<div dir="ltr"><div>I've gone for long periods where I didn't even carry a spare. It was a silly thing to do, even though I got away with it. Now I carry a 165 on a type-3 wheel.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Max</div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM John Jaranson <<a href="mailto:john@carartbyjohn.com">john@carartbyjohn.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I had a flat on the drive out to the first Invasion, but that was due to the 4 recap tires I was running at the time. <G>. I ended up getting 4 new Les Schwab tires in Parma before the return trip.<br>
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Sophy also picked up a screw in Ticonderoga last year. Fortunately, I noticed it in the host hotel parking lot and was able to plug it and roll the tire across the street to the gas station to fill it up.<br>
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Those are the only tother two I remember from the Invasions.<br>
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John<br>
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> On Oct 9, 2025, at 12:52 PM, Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" target="_blank">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On 8 Oct 2025 at 23:07, John Jaranson wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Only issue was picking up a sheet metal screw in the right front tire in the<br>
>> Orleans Hotel parking lot. Quickly plugged it and good to go.<br>
> <br>
> In all our other Type 3 travels and caravans, I don't recall anyone ever <br>
> getting a puncture before. Glad you were able to fix it quickly.<br>
> <br>
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