Best to use tools when loosening lug nuts
Best to use tools when loosening lug nut
Mon Nov 12, 6:12 PM ET
SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said.
The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.
From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some injuries as high as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.
"Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.
The man was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with injuries Wilson described as severe but not life-threatening.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_fe_st/odd_shotgun_lug_nut;_ylt=ApLv3hS4jCb6tO6BiJf52Fas0NUE
Mon Nov 12, 6:12 PM ET
SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said.
The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.
From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some injuries as high as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.
"Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.
The man was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with injuries Wilson described as severe but not life-threatening.
LINK
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_fe_st/odd_shotgun_lug_nut;_ylt=ApLv3hS4jCb6tO6BiJf52Fas0NUE
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What a dufus. I keep a 1/2" drive, 25" breakover bar w/correct socket in all my vehicles. Especially usefull for women who often have trouble breaking lug nuts loose w/a tire tool. A 10 year old can w/a breakover bar. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Fatstrat
What a dufus. I keep a 1/2" drive, 25" breakover bar w/correct socket in all my vehicles. Especially usefull for women who often have trouble breaking lug nuts loose w/a tire tool. A 10 year old can w/a breakover bar.
Anyone knows that a woman is capable of breaking nuts without tools.0 -
Wonder if he shot off the valve stem? 0 -
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