I am Getting Too Old for this S...!

[RoneKiln]

How did they cut that stump out so cleanly?! I spent about 5 minutes poking around google and found nothing like that! They had to have had some sort of machine to cut underneath it to get it so flat.

[Raptor]

I have no clue how they cut it and how they got it out. That is why i stopped to look at it. It was clearly growing between the sidewalk and street on the public right of way which may be why the ground is shaped like that,but how they did it...no clue.

[Raptor]

Things are more or less back to normal. There are still mounds of tree limbs on eth curb but the local .gov has a large "giant claw machine" that is slowly working its way through the neighborhoods picking up the debris.

The trash is again being picked up but only once a week. I cannot over state the warning to NOT open the lid on a trash can after it has been in the hot sun for a week!

In NOLA they had trouble picking up trash before the storm and it has not gotten much better there.

Most of the areas now have power and the roofing companies are showing up everywhere.
The next pestilence will be roofing nails in car tires.     

2 must haves after a hurricane a powerful magnet on a stick and tire patch kit/inflator.

[MacWa77ace]

2 must haves after a hurricane a powerful magnet on a stick and tire patch kit/inflator.

The tire plug kit and inflator are part of my EDC VERK, but the magnet?

Since you put the magnet and the tire kit in the same breath you made me think of the professional office cleaners, they put magnets on the fronts of their vacuums with beater bars to pick up staples and paperclips before rolling over them. That's an idea to protect car tires but what do you use it for?

[Raptor]

2 must haves after a hurricane a powerful magnet on a stick and tire patch kit/inflator.

The tire plug kit and inflator are part of my EDC VERK, but the magnet?

Since you put the magnet and the tire kit in the same breath you made me think of the professional office cleaners, they put magnets on the fronts of their vacuums with beater bars to pick up staples and paperclips before rolling over them. That's an idea to protect car tires but what do you use it for?

I use it to sweep my yard and driveway after a storm to pick up roofing nails and screws. When neighbors are having roofs redone the workers will always drop nails. It is inevitable. Using this to sweep the yard has in the past saved my foot from a nail and a tire repair. 
https://www.amazon.com/Telescoping-Magnetic-Capacity-Stalwart-Magnet/dp/B075F9NM3C/ref=sr_1_19?dchild=1&keywords=magnet+on+a+stick&qid=1632327990&sr=8-19
The bigger and more powerful the better.
https://www.amazon.com/GRIP-53417-Magnetic-Floor-Sweeper/dp/B01LWP1S72/ref=sr_1_20?dchild=1&keywords=magnet+on+a+stick&qid=1632327990&sr=8-20

I also have seen the magnets on vacuums and while I would love to figure out how to mount one in each wheel well I have not figured that out yet.


https://www.newschannel10.com/story/23034849/large-amount-of-flat-tires-from-roofing-nails/

[wolf_from_wv]

2 must haves after a hurricane a powerful magnet on a stick and tire patch kit/inflator.

The tire plug kit and inflator are part of my EDC VERK, but the magnet?

Since you put the magnet and the tire kit in the same breath you made me think of the professional office cleaners, they put magnets on the fronts of their vacuums with beater bars to pick up staples and paperclips before rolling over them. That's an idea to protect car tires but what do you use it for?

I use it to sweep my yard and driveway after a storm to pick up roofing nails and screws. When neighbors are having roofs redone the workers will always drop nails. It is inevitable. Using this to sweep the yard has in the past saved my foot from a nail and a tire repair. 
https://www.amazon.com/Telescoping-Magnetic-Capacity-Stalwart-Magnet/dp/B075F9NM3C/ref=sr_1_19?dchild=1&keywords=magnet+on+a+stick&qid=1632327990&sr=8-19
The bigger and more powerful the better.
https://www.amazon.com/GRIP-53417-Magnetic-Floor-Sweeper/dp/B01LWP1S72/ref=sr_1_20?dchild=1&keywords=magnet+on+a+stick&qid=1632327990&sr=8-20

I also have seen the magnets on vacuums and while I would love to figure out how to mount one in each wheel well I have not figured that out yet.


https://www.newschannel10.com/story/23034849/large-amount-of-flat-tires-from-roofing-nails/

Bar magnet with a solid mount under the front bumper?

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200256174_200256174?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Construction%20%3E%20Road%20Magnets&utm_campaign=A.M.K.%20Magnetics&utm_content=1501692&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8durro-T8wIVyxmtBh2BmgDsEAQYAyABEgInhPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[lurkedthere]

Bar magnet with a solid mount under the front bumper?

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200256174_200256174?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Construction%20%3E%20Road%20Magnets&utm_campaign=A.M.K.%20Magnetics&utm_content=1501692&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8durro-T8wIVyxmtBh2BmgDsEAQYAyABEgInhPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have a couple of issues with this.

