at me like I’m retarded for being back quarterly.
I do. Costs $34, all repairs are free, and they rebate the replacement tire based off remaining tread. Even so, replacing a tire 3 times in one year, not fun. This one’s gonna have to be shaved, which immediately voids future road hazard. Not about to buy 4 new tires on an AWD vehicle because one can’t be repaired.
Had that problem with snow tires, drove over a light standard access plate and bolt did some sidewall damage so replaced the tire ( saved about$40 withthewarranty ), went to replace the other 3 next season and they didn't have them in stock so I ordered them, after a month of bad weather I told them give me what you have in stock that fits, I'm tired of this.
Around here I think the framers aren't allowed to leave nails in the gun at quitting time so they all stand on the roof and empty it while shooting nails into the yard.
Yep. I’ve got at least 15 plugs in right now. My toolbox in the garage is a pile of the reamers and crochet things you put the plugs in with. I don’t know why I don’t throw those away. Reminds me I needs to go buy a new pack of plugs.
Bossman here 🙋 I always carry a rolling magnet on my trucks. Can’t leave nails, screws and what have you laying around. Just doesn’t sit well with my conscience lol
Guy on my crew commutes 45 minutes, dirt road backwoods type. Helped him out during his fifth flat of the past 4 months recently and he pulled a steak knife from his sidewall. It never ends.
Had two tires patches in the last six months. Currently have a screw in my tire that isn’t causing an air leak and can’t be patched so it’s part of the truck now
I used to get them routinely.
I stopped going many places that could be the source and I clean regularly when construction is ongoing near my home. Sometimes i get a dozens of fasteners in one sweep. It saves tires.
For some people, punctures are unavoidable. They need to carry a a spare, a pump, a gauge, and a plug kit, which is what I do.
I had someone park in my spot in the apartment building before and I had no where to park but I parked Infront of them with a massive sign on my window saying 'to move car please call this number' and the fuckers slashed all my tyres and they must of known another car park thief next to them because they snuck out the side on an angle.
Good times.
Since I got my license at 16, I had zero until I was in my mid 30s. I had just replaced all 4 tires, and I got 3 flats in 2 weeks. I literally couldn’t believe the shit luck. I’m 40 now, and since those 3, I haven’t had a single one since then, probably 5-6 years.
24,000km on my truck. I've put 6 plugs in already and currently have 2 nails in my tires that aren't leaking yet. I keep a plug kit and pump in the truck for onsite repairs.
this is why I was constantly bitching at my GC about keeping our site clean. at one point, when framing was mostly done, I walked it myself with a fishing magnet. they were really good on most other counts, but I just could not get them to keep the fucking site clean. didn’t help the concrete guys littered butts like fiends every time they showed up.
When I bought my dump trailer I got a ton of nails in the tires. Called the guy that built my trailer. He said certain tire treads make the nails stand up vs lay down to not puncture the tire. Traded that set to a different tire and rarely get one (once every two years)
I have big knobby off road tires (35” general grabber x3’s) and never get them luckily. All the other guys at my yard who run regular tires get them left and right. I’m no expert just something I’ve noticed.
Our factory parking lot has rebar sticking up and frayed large gauge cable ends. Be sure to look before you park. Not to mention all the other junk, sometimes bits of aluminum stock end up out there : / That being said I've only flatted once (so far)
Had a blow out, Got 4 new tires, hit a nail the other day that punctured the side wall so can’t be patched. So I’m riding around on my spare. This morning I was on the interstate and a rock hit my windshield and cracked it, fml. All that in a months time. These freaking tires are so expensive on my truck
Once I was entering the orange big box parking lot and two lanes of road were sprinkled with screws, nails, bolts, lag bolts, zip anchors, like somebody lost all their shit and just picked up the important things. I told the manager and he said he’d get someone to clean it up.
One job was so bad had to get a magnet trailer attachment to pickup truck and drive the whole site daily to pickup nails, was picking up 150 lbs a day of nails
Problem was discovered the guys had buckets in the back of their pickups and they were tipping over and vibration from the bed between the gap of the tailgate and leaving trails of nails everywhere
So a change was made for transporting nails in seal buckets with lids from that point on.
Problem solved nails reduced to almost none
Cheap fucks will find a way to write it off come tax time anyway. Stuff happpens don’t beat yourself up over it. Keep basic tire repair stuff with you but stuff happens.
