Posted by RCP on July 05, 2020 at 18:00:07 from (24.129.254.142):
Today is my birthday and I would like to explain how my day went.
We started home to Pa from Mt Vernon Ohio with two new finds, a 1958 Cockshutt 540 and a 1960 Oliver 550 (see attached). We took the backroads to make the trip less stressful and more leisurely (haha).
About an hour into the trip we stopped in Loudonville for a good breakfast, after breakfast we did a walk around to make sure all of the chains were tight and the tires inflated, everything looked fine.
About an hour later just west of Massillon, we heard a loud boom, we had blown a trailer tire. I was able to get off of the road at a wide spot. No problem, I had brought two spares, battery impact wrench, impact sockets, hydraulic jack and some blocking. I was prepared (I thought).
I was able to use the blocking and one of trailer ramps to get the axle high enough to get the hydraulic jack under the axle and lift it. I tried to pop off the hubcap, and it wouldn't budge (???). Ah I remember the hubcap is held onto the rim with the two special lug nuts, so pulled the decorative cover off of the lugnuts, grabbed the impact to spin them off and I didn't have a socket big enough to fit those nuts (huh??).
OK this is why we have AAA, my wife called AAA and was on hold for 45 minutes, they never did answer. I tried to do AAA online and got an error message, asking me to call a different number, so I did. Turns out we had dropped AAA because we have coverage through State Farm (senior moment). OK then use State Farm, I went through their online help desk and got a confirmation number and a phone number for the garage. I called the garage and was told they do not do trailers (huh??).
So now we are on our own;
So, I chained the axle with the bad tire to the frame to hold it up, and we started inching down route 30. We knew there was a Menards at the next exit (2 miles) and figured we could get some sockets there. We made it fine, and after two trips into the store, got the correct sockets, got the hubcap and the wheel off of the hub and got the spare tire onto the trailer hub. As I was putting things away, I found the tool I was supposed to use to remove the hubcaps (little late right !! ).
The rest of trip was uneventful and we made the 150 mile trip in 6 hours (normally 3), but I came home to fresh lemon pound cake made by our granddaughter Makkena for my birthday.
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