1) It does not appear wide enough to protect the tyres (a leaker on the right if I'm not mistaken).
2) Going over any sort of bump will have that thing bouncing up and down doing whatever damage.

Presumably only for use at very low speeds?

[MacWa77ace]

Bar magnet with a solid mount under the front bumper?

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200256174_200256174?cm_mmc=Google-pla&utm_source=Google_PLA&utm_medium=Construction%20%3E%20Road%20Magnets&utm_campaign=A.M.K.%20Magnetics&utm_content=1501692&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8durro-T8wIVyxmtBh2BmgDsEAQYAyABEgInhPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have a couple of issues with this.

1) It does not appear wide enough to protect the tyres (a leaker on the right if I'm not mistaken).
2) Going over any sort of bump will have that thing bouncing up and down doing whatever damage.

Presumably only for use at very low speeds?

those are for cleaning up areas not for highway use. and i even think they are sized for side by sides or golf cars. but it'd be neat to have some sort of magnetic field to 'vacuum' up that stuff on a highway vehicle.
It wouldn't have worked for the one time I some how got a wheel balance weight [lead] thru my Explorer's tire, I didn't even know what it was until I started pulling it out. All I could see was a little silver on the surface but there was a heavy and long weight in there.

[wolf_from_wv]

If you've never plugged a tire before, I would advise finding a way to practice before you have to do it. It can be challenging. Get the t handle, not the straight screwdriver type handle.

[Raptor]

If you've never plugged a tire before, I would advise finding a way to practice before you have to do it. It can be challenging. Get the t handle, not the straight screwdriver type handle.

I seconds this advice. I have plugged several tires...all had slow leaks after the plug ... they were all better at holding air after I was finished but all required professional reworking.

Still it was better than nothing and sometimes good enough is adequate short term.

BTW I found these in front of my house over a period of several days ...and the roofers have not yet descended upon my neighborhood. None are mine. I have a steel roof. 

The roofing nail pestilence is upon me now.

[MacWa77ace]

If you've never plugged a tire before, I would advise finding a way to practice before you have to do it. It can be challenging. Get the t handle, not the straight screwdriver type handle.

Definitely...
I've plugged so many tires in my life I can do it in nothin' flat without jacking up the car or removing the tire.

In addition to the T handle advice, make sure your plugs are relatively fresh. If you use the 'rope and tar' type plugs, heat and time make them less sticky and they can leak. Make sure you thoroughly reem out the hole and that it is not to large for your plug diameter. [I have triple looped a plug with success before in a pinch]

I keep my tire kit in my trunk which gets really hot in the summer sun here in Florida. Kit has tools for pulling nails, screws and then the plug kit and an electric tire pump. The last time I plugged a tire I noticed that the plug wasn't as sticky before I put it in. The plug was pretty old, and that plug did leak. So I bought new plugs, pulled that plug out and put in a new one and that held.

LOL, one time when I finally got new tires on my Explorer, there were three plugs in one tire, and one plug each in two other tires. No leaks and I wore those tires out before replacing them, if you know what I mean.

[SCBrian]

Plugs in the truck, and have taught the kids how to use them.  My preferred method is a patch on the inside, but that's not easily doable on the side of the road...  also from my favorite channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyscXvmXeY

[slipkid42]

I recently plugged a tire for the first time, I had the kit from Harbor Freight in there just in case.  I was due for tires in a couple weeks, delivery was a while, so figured may as well get rid of this slow getting faster leak.  It was a challenge as the drill bit? I pulled out of the tire was much smaller than the reamer.  With a bit of help got er plugged.  But yes, if you have an old tire laying around put a hole in it and practice!

[Raptor]

I ran across this in my emails. The MV Laney Chouest is a 6000 ton anchor handling towing vessel. It is not huge by commercial standards but also not insignificant. In fact if you wanted to weather a hurricane on the GOM or in this case in Port Fourchon (a deepwater port on the GOM) it would be an excellent choice. So that is exactly what her crew did. The only better vessel IMO would be the battleship Alabama in Mobile Bay. But I digress.

https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/455735/LANEY_CHOUEST.pdf

The LANEY CHOUEST, located in Port Fourchon, LA, recorded wind gusts of 194 knots, 223 mph as the storm made landfall. Now that is not certified proof but that is IMO significant.

[sheddi]

The LANEY CHOUEST, located in Port Fourchon, LA, recorded wind gusts of 194 knots, 223 mph as the storm made landfall. Now that is not certified proof but that is IMO significant.

Wow that's quite some gust!

And I agree, a 6000-ton anchor handling tug would be a good choice of vessel for a hurricane.