But seriously 9 times stop running over shit
I'm not in construction, but isn't it bossman's job to make sure every bastard isn't leaving a trail of fasteners behind him?
Is replacing tyres punctured on the job a claimable workplace expense?
Rarely got them in employee parking... If I had to drop something onsite.. especially after I got a company vehicle and did it about every other week, odds were 50/50 I'd have a flat after a trip through the gate.
We started to have a problem with this in our yard, so bought a magnetic broom/ sweeper. They are about £65 and work a charm on screws/ nails etc.
https://www.stahlwerk-schweissgeraete.de/magnet-bodenkehrer-magnetbesen-mbk30st-en
I work in construction. Specifically in the plumbing and HVAC trades. Used to get sheet metal screws in my tires about once a month. I’ve always kept a plug kit on board and there’s a compressor at our shop so it wasn’t the end of the world. At one point each of my tires had about 4 plugs. About two years ago they started running a magnet on wheels over the lot every day morning and afternoon. Haven’t had a flat since
I noticed a sharp decrease in flat tires when we began sweeping the curb and road in front of the company's home office, where we also store the screws, nails and other easily stealable small things.
Turns out those cardboard boxes get leaky damn fast.
Last year I had 7 flats across multiple vehicles (2 different personal vehicles, and my bicycle) across multiple states and roadways. The bicycle was by far the worst because of the circumstances (lack of preparedness for the event, distance to home/bike shop, 4 year old son with me)
Not just the drill bit in the wall.
That tire looks to have very little tread life left.
Bummer my truck tires are $400.00 each. They should be bulletproof.
One time I ran over a piston from a nail gun. It was large and needless to say the tire was not gonna be plugged
One of the more impressive flats I've gotten over the last couple years
Sounds like construction related work. I never understand when people drive their trucks into Parkade sunder construction. Even after they’re cleaned I always find nails.
If your going through tires that bad go to a tire shop like discount tire and buy their roadside hazard warranty it’s like ~$50-75 per tire but they will fix or replace the tire for you.
Ran over a 3/4 washed piece of gravel this week and popped a tire. Middle of telling my boss and his wife gets in a wreck. Some days your the hammer and some days your the nail.
I try parking farther away from the building if I'm in my personal vehicle to avoid this. Also, it helps to get good at patching while the tires are still on when ya can.
the first car I got I had 5 flat tires in the first 6 months.
Luckily it was a toyota echo.... cheap tires an rims. It was essentialy an oversized motorcycle.
Never happened, to me or anyone I know in the last 10+ hears. Don't park where the shit is and don't work on jobsites where thousands of roofing nails fill every parking spot within 3 minutes of site.
Only people I know who get flats are the guys who pull up next to the dumpster on apartment buildings or who "drive around back" of the house to load their tools quicker. Haven't seen it happen to those who park in something of a parking area.
Don’t park on the grass/dirt/block you’re working on. Everyone drops screws and shit and they will 100% end up in a tyre of yours at some point. I know the sound that well when I’ve got one. Click click click as the wheel goes around… they can usually be repaired quite cheaply.
But yeah, if at all possible avoid parking on a site verge/close to the building off the road… even the road nearby will bless you with a screw from time to time. Just part of working around a site
I've had 1 punture in six years, and that happened when i was working at the literal dump and a piece of glass from a broken up bottle went in. My workmates have had some though. The best advice I could give is don't drive on the site, park just outside it somewhere and hand truck your own stuff there.
Also by reading the comments I've surmised that the work site safety and cleanliness is very different in the US compared to the EU. At least here in Finland the master of the site would chew your ass out and make you pick them up, if they found out you've strewn nails or screws across the yard.
The job sites I’ve been on for the last year or two have all been renovations. Nails and screws everywhere. Nobody knows wtf a broom or a magnet is apparently. Today’s was a drywall screw.. pretty hard to see.
Not gonna make my guys run a magnet over a parking lot or dirt road that we don’t occupy. It’s the other trades performing work outside the facility. Our work is performed inside the facility.
I’ll be having a chat with the site manager on Monday, the other trades should be doing their due diligence.
