Would it be possible to get a lug nut removal tool down in there and on that and get it off, just like you could if it was a locking lug nut on a wheel?
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Would it be possible to get a lug nut removal tool down in there and on that and get it off, just like you could if it was a locking lug nut on a wheel?
Got home yesterday afternoon from 8 nights of camping and having fun with my family in Michigan's UP. We try to get up there at some point every year, if we can. Bummed around on back roads. No pictures of my favorite road I drove on. I was too busy having fun crawling around in 4WD, while everyone else was hanging on for dear life. If there was time, my boys and I would have gone back for another go round (while my wife would have elected to stay back at camp - she did not like it one bit, lol!) Did a day trip up to Hancock and toured the old Quincy Mine, where part of the tour we got to see the largest steam hoist ever built - and the only steam hoist remaining in the world. This thing was massive. We've done a handful of different mine tours, a few of them in the UP, and this was by far the best mine tour we've done. Highly recommended if you're ever in the area.
And our second to last night, right as it was about to rain, it started to get a little breezy - but only barely breezy - and we heard a large crack. We had just gotten back into the camper less than 2 minutes earlier. Looked out and the big tree by the entrance to our site, that marked the divider between our site and our neighbors, had split. It had split off into a Y about 20 feet in the air and, while the tree looked healthy, there was some visual signs that it was perhaps splitting, and I had sat at our campfire and wondered earlier in our trip how long before it might give out and split.
Well, I got my answer on night 7, as we heard that crack and looked out to see half the tree sitting on our neighbor's camper... Log they pulled off was about 12" at the bottom. Branches punched through the roof. Frame bent. Surprisingly the roof didn't collapse in. We called the state park office immediately to let them know and they came right away to check it out, then showed up with chainsaws and equipment a couple hours later and got to work clearing it out. Thankfully they were not at camp at the time, as they would have been in the camper at the time, since it was just starting to rain, and where branches punctured at least a couple of them would have been hanging out. Ruined their family vacation - they were 2 nights in to a week long trip with multiple stops across the UP... Felt so bad for them.
And our second to last night, right as it was about to rain, it started to get a little breezy - but only barely breezy - and we heard a large crack. We had just gotten back into the camper less than 2 minutes earlier. Looked out and the big tree by the entrance to our site, that marked the divider between our site and our neighbors, had split. It had split off into a Y about 20 feet in the air and, while the tree looked healthy, there was some visual signs that it was perhaps splitting, and I had sat at our campfire and wondered earlier in our trip how long before it might give out and split.
Well, I got my answer on night 7, as we heard that crack and looked out to see half the tree sitting on our neighbor's camper... Log they pulled off was about 12" at the bottom. Branches punched through the roof. Frame bent. Surprisingly the roof didn't collapse in. We called the state park office immediately to let them know and they came right away to check it out, then showed up with chainsaws and equipment a couple hours later and got to work clearing it out. Thankfully they were not at camp at the time, as they would have been in the camper at the time, since it was just starting to rain, and where branches punctured at least a couple of them would have been hanging out. Ruined their family vacation - they were 2 nights in to a week long trip with multiple stops across the UP... Felt so bad for them.
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Some guys have had succes doing that, I dont have one. Before I spent the money on one I would just cut the old winch off and bolt a new one on. I can get a used oem one for about $70 or a new aftermarket for about $50. I'm still not even sure if my oversized wheel and tire will fit under the truck. I still have to get the old one down to check and see if it'll fit. To damn hot here to do anything outdoors for this fat old man.
Yeah, if you don't have the tool, it's hard to justify the cost, when the replacement part is not much more. I ended up purchasing the set previously because I had to remove a few bulging lug nuts because of those stupid two piece lug nuts - the thin cap over the nut - corroding and expanding. Was the only way to remove them. Replaced them with solid ones, and have done that on every vehicle I've had since then before I've noticed it becoming a problem...
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Yeah I can get a new one on Amazon for $45. I may just go that route. I do have a couple things im going to try first when it cools down a bit here.