Trying to beat the heat
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:41 am
This weekend I had to work on Saturday, so the idea was to get out on the lake on Sunday with our used 'toon that we have had for all of 2 months. Saturday ended up being 105 degrees (I have an outside job) and Sunday was forecasted at 107. After some hemming and hawing about the heat, around noon, the wife and I finally decided to round up the kids and go the lake as planned (one the few that is still accessible). She gets the kids ready and I run off to the storage to get the pontoon.
I drive back with the boat and circle around the cul-de-sac to the front of our house. Suddenly hear a pop and see one of the trailer tires rolling through the front yard. I get out and go over and stand by the separated tire shaking my head.
The bearings, or remnants of them....
and what they did to the hub....
My 8 year old son comes out and sees me, sees the tire and says "isn't that s'posed to be on the trailer?" I tell him it usually works better that way. He sighs and says "we aren't going to the lake are we?" I look at my watch and tell him not to count ol' dad out yet....
I race off to Academy to get a new trailer hub, rush back to the house and sit in the street to start fixing the hub. Did I mention it was 107? I yelp, then run to the garage to get a towel to put on the asphalt so I can sit on it and THEN start removing the toasted hub and installing the new one. 20 minutes later, coated in sweat and covered in grease I triumphantly step through the front door and tell everyone we are ready. My wife says we aren't ready till I change, clean up and wipe all the grease off the front door that I just walked through....
Told ya not to count dad out yet..
Needless to say, we beat the heat and had a great day at the lake, even if we did get a little later start than we wanted.
I drive back with the boat and circle around the cul-de-sac to the front of our house. Suddenly hear a pop and see one of the trailer tires rolling through the front yard. I get out and go over and stand by the separated tire shaking my head.
The bearings, or remnants of them....
and what they did to the hub....
My 8 year old son comes out and sees me, sees the tire and says "isn't that s'posed to be on the trailer?" I tell him it usually works better that way. He sighs and says "we aren't going to the lake are we?" I look at my watch and tell him not to count ol' dad out yet....
I race off to Academy to get a new trailer hub, rush back to the house and sit in the street to start fixing the hub. Did I mention it was 107? I yelp, then run to the garage to get a towel to put on the asphalt so I can sit on it and THEN start removing the toasted hub and installing the new one. 20 minutes later, coated in sweat and covered in grease I triumphantly step through the front door and tell everyone we are ready. My wife says we aren't ready till I change, clean up and wipe all the grease off the front door that I just walked through....
Told ya not to count dad out yet..
Needless to say, we beat the heat and had a great day at the lake, even if we did get a little later start than we wanted.