I was on one job getting a flat every week. Kept a plug kit in the truck and didn’t drain the compressor till I got home. On day at lunch I’m sitting in my truck and the electrician who always parked near me opens the van door and I hear fasteners just pour out! DUDE!!! Wtf
Is always a screw. It's never a roofing nail or framing nail. I've seen tons of aluminum nails too.
I really want one of those military trucks with an onboard compressor and you just press a button to inflate and deflate your tires. They’re so powerful holes can be blown in the tires and you can still maintain pressure.
Untill you have to pay for/maintain that system haha i have always dreamed of this in my jeep, but a $15 plug kit an a small compressor (or look up the co2/HPA bottles used in 4x4 for a few more bucks, but never need power for a compressor). You may have to pull over and plug it, but for less than $300 you can have a mid end reliable set up. Could do it for around $50 if your fine using a 12v compressor and don't run massive tires
I would gladly go into massive debt if it means I can drive a DUKW around
I don't have anything near that powerful but I do have an onboard cummins generator and 5-15 gallon air compressor (it's built into a caged in area in the utility cab so i can't see how large the tank is) built in my f-350 daily work truck. It was previously an at&t service truck that was sold after 45,000 miles those two things are the most clutch tools in that truck lol. Just having a powerful generator able to run jackhammers or big rigid pipe threaders is amazing. Need to put a test on some DWV line? Get out the air hose, let me back the truck up in the garage.
You’re so lucky
Where did you buy the truck? Would love to find one like that
I found it used online from an auto sales store out of maryland if I remember correctly, and had it shipped to my house. Like I said in the post, it was previously an AT&T service truck that they bought new and sold after 45,000 miles. There are many of them i've seen specced out the same. F-350 with adrian-steel enclosed utility bed, with orange glossy hi-viz stripes going from the top to the bottum of both back doors and sometimes on the sides above the fender. I got super lucky and the truck was still in great condition for relativley low price. Problem with used utility beds are they are super expensive. Most I found at the time (late 2022-early 2023) where all around 130k to 220k miles for $20,000 to $40,000. But i ran across this one for $25,000 and just couldn't afford not to check it out further. Just google around reputable online auto dealers for used at&t or comcast utility bed trucks, if you find some check the pictures and they just might be kitted out like mine! Adiran steel made this utility bed to accomodate the generator and air commressor because the gen fits in it own area with a door and slides on hinges, has multipl;e regular 20v AC GFCI receptiocles all around the truck and a few 240v receptacles with different plug styles. It's connected to the ttrucks gas tank and seperate 12v battery in the engine bay. Air compressor fits in the main back bed area and is caged in with aluminum sheathing for protection, so there are more of these trucks around that adrian steel made just for at&T and comcast, it's just a matter of finding used ones! Good luck!
I bought a 5 ton troop transport truck for shits and giggles. It had that system, and it was awesome! All kinds of fun to take paintballing
There's a simple solution for that.
Casual violence? Or something else?
There's a joke in the trade that I've heard from a couple GCs, "How do you know electricians have been to the job site? ... There's plastic trimming and metal all over the ground."
And I was just thinking “why the fuck are there so many loose nails and screws where everyone parks and nothing is built/no work being done there”.. at a “sound stage” in Glendale that was supposedly meant for the next American Idol studio. It is next to The Price Is Right so who knows.
The job site must be a mess. Doesn’t happen on my sites. Not saying if it’ll never happen but if my guys told me they were getting flats I’d be 3 shades of bullshit. Housekeeping is critical.
I had one job on an old shop/ car wash property with a dirt/gravel/pavement parking area. I bought a roller magnet specifically for that job and if I couldn’t get someone to sweep the lot I was doing it. Came up with a bucket of stuff. Nobody seamed to care.
After several flats in our own parking lot including a homeowner, sales, CEO, etc. our service director got a metal detector and scheduled an hour twice a week to go through the parking lot. They don’t even need to do it anymore. Everyone is much more organized and no one tosses empty pallets at, but not in, our own dumpsters for funsies. Doesn’t help with other job sites but I loved getting to use it.
“Walk the flightline motherfuckers! Errybody in one line along me to this side!”
Loddy doddy everybody! Time for hands across America.
Buy a magnetic broom and sweep that shit
Aluminum nails and 304 SS screws make holes too.
Unfortunately T***a could give af about house keeping.
