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Fri, April 24th, 2009, 03:04 PM
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I take it your going up RT81.... Ill find an overpass in Hagerstown, Md. and look for ya. Maybe hang a "BIG" PHP sigh out of something.
have fun. hope the rest of your trip goes well.
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Fri, April 24th, 2009, 06:27 PM
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Yep... up I-77/I-81.
Let me know what mile marker you're at and we'll wave!  As for tires, we got a pretty good deal on 4 new Michellins. As always, God put us where we needed to be. The tire held until we could get off the highway. We have a nice, full-size spare and it took 10 minutes to change tire. We were 20 miles from a Costco we were familiar with and were able to get right in. All in all, pretty lucky. I don't know what happened to the tire. I checked the tires earlier before we left and everything was cool. At some point during the trip we started to feel a little vibration. It started getting worse pretty fast and we limped to an exit. What we saw wasn't good. I guess with the warmer climate things shifted and the tread separated. Besides, the tires were old. I think they were actually the original ones on the vehicle so they didn't have many miles, but a lot of age. Well... we're back on the road again and heading north. A bit of a detour, but none the worse for the wear. (Although a few dollars lighter.) Hopefully this is the worst of it and the rest of the weekend will be smooth sailing! Take care.
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Fri, April 24th, 2009, 06:47 PM
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Tire seperation is scary stuff. It can happen from hitting curbs or nice big potholes, the problem is you can't see it and forget it and it heats up(long trips)your done. You were lucky as you said to be where you were.
Drive safe! Lars
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Sat, April 25th, 2009, 03:05 AM
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