Big Bear
08-09-2005, 06:17 PM
Found out I had a weekend off at the last minute, called my buddy in Vegas, hooked up the boat and Mrs. Big Bear and I went for it.
Got an early start Friday so the traffic was not a major factor but got pissed on hard twice!! My boat looked like kids had slung mud at it when we got in Fri. night. Looked pretty damned good when we first hit the road though!!
Sat on Mead was great. After questioning my intelligence all the way thru the desert Fri. night, we could not have asked for a better day on Sat!! Burned up a lot of gas and had a blast doing it. Water was about 84 degrees and once we got past the narrows hardly any chop to speak of. Great lake!! We look forward to going again.
The trip home was a nightmare!!!! F#@king Carlisle tires!!!!! Hit the road about 10:30 and thought we were early enough. Just leaving Vegas on the 15, I hear a pop and my left rear tire is shredded. :mad: Pulled off and found a decent spot to change to the spare. F#@k me, it was hot!!! My spare only had 42 pounds in it (dummy) and had to back track to Silverton to get air, only after kissing ass in the truck garage because their air pumps out front were broken. Now I'm hot and I'm pissed enough to lose it, but after we get back on the freeway and the AC atarts to cool me off I think maybe it aint so bad. 5 minutes later I feel something and sure enough my left rear tire is shredded. F#CK!!!!! I pull off again and start all over. No more spare so I move the mid axle tire to the rear (thank god I got a triple axle instead of the tandem that came standard with the boat). Mrs. said it looked like I had a water spigot pouring off my face while I was working.
So on pins and needles we nurse it home complete with the stop and go traffic we are now stuck in!! 8 hours of torture!!
I will go back again, BUT not until I trash those f#@king Carlisles and put some Goodyears on my trailer.
Hey.......thanks for listening!!! :D :D :D
Got an early start Friday so the traffic was not a major factor but got pissed on hard twice!! My boat looked like kids had slung mud at it when we got in Fri. night. Looked pretty damned good when we first hit the road though!!
Sat on Mead was great. After questioning my intelligence all the way thru the desert Fri. night, we could not have asked for a better day on Sat!! Burned up a lot of gas and had a blast doing it. Water was about 84 degrees and once we got past the narrows hardly any chop to speak of. Great lake!! We look forward to going again.
The trip home was a nightmare!!!! F#@king Carlisle tires!!!!! Hit the road about 10:30 and thought we were early enough. Just leaving Vegas on the 15, I hear a pop and my left rear tire is shredded. :mad: Pulled off and found a decent spot to change to the spare. F#@k me, it was hot!!! My spare only had 42 pounds in it (dummy) and had to back track to Silverton to get air, only after kissing ass in the truck garage because their air pumps out front were broken. Now I'm hot and I'm pissed enough to lose it, but after we get back on the freeway and the AC atarts to cool me off I think maybe it aint so bad. 5 minutes later I feel something and sure enough my left rear tire is shredded. F#CK!!!!! I pull off again and start all over. No more spare so I move the mid axle tire to the rear (thank god I got a triple axle instead of the tandem that came standard with the boat). Mrs. said it looked like I had a water spigot pouring off my face while I was working.
So on pins and needles we nurse it home complete with the stop and go traffic we are now stuck in!! 8 hours of torture!!
I will go back again, BUT not until I trash those f#@king Carlisles and put some Goodyears on my trailer.
Hey.......thanks for listening!!! :D :D :D