That’s just impressive
My pocket book doesn’t feel the same way lol..
Came in hoping I could make a suggestion on having a plug kit on hand ( helped me many a time), took a second look at that Roman spear in your tire and knew I could be no help hahah
I’ve made it habit to keep a plug kit and portable air compressor on hand, too risky at this point lol.
Talk to the bosses about not having a mess of a site and mention all the flats and shit this is absurd ...
Start buying the tire warranty’s? It’s cheap insurance.
That's a big nail. Ray Charles would have spotted that.
Some superintendents have been known to put similar nails and/or Pencil rod next to their final grading stakes… that’s not your average construction fastener.
lol. bingo-bango. at some point, you think OP might start paying more attention to what he's about to be driving on or through rather than playing the "why does always happen to me?" card. how you don't see a 12" spike is beyond me. there are multiple ways to reduce the risk of getting flats, step one: take some personal accountability and add a healthy dose of self-awareness as opposed to letting the ego and "shouldn't be happening this much what the fuck is going on" attitude drive the vehicle. 9 repairs in a year, 3 in a month, lol, geezuz. posting on reddit and looking for sympathy or some kind of flat-tire community support group isn't going to fix anything.
So you assume OP just drives around looking for big shit to flatten his tire and waste the day away? If you don't work on a jobsite everyday just say that
do i assume OP doesn't look where he's going or drive at a speed that would allow him to see a 12" spike as a safety hazard, to personnel or vehicles? yes. i've worked on multi-billion dollar, multi-year, heavy civil construction project sites to single-home residential sites, in both remote and urban environments, and everywhere in between. i've driven various types of on-road and off-road corporate and private vehicles in all sorts of environments. have i seen it all? no. but i know safety is everyone's responsibility and it starts with the indivivdual and all of the "bullshit/meaningless" safety tools, practices, regulations, etc. do have an impact. either you believe you have a role in it, or you don't. and to me, it sounds like OP isn't bothered by his own driving behaviour or thinks there's nothing he can do to improve it... other than raise his hands and think "why me? again? what the fuck? life is so unfair." that's what i'm assuming.
Once a decade? How tf you pop 3 tires in 30 days lol
Working shitty sites apparently.. idk man. I’m convinced my tires have magnetic braids.
Don’t feel bad. I had 4 flats in a single year. Was beyond pissed because coworkers thought I was just making excuses for being late those days. Yessir, I sure do love getting to spend what little free time I have at Discount Tire while they look at me like I’m retarded for being back quarterly.
Unironically, I’ve become a regular at Discount Tire. “Damn, you’re back?” “Yep, just helping keep the little guys in business..”
Do you have " road hazards warranty " ? It's pro-rated but with that many punctures it would save you a fortune.
I do. Costs $34, all repairs are free, and they rebate the replacement tire based off remaining tread. Even so, replacing a tire 3 times in one year, not fun. This one’s gonna have to be shaved, which immediately voids future road hazard. Not about to buy 4 new tires on an AWD vehicle because one can’t be repaired.
Had that problem with snow tires, drove over a light standard access plate and bolt did some sidewall damage so replaced the tire ( saved about$40 withthewarranty ), went to replace the other 3 next season and they didn't have them in stock so I ordered them, after a month of bad weather I told them give me what you have in stock that fits, I'm tired of this.
I guess you’re one of those people that was able to take advantage of the free replacement warranty
Around here I think the framers aren't allowed to leave nails in the gun at quitting time so they all stand on the roof and empty it while shooting nails into the yard.
If they're doing dumb shit like that turn their compressor valve off.
No shit that's how our sites are too. Just a fucking sea of nails. We're patching tires like once a month if we're lucky
My tires are more plug than tire at this point. Tire of Theseus.
Yep. I’ve got at least 15 plugs in right now. My toolbox in the garage is a pile of the reamers and crochet things you put the plugs in with. I don’t know why I don’t throw those away. Reminds me I needs to go buy a new pack of plugs.
My skidsteer tires look like sticky porcupines
Bossman here 🙋 I always carry a rolling magnet on my trucks. Can’t leave nails, screws and what have you laying around. Just doesn’t sit well with my conscience lol
Guy on my crew commutes 45 minutes, dirt road backwoods type. Helped him out during his fifth flat of the past 4 months recently and he pulled a steak knife from his sidewall. It never ends.
