The shoulder is the real danger, not the tire
Changing a wheel is not complicated. Doing it on a narrow shoulder on Highway 290 or on I-35 through Kyle, with traffic passing at speed a metre from your back, is genuinely dangerous, and it is why we would rather you called than crouched down beside a live lane.
Wimberley Towing runs roadside technicians around the clock for this. If you are somewhere safe and want to do it yourself, that is fine. If you are not, tell dispatch and stay in the vehicle with your belt on, or get behind the barrier.
What we bring
- Your spare, mounted properly. Torqued, not just spun on, and the flat stowed.
- A proper jack on unstable ground. Caliche shoulders and soft verges are exactly where a scissor jack sinks or tips.
- Wheel locks and stubborn nuts. A seized nut on the side of a road with a factory wrench is how people give up.
When there is no usable spare
Plenty of newer cars ship with a tire inflator kit instead of a spare, and a sidewall tear will not seal. Some cars have a spare that has been flat for three years under the boot floor. If there is nothing to fit, the car goes on a deck to a tire shop, which is flatbed towing rather than a roadside call, and dispatch will tell you that up front.
Call (512) 375-1215. Part of our roadside assistance service.