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Yes, if one views the package marketing at your local truck stop (and probably not at your family-friendly Pilot) it is quite obvious that it is a versatile too
by mikestew 5y ago
Yes, if one views the package marketing at your local truck stop (and probably not at your family-friendly Pilot) it is quite obvious that it is a versatile tool, and you might even use it on occasion to check tires.
But, yes, it is manufactured and market to thump one thing: someone’s skull.
- awb 5y agoWikipedia says that the murdered woman’s husband bought it for her for self-defense rather than to check tire pressure.
- darksaints 5y agoTire thumpers are an actual thing that truck drivers use to check tire pressure. Unlike cars, you can't just visually inspect tire pressure on empty trucks, because dual-mounted tires with one tire completely deflated will still "look" normal. Checking with a small bat is something so routine, I would wager on you never finding a truck anywhere that doesn't have one readily accessible in the cab, and that tire thumpers are used to thump tires over thumping humans 10000000:1. Source: I paid for college as a class A truck driver, and I used one to check every single dual-mounted tire every single day.