Hayseed Files, #393
Posted by TFG on November 13th, 2007
Best to Use Tools When Loosening Lug Nut
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.
Up to that point, the repair job had gone pretty good, too - changed the spark plugs with the shotgun, flushed the radiator with the shotgun, new hoses and belts with the shotgun…
Via Ken…
November 13th, 2007 at 10:40 am
doesn’t everyone keep a scatter gun for loosening tight nuts?
November 13th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
I hope he was using steel shot. Hate to see any lead foul up his catalytic converter.