Tales from The Road

Peter Minde said:
Holy crap, Harv, you were lucky. Tales of the road disasters:

1. On I-91 in VT, driving to Craftsbury many years ago. There was slushy wet snow on the road. Pickup truck goes by me, through a particularly huge puddle, and he splashed slush and stuff totally obscuring my windshield. When the wipers cleared, the guy was sideways in front of me.
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On the way up to Gore last year on Rt 8, a logging truck was coming the other way. As the truck comes nearer I see it hit a Big black bird which proceeded to land on the hood/windshield. Bird poo and blood was washed away with the wipers and wash pump as best I could. Pulled into the lot at Gore and as discreetly as possible used some snow to clean off the rest of the remains. Skiing was good.
 
Harvey said:
Haha, soon enough we'll see if I can ride out the bill for the repairs.

I just got a text from my guy Al:

"Somebody is watching over you bud. The wheel looks damage free. (We'll know for sure when I balance it.) MY COST on a new rim is $707! Have 4 tires on the way. I'm putting it on the lift and will check the electronics etc."
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WOW! I'd say Al is spot on. Can't believe that wheel isn't trashed!! Good for you Harv (y)
 
What kind of tire was it? Any specific cause, e.g. defect or hit a box of nails?

Man, you've had an interesting last few weeks. Glad you're on this side of the grass.
 
I don't know if I hit something metal or just the ice packing up in my wheel wells shredded the tire. Full disclosure @Scottski63 has told me several times I was on borrowed time with those tires. They weren't showing wear bars or anything, probably good enough for another 10k in summer, but obv not great in deep snow. I did spend all day Monday trying to find new rubber but the storm shut it all down. Yeah, I know, a day late and a dollar short.
 
Harvey said:
"Somebody is watching over you bud. The wheel looks damage free. (We'll know for sure when I balance it.) MY COST on a new rim is $707! Have 4 tires on the way. I'm putting it on the lift and will check the electronics etc."
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$140 x 4 tires HSB and I am back on the road.

When the fourth wheel was properly set up all the systems checked out and all the lights on the dash went out!
 
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