Yeah, we left your little truck about a mile from Potrero Redondo in ‘95 when it would go no further, & it was all still there when we got back to it several days later.
That was the trip that the Grey Pendejo got its name. The Holly carb on that thing was crap & the linkage kept slipping out of low gear rolling downhill. The water literally boiled off of my brakes at one of the river fords. I was lucky the disks didn’t crack. Chris Vreeland > On Nov 22, 2017, at 7:35 AM, Charles Loving via Texascavers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> > > > > -- > Charlie Loving > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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