Rules

[Thumper]

Things that over time I realize are always true:
If you have more than one vehicle, or are responsible for for some rolling stock: You'll have at least one tire going down at any given time. Just accept that.

[SciFiFisher]

And the scheduled maintenance will always have to be done at the most inconvenient time.

[Thumper]

Yep, that's a rule.

[pumpkinpi]

I had a flight delay once because a tire needed to be replaced.

Policy is to only replace them in pairs, even if only one is a problem.

The airport only had one tire on hand so they had to fly a new set in....

It turned out well for me, though. I believe I was coming home from MD with Buster. We had to get off the plane to wait, and the pilot was in the gate area. I got to talking to him when I was weighing my options--do I wait for this plane to be fixed or book another flight (leaving in about an hour) on a different airline. The pilot was frank--book on the other airline! I got home faster than anyone else on that flight!

[Thumper]

Great, airline policy is to ALWAYS replace tires 2 at a time. "Hey Bubba, how many them thar tires we got back there?" "Uhh, let's see. One!" "Okay, we're good until the next blowout."

[Thumper]

A few hours after I made the OP, I got to thinking, "How many tires do I actually have, in case someone asks?" So I started counting on my way to the cafeteria. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20...I thought that was about it, then I thought a bit harder. Then I got to 36. Then I remembered the bikes. It's somewhere close to 50, unless you don't count the bikes we no longer intend to ride. That's too many tires.

[Thumper]

Well apparently this thread mocked the Pneumatic Gods. I was adding a bit of air to the tires of my daily driver. When I disconnected the air hose from the compressor, the valve on the compressor stuck open, so all the air was wooshing out of the tank. I couldn't get it to seat, so I let all the air out of it. I'll squirt some blaster and maybe some pneumatic oil in there tonight and see if I can work it loose, otherwise I'll have to replace the connector. Do not mess with the Pneumatic Gods.

[Sigma_Orionis]

The Pneumatic Gods suck big time, and when they don't suck, they blow

[Thumper]

BaDump-Crash

[Thumper]

For all that are on the edge of their seats waiting to see how the situation was resolved:
I oiled up the connector, installed and uninstalled the hose several times, but the valve was still stuck open when I fired up the compressor. So I left the hose attached and let the compressor build to full pressure. Then I disconnected and the valve shut. What a great story.

[Thumper]

A few hours after I made the OP, I got to thinking, "How many tires do I actually have, in case someone asks?" So I started counting on my way to the cafeteria. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20...I thought that was about it, then I thought a bit harder. Then I got to 36. Then I remembered the bikes. It's somewhere close to 50, unless you don't count the bikes we no longer intend to ride. That's too many tires.

"Found" 3 more that I wasn't thinking about. Plus you can add a quick 16 if you count "tires currently on my property that don't actually belong to me but I keep aired up when the owners want to come use them." I think that puts us in the mid 60's.
(All these tires and I still don't have a drive into work.)

[vendic]

Policy is to only replace them in pairs, even if only one is a problem.
The airport only had one tire on hand...

So someone really screwed up.