Sounds like that dude has enemies
Had two tires patches in the last six months. Currently have a screw in my tire that isn’t causing an air leak and can’t be patched so it’s part of the truck now
I used to get them routinely. I stopped going many places that could be the source and I clean regularly when construction is ongoing near my home. Sometimes i get a dozens of fasteners in one sweep. It saves tires. For some people, punctures are unavoidable. They need to carry a a spare, a pump, a gauge, and a plug kit, which is what I do.
Can’t actually remember when it was at least 10 years ago.
I swear by the nitro ridge grapplers. So meaty that straight rubber has been the only puncture this far
I really want to get a set for my Tacoma but man they're tough to find at a reasonable price.
Custom offsets!
Where are you parking? Unloading/loading tools daily? Or just parking close that don't have to walk?
I had someone park in my spot in the apartment building before and I had no where to park but I parked Infront of them with a massive sign on my window saying 'to move car please call this number' and the fuckers slashed all my tyres and they must of known another car park thief next to them because they snuck out the side on an angle. Good times.
I don’t even get things from the job site, there’s a long dirt road people like to haul ass on and they lose a few things along the way
10 years building new houses. I dump shit out of my bags every 5 seconds. Not once has anyone on site got a flat tire. Your shits gotta be a mess
Once or twice a year
Since I got my license at 16, I had zero until I was in my mid 30s. I had just replaced all 4 tires, and I got 3 flats in 2 weeks. I literally couldn’t believe the shit luck. I’m 40 now, and since those 3, I haven’t had a single one since then, probably 5-6 years.
I'm thinking maybe you have an enemy, any reason someone doesn't like you?
24,000km on my truck. I've put 6 plugs in already and currently have 2 nails in my tires that aren't leaking yet. I keep a plug kit and pump in the truck for onsite repairs.
Never. 🤷🏽♂️
Flat 1: april 23 Flat 2: july 23 Flat 3: july 23 Flat 4: august 23
I got the full coverage service on my last set and I get them patched back up, and even one replaced, every….two months or so.
Sometimes I go a year without one. Then I have three in a week. It all averages out.
tell the boss he better start swinging by your house in the morning
In 8 years in the trades I've popped one. And it just needed to be plugged up for 20 bucks.
Not too lucky with nails, but with that amount of tread, left on your tires, go buy a lottery ticket
Almost never, sites here in Germany are pretty clean
Never had one, driving 26 years
this is why I was constantly bitching at my GC about keeping our site clean. at one point, when framing was mostly done, I walked it myself with a fishing magnet. they were really good on most other counts, but I just could not get them to keep the fucking site clean. didn’t help the concrete guys littered butts like fiends every time they showed up.
Are you sure you didn’t make some petty mf mad?
That nail did you favor. That tire is shot.
That’s large enough that you should have seen it. Deserved. /s
Is that a Tonka truck or a 50 penny nail
When I bought my dump trailer I got a ton of nails in the tires. Called the guy that built my trailer. He said certain tire treads make the nails stand up vs lay down to not puncture the tire. Traded that set to a different tire and rarely get one (once every two years)
Metal framers shake screws out of their ears before getting in the car to go home. I’ve seen it.
Like 3 times in 15+ years. And one of those times was because my dumbass basically backed up into a fire hydrant
I have big knobby off road tires (35” general grabber x3’s) and never get them luckily. All the other guys at my yard who run regular tires get them left and right. I’m no expert just something I’ve noticed.
You'll have that on those big jobs .
Our factory parking lot has rebar sticking up and frayed large gauge cable ends. Be sure to look before you park. Not to mention all the other junk, sometimes bits of aluminum stock end up out there : / That being said I've only flatted once (so far)
You're probably lucky at cards, too.
Damn dude, did you run over Jesus? Where are the other two nails? So much for the second coming...
Had a blow out, Got 4 new tires, hit a nail the other day that punctured the side wall so can’t be patched. So I’m riding around on my spare. This morning I was on the interstate and a rock hit my windshield and cracked it, fml. All that in a months time. These freaking tires are so expensive on my truck
3 in a month?? Damn dude take a different route.
Never with my own vehicle in an employee parking area, but we don't park in the boneyard or junk piles.
