This weekend I helped out a couple of guys who had a flat tire up at our local Mills fleet and farm. Not a terrible place to have a problem like that, but we had a rather unseasonable article cold blast come through yesterday and the wind chill values were running around zero.

These poor guys didn't have a jack or a spare tire with them, and the deflated tire had managed to pop the bead so no matter how much fix a flat they originally tried to pump into the tire before I showed up was going to help much.

I dug out the emergency jack from my truck and my 12v pump and once we got the truck up, the bead reformed up and we were able to get enough air into the tire to get them on their way.

One lesson I learned was to make sure you know where your emergency jack is located. I hadn't ever needed it before, and in my 2010 escape they had it squirreled away in a second little hidden compartment that I don't think I had ever actually looked in. In short, know what you have, and know where it's at. It took me much longer than it should have to find it, and when it's that cold, it's not a lot of fun.

Anyway, Good Samaritan deed done for the weekend. They were very appreciative of the help.