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Smart things that came with the car that should stay in the car:
*spare tire (remember to check its tire pressure every so often!)
*emergency tire jack and tire iron
*owner's manual and manual supplements
Here's a good listing of some other stuff that you should carry in your car:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/roadside/
But for my listing:
*first aid kit (bandages, alcohol wipes, etc.)
*simple tool kit (multifunction tool, a pair of pliers, vice-grips, and a few differently-sized screwdrivers (flathead and phillips), a working flashlight or torch lantern, and a bungee cord or two)
*notebook and pencil (pens dry out or won't work when cold or leak when hot), to help you jot down the other car's information if in an accident for insurance purposes, or for writing down your maintenance history or your fuel log
*phone numbers of your auto insurance agent, your dealer, and any auto service club you belong to
*your cell phone and hopefully its car charger
*tire pressure gage
*combination portable jumpstart kit (with traditional jumper cable leads) with air compressor (and preferrably also with an emergency lantern/hazard lights)
*bottle of extra windshield washer fluid (especially needed in the winter to keep your windshield clean of dirty slush!)
*small blanket or mylar wrap (to keep you warm if necessary, but more commonly to cover/separate your stuff)
*box of tissues
*small trash bag to collect stuff (like used tissues)
*emergency reflective triangle or flares
*cloth rags (to wipe up big stains, or to clean bird droppings off the paint, or for when you check the oil or to wipe your hands...)
*extra set of old clothes (including shoes/boots), just in case you get your shoes/socks wet in weather, or have a messy time eating out, or you suddenly find yourself having to stay overnight somewhere when you didn't expect it...
*a bottle of water or two, and some long-lasting snackfoods (like nuts or a powerbar or jerky) in case you are stuck in your car somewhere...
and depending on the season and where you travel:
*good quality combination snow brush and ice scraper (hopefully strong, so it won't break from scraping and extended use, and preferably with the ice scraper on the opposite side as the snow brush, to prevent you from scratching your paint while clearing snow)
*portable folding shovel (in case you need to dig out your car from the plows or fallen snow, or if you're in a ditch)
*tire chains
Smart things that came with the car that should stay in the car:
*spare tire (remember to check its tire pressure every so often!)
*emergency tire jack and tire iron
*owner's manual and manual supplements
Here's a good listing of some other stuff that you should carry in your car:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/roadside/
But for my listing:
*first aid kit (bandages, alcohol wipes, etc.)
*simple tool kit (multifunction tool, a pair of pliers, vice-grips, and a few differently-sized screwdrivers (flathead and phillips), a working flashlight or torch lantern, and a bungee cord or two)
*notebook and pencil (pens dry out or won't work when cold or leak when hot), to help you jot down the other car's information if in an accident for insurance purposes, or for writing down your maintenance history or your fuel log
*phone numbers of your auto insurance agent, your dealer, and any auto service club you belong to
*your cell phone and hopefully its car charger
*tire pressure gage
*combination portable jumpstart kit (with traditional jumper cable leads) with air compressor (and preferrably also with an emergency lantern/hazard lights)
*bottle of extra windshield washer fluid (especially needed in the winter to keep your windshield clean of dirty slush!)
*small blanket or mylar wrap (to keep you warm if necessary, but more commonly to cover/separate your stuff)
*box of tissues
*small trash bag to collect stuff (like used tissues)
*emergency reflective triangle or flares
*cloth rags (to wipe up big stains, or to clean bird droppings off the paint, or for when you check the oil or to wipe your hands...)
*extra set of old clothes (including shoes/boots), just in case you get your shoes/socks wet in weather, or have a messy time eating out, or you suddenly find yourself having to stay overnight somewhere when you didn't expect it...
*a bottle of water or two, and some long-lasting snackfoods (like nuts or a powerbar or jerky) in case you are stuck in your car somewhere...
and depending on the season and where you travel:
*good quality combination snow brush and ice scraper (hopefully strong, so it won't break from scraping and extended use, and preferably with the ice scraper on the opposite side as the snow brush, to prevent you from scratching your paint while clearing snow)
*portable folding shovel (in case you need to dig out your car from the plows or fallen snow, or if you're in a ditch)
*tire chains
How can someone lose both arms when a blackhawk tyre explodes? (Apparently this happened in Iraq)?
