Saturday, February 17, 2018

What to do with the tire?

When we were in Grants Pass, after losing the wheel/tire on I-5 (http://trekincartwrights.blogspot.com/2017/10/our-day.html), we had to get a new wheel and tire put on. We were not able to get the Michelin tire that we wanted, so we opted to get an off-brand cheaper tire instead, with the plan to get the desired Michelin tire later when we were stopped in Yuma. We did this on Tuesday (http://trekincartwrights.blogspot.com/2018/02/to-dos-getting-to-done.html).

Because of the challenge in getting the size tire that Miss Doozie needs, we had decided to try to carry the off-brand tire with us in case we ever need another tire at some random location in the future. Unfortunately, the tire is very large (the original source of the name "Miss Doozie" was the size of her tires) and very heavy. We can fit it into the back of the Jee-rage, but it pretty much takes up the whole space. We'd like to store it on the roof of Miss Doozie, but getting it up there is going to be interesting...

Dwayne has thought of a couple of options:
  • Building a teeter-totter and he and I jump from the stone wall near our campsite on one side of the teeter-totter while the tire is on the other side, thus flipping the tire onto the roof.
  • Get a hot-air balloon to lift it up.
  • Hire someone with a fork-lift to lift it up.
I got an email about events for the weekend in Yuma and it included this:
Notice that one of the events is "Tire Flip"!
I suggested that we go to the event and get into conversation with some of the competitors - suggest that they should come down and see who could "flip" the tire onto the roof of Miss Doozie. No registration fee required! Don't you think that has possibilities?

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