Amzing. I drive to the Sierra del Burro with one spare and no wheel locks in my 2002 Pickup on Firestone tires that are at least a year old and a spare that has never been on the ground and my mechanic says is dangerous. So far I havemade three four or five day trips and two out to Alpine and the desert out there. Bockbeer is a strange critter but I will soon post the new cartoon series the boring adventures of Bockbeer and his estranged Sequoia.
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 4:46 PM, David via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > From David Locklear > > An irrelevant story about tires: > > > > I continued my quest today to prepare for a 3 day road-trip into the rural > roads of northern Mexico. > > I went to about 20 used tire shops in search of a very specific > all-terrain tire that I wanted for my 18 inch junkyard steel rims. > > So far I have spent today on 3 tires, ( only installing 2 ) was $ 360. > > The size is 265/70R18 which is an odd rare size but common on the > internet. It is 5 narrower and 5 taller that the street tires pictured. > > One is a Falken Rocky Mountain ( not pictured ). The other identical but > different name, Falken Wild Country, and the 3rd a B.F. Goodrich, all new > in never used condition. > > I also bought the cheap PepBoy's wheel locks for $ 14 that can be knocked > off with any sledge hammer, if you hit them just right. > > I did all of this in Spanish - probably saving about $ 75, but I also > spent $ 20 on gas searching for the tires. > > I am done with work until the 28th. > > I just have to find some money, and if it ain't in the mailbox when I get > home late tonight, then I will have to wait another day to check the mail, > and then possibly cancel my road-trip, after all that wacky hoopla. > > Then there is an ordeal beyond words, dealing with the sweet lady > mentioned in previous post. She claims that she is going solo on her own > to Monterrey from our house in her P.O.S. car with crappy tires ( yelling > in a very loud deranged tone of voice interjected with colorful Spanish > words like super-c*brone," and "inutil." ). > > At the moment, I have 3 functioning spare tires, but I only hope to take > one of them. > > > > I mentioned about previous trips being clusterph*cks. Yesterday, I > finally learned where the tool is hidden on the Sequoia that lowers the > spare tire. I also learned that the lug-wrench did not match the lug nuts > and that the hidden jack looks like it has never been used and I never knew > it was hidden there. I did not even know it had a jack, and the jack that > I had been carrying was a tiny one off my old Camry and was probably > worthless for changing a tire on a big 2008 Sequoia on the side of the > road. I have had this vehicle 17 months and put 65,000 miles in it, I > think. > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- Charlie Loving
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