Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

[Westech]

Well dudes I did my second tire run of the year. It all started at 6am with nice and sunny weather and a cool 50* out. We hit the road and started out of Wisconsin and headed west. The trip out was not too bad till we got about 40 miles away from our pick up point. The silly people in Iowa though it was a good time to tare up both lanes of high way 20 for over ten miles. It was single lane traffic and there was a "pace truck" that you had to follow. So after messing around with that for over a hour we were at our place.
Well here comes the good part. "sorry Rich I'm short today, you will have to load by hand". Dude were not loading folding chairs here there 225 pound TIRES!!!!! So we start to load.. and none were sorted had to move stacks of 8 high to pick and get the good ones.
So lets see drive 500 miles... self load over 10k in tires (have scale tickets to prove it) and drive 500 miles home. O did I tell ya I'm really white (Irish and Swiss) and there is not a cloud in the sky and its now over 80*? So now after 7 hours of loading I'm burnt bad and tired.. only 500 miles to go. Well when I hit the scales I topped out at 25,680 pounds and thats really close to over load! two more tires and I would have been busted for no CDL.
We made it home at 4:30 am and had to be at work by 8:00am. (its now 12:05 am as I wright this) Lets just say I earned every tire on that trailer.

 

[clinto]

You were white

 

[SierraHotel]

Depending on the price...the sunburn, although unwanted, might be worth it...

 

[CanonNinja]

those look like the tires I bid on =(




How much are you selling these for?

 

[steelsoldiers]

Nice run there Rich! You got my 14R20's on there? What's that smell? Bacon frying? Nope it's Westy's neck!

 

[Westech]

if you want tires I have about 31 of them for sale 50 bucks each.

 

[steelsoldiers]

Re: RE: Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

if you want tires I have about 31 of them for sale 50 bucks each.

Yahtzee!!! I'll be in touch!

 

[CanonNinja]

Re: RE: Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

if you want tires I have about 31 of them for sale 50 bucks each.

I'll take 6! Just let me figure out shipping here and i'll be in touch!

 

[derby]

RE: Re: RE: Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

WOW,after all that work I bet You were TIRED.........

 

[Westech]

RE: Re: RE: Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

well sorry boys I think this last load is all sold out. there Might be one more run this year if enough of you want some. prob be a load of 14:00's again and 11:00's NDT I also have 2 75+ % good side wall 9:00 x 16's NDT for 50 bucks each.

 

[oifvet]

RE: Re: RE: Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

Wow! Reading about your trip made me feel like I had that "tire-dirt on my hands and arms and no way to feel clean doing this and I have to get back in the truck and drive," feeling. Wrestling tires is almost a sport. They're like teaming horses, (not that I've ever done that), but what it would seem like. They cooperate, but then all of the sudden one tips and you have to start fighting it. Ahh! Water that you can't pour out! AHH! I feel for you, Rich! You're a good man! I look forward to my new 11.00x20s in a month or so. I'll have 12 fairly descent 9.00x20s for someone out there. Only one of them is kind of cracky, but the rest are fine. Just some wear from arguing axles on the 780 mile trip home to Ohio, from Vermont. Should've dropped the shaft. Fronts have fuzz. Your alias is, "tireguy." Thank you for your devotion to your fellow soldiers. Like I say, you do great work!

 

[steelsoldiers]

RE: Re: RE: Tires, Tires, Bla, Bla, Bla

The only thing better than wrestling a 14R20 is wrestling one with a rim, hub and brake-drum attached. That was a PITA! Thanks for doing the dirty work for us Westy!