New tires on my truck

[Crosley.In.AZ]

My new tires on my Silverado have about 170 miles on them.  I came out to the truck thursday and found this little nail in the side wall.

No leakage. Looks like the nail skimmed through the outter layer of rubber

[58 Yeoman]

You were lucky.  There used to be a tire dealer here, that had a tire on display that had a railroad spike in the same position as your nail.  But, being larger, penetrated the tire.

[donsrods]

Since Southwest Florida is the "construction capital of the world" the roads are littered with roofing nails, drywall screws, any kind of nail you can think of.  I pick up an average of one nail every couple of weeks.

It has gotten so bad I carry a couple of cans of fix a flat just so I can get home to plug it properly. It is really getting to be a pain.

Looks like you dodged the bullet on your nail. 1/2 inch more and you would have been using your "road hazard gaurantee."

[Leon]

I put new tires on the wife's car.  about a month later,  she called before I had a chance to go outside to tell me she had to take my truck to work because she had a flat.  She picked up a 4" x 4" piece of steel that looks like it broke off the bucket of a backhoe or the blade of a road grader.  The tire was beyond being patchable :x