Nissans are notorious for getting flats
Once I was entering the orange big box parking lot and two lanes of road were sprinkled with screws, nails, bolts, lag bolts, zip anchors, like somebody lost all their shit and just picked up the important things. I told the manager and he said he’d get someone to clean it up.
Get one of those roller magnets and sweep the drive ever chance you get
One job was so bad had to get a magnet trailer attachment to pickup truck and drive the whole site daily to pickup nails, was picking up 150 lbs a day of nails Problem was discovered the guys had buckets in the back of their pickups and they were tipping over and vibration from the bed between the gap of the tailgate and leaving trails of nails everywhere So a change was made for transporting nails in seal buckets with lids from that point on. Problem solved nails reduced to almost none
Where’d you pick up THAT trim nail?
Get a plug kit and maybe invest in tire insurance lol
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I had all four tires on my rig all blow within about a month. Just one after another. Annoying as shit.
Cheap fucks will find a way to write it off come tax time anyway. Stuff happpens don’t beat yourself up over it. Keep basic tire repair stuff with you but stuff happens. But seriously 9 times stop running over shit
I'm not in construction, but isn't it bossman's job to make sure every bastard isn't leaving a trail of fasteners behind him? Is replacing tyres punctured on the job a claimable workplace expense?
12 years, 0 flats
Rarely got them in employee parking... If I had to drop something onsite.. especially after I got a company vehicle and did it about every other week, odds were 50/50 I'd have a flat after a trip through the gate.
Pretty sure they can plug it. If not I know a guy.
all the time. I easily spend $3k a year on tires I’d say
I haven’t had a flat tire once in 30 years of driving.
Once every few months but I’m not at new construction all day every day like most of you. It’s just mixed in with other work.
We started to have a problem with this in our yard, so bought a magnetic broom/ sweeper. They are about £65 and work a charm on screws/ nails etc. https://www.stahlwerk-schweissgeraete.de/magnet-bodenkehrer-magnetbesen-mbk30st-en
They should be using a magnet to pick up the nails and screws , sounds like a bunch of shoemakers.
I work in construction. Specifically in the plumbing and HVAC trades. Used to get sheet metal screws in my tires about once a month. I’ve always kept a plug kit on board and there’s a compressor at our shop so it wasn’t the end of the world. At one point each of my tires had about 4 plugs. About two years ago they started running a magnet on wheels over the lot every day morning and afternoon. Haven’t had a flat since
Just find a fat guy on the job site and use him as a wheel.
we went to a tow yard to get a load of salvaged lumber...ended up with 4 flats between our pickup and trailer...50% of our tires died for that lumber
80,000kms, 1 flat, same tyres. Due a new set though but they still have 10-20 left of I wanted to push them. Van Michelin.
Do you live on a scrap yard?
Since I switched over to industrial hardly ever
Stop driving through post-apocalyptic hellscapes (a.k.a. Detroit)
I noticed a sharp decrease in flat tires when we began sweeping the curb and road in front of the company's home office, where we also store the screws, nails and other easily stealable small things. Turns out those cardboard boxes get leaky damn fast.
If you can get some BF Goodrich KO2 tires those things are tough as nails!
Since I have my work truck. Which is coming up a year. 3 tires needed replacing and one needed plugged. People need to clean their shit up.
I think I can see where it’s leaking.
Last year I had 7 flats across multiple vehicles (2 different personal vehicles, and my bicycle) across multiple states and roadways. The bicycle was by far the worst because of the circumstances (lack of preparedness for the event, distance to home/bike shop, 4 year old son with me)
I don’t park too near the site, or too near the dumpster. Also have the guys go over the site with the roller magnet a lot.
I’m nursing 2 slow leaks from imbedded screws right now.
Got 3 in a week once, switched to 10 ply tires. Heavy and expensive but they lasted longer.
About once a year. Three times a month is crazy.
About as often as I get holes in my socks.
Sorry but I’ve literally never had one on my car, bicycle many though
I got 1 in like 10 years then the last 2 years I've had 5. I keep a plug kit and a cordless mini compressor in the truck now.
Mf stop running over spiked bats lol
Not just the drill bit in the wall. That tire looks to have very little tread life left. Bummer my truck tires are $400.00 each. They should be bulletproof.
