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06-08-2012, 07:21 PM
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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Thought I'd seen it all...........
Today I saw a Suburban pulling a tow dolly going down the street, had a car on
the dolly, a Toyota Corolla.
The interesting part was that on the drivers side of the dolly, the tire was
one of those donut temporary spare tires, had a regular tire on other side of dolly.
Even changed lanes so I could get a good look at the tire at a stop light,
yup, temporary spare tire.
Ya' can't fix stupid... 
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06-08-2012, 07:50 PM
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Thor Owners Club
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Location: Guyton, Georgia
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Wow!
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06-13-2012, 07:17 AM
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Winnebago Owners Club
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Hope you gave that idiot lots of room. A rolling accident looking for a place to happen
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06-13-2012, 07:50 AM
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Appalachian Campers
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So help me here. The guy has a flat and replaces it with what he has at hand. He is headed to a tire shop. So what is wrong with that? If you have a flat on your car and have a donut spare, don't you use it? Should he have left the dolly and the Corolla on the side of the road, subject to theft or vandalism?
I guess I missed something.
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06-13-2012, 07:54 AM
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Sounds like a reasonable explanation to me. Now if he had been booking it down the interstate at 80 I would have raised an eyebrow.
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06-13-2012, 08:02 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Back in the day, I used to haul Fuel to the Goodyear test track near San Angelo Tx, They would run tires till they failed,some times @ 150 mph ! While unloading I walked over to a stack of wore out save-a-spares that had been tested, ALL of them had 100,000 plus on them at the the time of failure. Most where bald with the cords showing ! It was an eye opening experience.
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06-13-2012, 08:03 AM
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National RV Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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The problem is many folks don't understand that a donut tire is only rated at a lower MPH and limited distance. I've seen cars being driven down the interstate at freeway speeds with a temp spare. One time in Vegas I saw an idiot with 2 temps on the rear.
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06-13-2012, 12:03 PM
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We were near each other for several miles in traffic, passing several tires shops.
He was still going when I turned off.
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06-13-2012, 03:12 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Yeah thats dumb, he could of had this guy move it for him!
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06-13-2012, 03:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doc
So help me here. The guy has a flat and replaces it with what he has at hand. He is headed to a tire shop. So what is wrong with that? If you have a flat on your car and have a donut spare, don't you use it? Should he have left the dolly and the Corolla on the side of the road, subject to theft or vandalism?
I guess I missed something.
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You can assume he is not an idiot, we need more optimists.
But being a realist, I don't agree.
My assumtion was that it didn't seem logical that the bolt pattern of a
Suburban or a Corolla would be the same as the tow dolly... Whatever.
You jump to your conclusions and I'll jump to mine... 
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06-13-2012, 03:23 PM
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rgvtexan
Yeah thats dumb, he could of had this guy move it for him!
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Like to see how they loaded and unloaded the pickup..... 
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06-13-2012, 04:43 PM
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Location: Foglesville, Pa.
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Here's yer sign!
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