I was thinking the same thing, but neglected to say anything.

Thanks I appreciate it.

 

[quote=papadelogan;6703624]Apparently Mark is part donkey/quote]

I was thinking something along those lines but didn't know how to phrase it...

 

I only have one small thing to check. Now i dont remember if you have aftermarket rims on your truck or not, and if you have special lug nuts, but if you do, double check to make sure the socket for your lugnuts are there.

When I was a tire guy I have been to a few calls where the customer couldnt get their tire off, cause they lost the special socket.

 

Considering all the Deck talk in the OT, and Mark being such a Deck expert, should we be surprised that he has such an impressive Deck???

 

speaking of special lug wrenches.... more things to verify before you leave...
1. torque your lugs, especially if they have been recently rotated, and check the rented trailer.
2. make sure your trailer ball is torqued...
3. make sure you have the right size ball for the coupler.
4. make a visual inspection of trans cooler lines, IC tube boots, radiator hoses, make sure its all tight and right.
5. do a complete light check and make sure you have the right coupler/ adapter for the trailer wiring. It depends on size and brakes whether its a 4 pin, 6 pin or 7 pin coupler, and adapters are available, but check it out thoroughly in case its been bubba-tized.

I have had wheels come off loaded trailers before, even lost an aluminum dual off the F350 once... I went to steel rims shortly after that. torquing those wheels and keeping them checked is important. I have heard stories about people having ***** unscrew and come out going down the road.... and I have personally pulled my bumper hitch flatbed over 200 miles, half of it loaded with 5000 lbs of Bridgeport Series 2 standard with a 2-5/16 coupler on a 2 inch ball. I had help hooking up and they grabbed the wrong receiver. I was unloading the machine when the trailer popped off the ball. That was an eventful trip, threw a tire apart on the S on I-380 in downtown Cedar Rapids at 20 minutes after noon on saturday, took the curvy roads the rest fo the way home so I did not get run over, then find out I was using too small a ball. The last tire I lost was on the same trailer halfway between Williamsburg Iowa and Des Moines... hauling a Hyd-Mech H12 automatic bandsaw back from Council Bluffs. Ironically I still have the trailer....I still need to make some more lug bolts for it.... Check everything on rented trailers.

 

You're right Leo I should be more worried about the rental trailer than my truck.

I have lots of trailer/towing experience, but they were always with well-maintained trailers owned by the family. I'll inspect the trailer thoroughly.

I've had a wheel FALL OFF my truck while driving, too, after a rotate/balance...so I will be forever weary about that also.

 

Still a little early Mountain time?

 

Yep currently 7:45 in the morning.

 

You must've missed the bold lettering in the quote. I was aware of the time.

 

Mark, perhaps you can find something else to keep that mind of yours busy other than picking out other people's mistakes. A crossword puzzle maybe?

Would the words aware, concious, alert, attentive, mindful, or cognizant be better?

I am dragging a bit and I don't feel well today. There have been sicknesses flying around the office for about a month and it finally caught up to me. I can feel my body fighting it off and I'm doing alright, still slowing me down a bit though.

 

Lisa, you're so obviously smart, that I just can't help pointing it out when I see something like weary, when I knew you had to mean leery. Sorry. It seems it does not take me much effort to get off on the wrong foot with you. No more.

 

To those of you that have lost an aluminum wheel, did you bring it back to the tire shop and give em hell?

When ya take an aluminum rim off, its a must (as a decent tire guy) to check the back of the rim for corrosion, where it sits on the hub. The difference in metals almost always forms corrosion there.

It takes a tire guy about 30 seconds a rim to take a buffer and buff that crap off. After that a re-torque after 100-150 km (whats that 60-90ish miles?) and if you want, another retorque after that, and the rim should never come off.

 

Mark, stop being so sensitive. I was just giving you the same shhit back that you gave me. I am not mad at you.

When it happened to me, I got the wheel replaced, lug bolts, a rotor, brakes, lug nuts..I made the manager's ear bleed and I got the tire tech fired.

Mine was a case of serious neglect. He forgot to torque down my lug nuts. A few fell off with only a couple remaining lugs holding the wheel on and it tore the lug bolts right out of the wheel assembly...

 

Lisa. It sounds like you're fully prepared for your trip, you're just dreading the long drive. I'm the same way. Getting ready for a long trip wears me out more than the trip does (usually).

 

Its not a bad drive really, nothing like the drive out East on Interstate 70...now that is a horrid drive. I just hope it stays dry.

Yep I am an over-preparer. Randy and I equal each other out, becuase he's a major procrastinator. When he moved I got to his house to help him load his u haul truck and nothing was packed. Guess who went on a packing rampage and had that whole house packed up in 1/2 a day.

I am so bad, in fact, I fully intend on measuring all of the stuff I want to pack to ensure it will fit in the trailer before I even go pick up the trailer..