Re: lost 37" irok @grey rock fall for all
Can't help you with your tire, but I had a strap break once that was holding 4 Thornbirds w/wheels on my trailer going up the mountain at Tellico a long time ago. I didn't know it until I got to camp and there was only 1 tire left on the trailer still. A few hours later a guy pulled up to camp with the tires in the bed of his truck. He said he noticed them way down in the forest and worked for 2 hours rolling them up the hill to get them. Didn't ask for anything in return but he did mention that he had lost 2 of his bear-hunting dogs somewhere on the mountain and asked us to leave them at camp if we were to find them. Sure enough, early on Sun., we found 2 black labs with radio collars on cowering and freezing in the sleet at the top of the mountain near Guardrail hiding under some trees. We threw them in someone's rig, brought them back to camp and left them there for him. Poor things were scared shitless, they had been up there for nearly 2 days in that weather. Thunder, driving rain and sleet, etc. Miserable weekend altogether for everyone.