CoAngus, you bring home a point to me which validates a decision I made this past weekend.

While scouring the garage shop, I'm collecting tool kits, tools, and supplies which I no longer need to hold onto, and I'm slowly selling them on FB Marketplace and using the cash to get other items to help me optimize my shop space and improve the safety of my vintage table saw. After getting rid of my F250 diesel last summer, I had still not gone through the various tool bags and parts boxes to purge those unneeded items, but that was the task for this past weekend. Upon seeing the still in brand new condition Smittybilt compressor I had always kept in the truck bed, I debated selling it because I could still get over $100 in a quick FB sale. I debated, thought, considered, talked to myself, and finally decided to keep it and carry it with us when we take road trips.

Thanks for confirming my decision!

 

Well in this case the solution to the problem was the same even if the details(who or when) of the cause of the issue was not. Locking lug nuts are more prone to breaking from over-tightening than "standard" lugnuts.

Therefore, do not over-tightening the lug nuts (locking or regular type) to prevent the problem from occurring.

Regardless of who messed up or when; the solution is the same.

Mic drop. I am out. Unless you bring me back in.

 

True, but... Most little compressors work like garbage in extreme cold. This was in a Cayenne that has air suspension and an on-board tire compressor and it didn't have enough uumph to fill the flat. That useless tow truck driver would've had enough, but he was too busy briskly walking away to help.
I'm should mail him some roadkill...

 

Understood, ColAngus. The Smittybilt 2781 I have, though, is not your typical portable compressor... it has enough oomph to manage 75 psi fills on 36" 8-lug tires on the F250 diesel I used to own, and can very easily manage the smaller volume and lower pressure tires on my RX. It also connects directly to the battery instead of through the limited cigarette lighter port to ensure that it gets the power required to generate its 5.6cfm@150psi rating. Being what it is, it's a bit larger than the typical portable carry unit, too, and that's sort of why I was considering getting rid of it, but the kit it came in includes a valuable heavy duty tire repair kit which would be equally useful on the road.

 

That should do the trick, then. Plus, you might not have temps before 0F where you are.

 

Yeah... in the three winters we've had here and four previous ones not too far away on the south side of Charlotte, we have seen a few isolated single-digit mornings, and we generally see several days yearly in the low-mid teens, but otherwise it's normally in the low-to-mid 20's on our colder days. If you look back over 100 years, though, we have had two days below zero (one @ -1°F in 1918 and another @ -2°F in 1951) and one at 0°F (1982).