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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150   
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Just had the tyre repaired. A *something* had stabbed right through the tread (the outer bit, not the inner bit) leaving a hole and no other detritus. My mind is leaning towards wondering if some friendly soul had left a spike in a puddle or something, whatever it was drove a hole though about an inch of reinforced rubber and steel.
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29th Dec 2011 11:45am |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150
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I think it had gone flat before we hit the hard stuff (just before where you describe, where we turned left to then turn right) FIxed now anyway and not too expensive. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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29th Dec 2011 1:58pm |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2653  
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Might have been a flint Dan
Due to the amount of time i go to the Plain my BFG's have cuts in the tread and slashes on the sidewalls. When pulling stones out of my last set of BFG's I pulled what looked like a flint arrow head out of one of the tread blocks. I once took out a friend of mine onto the Plain with a RR Sport on standard Pirellis and they wrote off three of their four tyres due to sidewall cuts that exposed the core. Luck of the draw on the day Mark |
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29th Dec 2011 4:26pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150
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Hi Mark,
No it wasn't a cut, it looked more like a nail had been hammered in - a very fine hole, and very smooth, also like I say about an inch or so deep and straight... Nor was it the sidewall, it was through a chunk of the tread that would normally be in contact with the road. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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29th Dec 2011 5:16pm |
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| chunkster Member Since: 29 Dec 2011 Location: usually heading towards salisbury plain Posts: 4 |
i don't suppose you guys done the byway that goes along the side of west lavington did you?, quite scenic, through some woods , past a cottage and out just the west lavington side of gore cross |
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29th Dec 2011 11:53pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6112 
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That's a nice little lane that one. I didn't do it on the weekend (although other might have)
Funnily enough, when I left our little group (I got them back to Gore cross before I headed N to Devizes) there was a Chinese looking chap wandering around looking lost, and he started walking down that byway (in his shoes & trousers  ) |
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30th Dec 2011 7:44am |
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| chunkster Member Since: 29 Dec 2011 Location: usually heading towards salisbury plain Posts: 4 |
you do find funny things on the plain, the reason i have said about that byway is that quite a few times people have reported nail type punctures from down there, i have only ever done it once and i got one and thats the only one i have ever had whilst laning, they were at one point trying to get it closed(i assume those that live in that cottage) |
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30th Dec 2011 9:22am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6112
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Yeah, it was TRO'd a few years back wasn't it. I can't imagine that it gets used that often... the ruts never look that deep or fresh.
Just nimbys in that cottage I suppose  |
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30th Dec 2011 10:34am |
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| chunkster Member Since: 29 Dec 2011 Location: usually heading towards salisbury plain Posts: 4 |
yes, more than likely, scenic though
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30th Dec 2011 11:18am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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hey, welcome Chunkster
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30th Dec 2011 12:03pm |
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| chunkster Member Since: 29 Dec 2011 Location: usually heading towards salisbury plain Posts: 4 |
cheers bpman, thought i would have a nosey |
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31st Dec 2011 12:06am |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443 
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Fancy seeing you here Chris, yet another forum
 I'm sure we'll fit in somewhere |
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31st Dec 2011 12:37am |
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| claudiap Member Since: 02 Jan 2012 Location: Banbury Posts: 8
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What a great day! I really enjoyed it. I will post the pictures later on
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2nd Jan 2012 5:39pm |
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| claudiap Member Since: 02 Jan 2012 Location: Banbury Posts: 8
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Alas! The pictures Dan and I have promised. If anyone wants any prints, please give me a buzz.
Many thanks, once again, for organising this event. Top quality! 
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2nd Jan 2012 6:27pm |
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