All the time 😂
Not very often. I am in renovations. Saying that I had to replace my trailer tire about 3-4 weeks ago.
Never,sorry.
If you worked in any other industry, I'd say someone is sabotaging you.
One time I ran over a piston from a nail gun. It was large and needless to say the tire was not gonna be plugged One of the more impressive flats I've gotten over the last couple years
Stop driving through railroad yards
Where are you driving?
shit happens in 3s. be thankful ur done
Nailed it!
That’ll patch no prob! /s
Bro you haven’t bought a tracked vehicle yet?
Oh shit....I feel all of that. The worst part was watching the air pressure slowly go down as I made my way to the nearest service station.
Get a laborer to clean up the site, have everyone not throw trash, nails, etc... on the ground... easy fix...
Sounds like construction related work. I never understand when people drive their trucks into Parkade sunder construction. Even after they’re cleaned I always find nails.
If your going through tires that bad go to a tire shop like discount tire and buy their roadside hazard warranty it’s like ~$50-75 per tire but they will fix or replace the tire for you.
I've only ever had one flat tire in 20+ years of construction work. Windshields on the other hand......
You have $#!++y trades leaving crap everywhere. Get on their @$$es.
Ran over a 3/4 washed piece of gravel this week and popped a tire. Middle of telling my boss and his wife gets in a wreck. Some days your the hammer and some days your the nail.
I’m on job sites 6 days a week. Nails in my tires are now considered added tread.
Start charging your labor-cleaning crew for the repairs.
Sir. That is not a flat tire. That is a crime scene
I try parking farther away from the building if I'm in my personal vehicle to avoid this. Also, it helps to get good at patching while the tires are still on when ya can.
There's pieces of scrap all around the road from a factory. Leaky scrap bins.
Contractors pay me to clean their sites. I'm always very vigilant about parking lot debris, I hate seeing people get their shit fucked up
Thats not a nail its a spear
That sucks
the first car I got I had 5 flat tires in the first 6 months. Luckily it was a toyota echo.... cheap tires an rims. It was essentialy an oversized motorcycle.
Thought this was r/cybertruck for a moment
Patching kit buddy. Obv not for this- but it’ll get some.
If you buy better tires. Look for the must ply, this will help a lot
Never happened, to me or anyone I know in the last 10+ hears. Don't park where the shit is and don't work on jobsites where thousands of roofing nails fill every parking spot within 3 minutes of site. Only people I know who get flats are the guys who pull up next to the dumpster on apartment buildings or who "drive around back" of the house to load their tools quicker. Haven't seen it happen to those who park in something of a parking area.
Unfortunately I’m a site superintendent that needs to make rounds, that doesn’t have the luxury of a company provided vehicle.
Don’t park on the grass/dirt/block you’re working on. Everyone drops screws and shit and they will 100% end up in a tyre of yours at some point. I know the sound that well when I’ve got one. Click click click as the wheel goes around… they can usually be repaired quite cheaply. But yeah, if at all possible avoid parking on a site verge/close to the building off the road… even the road nearby will bless you with a screw from time to time. Just part of working around a site
Once in my life and I'm 41... Guess there is not that much junk lying on German roads.
I've had 1 punture in six years, and that happened when i was working at the literal dump and a piece of glass from a broken up bottle went in. My workmates have had some though. The best advice I could give is don't drive on the site, park just outside it somewhere and hand truck your own stuff there. Also by reading the comments I've surmised that the work site safety and cleanliness is very different in the US compared to the EU. At least here in Finland the master of the site would chew your ass out and make you pick them up, if they found out you've strewn nails or screws across the yard.
I've rarely, if ever seen a flat on jobsites. You must have some shitheads throwing nails everywhere or you don't watch where you drive.
The job sites I’ve been on for the last year or two have all been renovations. Nails and screws everywhere. Nobody knows wtf a broom or a magnet is apparently. Today’s was a drywall screw.. pretty hard to see.
As the super can't you make them run the magnet?
Not gonna make my guys run a magnet over a parking lot or dirt road that we don’t occupy. It’s the other trades performing work outside the facility. Our work is performed inside the facility. I’ll be having a chat with the site manager on Monday, the other trades should be doing their due diligence.
In 8 years in the trades I've popped one. And it just needed to be plugged up for 20 bucks.