Mark in Ja
This happened in Iraq according to a news article I read today. And another soilder was killed in the same incident. The helicopter was apparently on the ground.
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This happened in my unit (E COMPANY 5-158th AVN) while I was downrange in OIF1 (2003-2004). The contributing factors were as follows......
1. The soldiers in question (1 of died in the incident, while one only lost both arms) were servicing (filling the tire with pressurized nitrogen)a main landing gear tire on a UH60A Blackhawk helicopter. They did not follow the proper procedures, which are clearly stated in the servicing manual (TM1-1520-237-23-1)
2. Soldier A (the fatality) was kneeling next to the tire, directly in front of the rim, instead of off to the side.
3. Soldier B (the one who lost his arms) was operating the tire inflation kit with his arms extended between the rim and the other soldier.
4. The UH60 uses a split rim design, which means the rim is two pieces (picture a car rim cut down the center vertically) held together (in the case of this rim) by 7 bolt, washer, and nut setups.
5. The nitrogen servicing cart has a low and a high pressure side, the low pressure side is capable of 50-300psig (pounds per square inch, guaged), while the high pressure side is capable of 150-3,000psig. When servicing a uh60 tire, one must take care to use the low pressure sude, since the tire is only supposed to be inflated to about 150psig.
6. The soldiers hooked the tire inflation kit to the high pressure side of the servicing cart. When they opened the valve on the tank and then tried to service the tire, they shot 3,000 psig into a tire and rim assembly designed for a much, much lower pressure. This overpressure caused the explosive failure of the rim hardware, resulting in the rim blowing apart, directly through Soldier B's arms, and into the chest of Soldier A. Only the quick reaction of a friend of mine did Soldier B manage to live. He used his blet and Soldier B's belt to turniquet the soldier's arms above the elbows. Soldier A was dead almost instantly from catching the rim in the chest at 3,000 pouns per square inch pressure.
While this was a tragic loss to the families involved, it was an accident. I almost made the same mistake myself, thank God, it was caught in time.
This happened in my unit (E COMPANY 5-158th AVN) while I was downrange in OIF1 (2003-2004). The contributing factors were as follows......
1. The soldiers in question (1 of died in the incident, while one only lost both arms) were servicing (filling the tire with pressurized nitrogen)a main landing gear tire on a UH60A Blackhawk helicopter. They did not follow the proper procedures, which are clearly stated in the servicing manual (TM1-1520-237-23-1)
2. Soldier A (the fatality) was kneeling next to the tire, directly in front of the rim, instead of off to the side.
3. Soldier B (the one who lost his arms) was operating the tire inflation kit with his arms extended between the rim and the other soldier.
4. The UH60 uses a split rim design, which means the rim is two pieces (picture a car rim cut down the center vertically) held together (in the case of this rim) by 7 bolt, washer, and nut setups.
5. The nitrogen servicing cart has a low and a high pressure side, the low pressure side is capable of 50-300psig (pounds per square inch, guaged), while the high pressure side is capable of 150-3,000psig. When servicing a uh60 tire, one must take care to use the low pressure sude, since the tire is only supposed to be inflated to about 150psig.
6. The soldiers hooked the tire inflation kit to the high pressure side of the servicing cart. When they opened the valve on the tank and then tried to service the tire, they shot 3,000 psig into a tire and rim assembly designed for a much, much lower pressure. This overpressure caused the explosive failure of the rim hardware, resulting in the rim blowing apart, directly through Soldier B's arms, and into the chest of Soldier A. Only the quick reaction of a friend of mine did Soldier B manage to live. He used his blet and Soldier B's belt to turniquet the soldier's arms above the elbows. Soldier A was dead almost instantly from catching the rim in the chest at 3,000 pouns per square inch pressure.
While this was a tragic loss to the families involved, it was an accident. I almost made the same mistake myself, thank God, it was caught in time.
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