JohnnyG
Active member
We got to Marysvale, UT in mid April, and we have been riding every weekend since. Many of the trails are dirt roads that most 4x4 vehicles could travel on, so I was not expecting a flat.
Going up the trail, we heard, “PST, PST, PST, PST.” The DW and I figured something had bumped the window cleaner can and caused it to spray.
Nope. It was a flat tire.
I carry a spare, an impact wrench, and an 8T bottle jack. Getting the tire off was not a problem. The problem was that I couldn’t get the bottle jack close enough to the tire to raise the hub high enough to get the new tire on. If there had been a rock or log in the area, I might have been able to use that to help, but there was nothing I could use to prop up the XP5 so I could reposition the jack.
A group of riders stopped to help. One of them had a shovel, and they dug a hole under the tire so we could get it mounted.
On our way back, I stopped to pick up my other rear tire. Last year, I hit a rock and peeled up a little flap in that tire. I glued it down with T6000 glue, and it had been working fine, but I replaced it with a take-off tire when I had the chance. Hopefully, that will hold until I replace all of the tires later this year.
I also stopped at Home Depot and bought a 4T bottle jack. That one is shorter than the 8T. Should this happen again, I’ll use one jack to get the XP5 up enough so I can get the other jack under the shock and change the tire without digging a hole.
I also put my foldable shovel in my go bag, just in case.
Going up the trail, we heard, “PST, PST, PST, PST.” The DW and I figured something had bumped the window cleaner can and caused it to spray.
Nope. It was a flat tire.
I carry a spare, an impact wrench, and an 8T bottle jack. Getting the tire off was not a problem. The problem was that I couldn’t get the bottle jack close enough to the tire to raise the hub high enough to get the new tire on. If there had been a rock or log in the area, I might have been able to use that to help, but there was nothing I could use to prop up the XP5 so I could reposition the jack.
A group of riders stopped to help. One of them had a shovel, and they dug a hole under the tire so we could get it mounted.
On our way back, I stopped to pick up my other rear tire. Last year, I hit a rock and peeled up a little flap in that tire. I glued it down with T6000 glue, and it had been working fine, but I replaced it with a take-off tire when I had the chance. Hopefully, that will hold until I replace all of the tires later this year.
I also stopped at Home Depot and bought a 4T bottle jack. That one is shorter than the 8T. Should this happen again, I’ll use one jack to get the XP5 up enough so I can get the other jack under the shock and change the tire without digging a hole.
I also put my foldable shovel in my go bag, just in case.
