Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Good morning, all.

Taking the Pilot in for a new set of tires this morning, the Tacoma needs an oil change, the lawn needs mowing and clothes need to be washed. Not sure how far I'll make it into that list.

 

FIFY

 

Wanting pictures of my dirty clothes is weird, but who am I to judge?

 

There is a Bison game on today, too!

 

The tars man, the tars

 

Spoken like Jimmy Stewart?

 

I need to run up to my camp and get things secured if this storm is squaring up on us. I'll wait until the last second to board up windows at home if I even do that. I'm at work right now but I'm starting to feel like we might go officially into hurricane preps mode here later today.

 

I ordered them off of Tire Rack and am having a tire shop install them because Costco was either sold out of decent tires, had tires that didn't review well or were winter only tires. Opted for some Kuhmo Crugen HT51s.

$184+ Kumho Crugen HT51 Tires

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Crugen+HT51&partnum=37TR6HT51

 

I've gotta get winter tires and wheels for the car.

 

I've never had a set of winter tires, only decent all seasons. I've CONSIDERED it, but I'm too lazy to switch them out. That and storing them.

 

New pool pump going in this morning.

 

You're putting a new pool pump in and I'm about ready to blow out my sprinklers* because the lows are getting into the 40s now. Not fair.

* Add that to my to do list.

 

Yeah, pump went out right before we close the pool for the winter. Shouldn't take but about 30 -45 minutes. Not too bad.

 

This is the first car in 25 years that isn't awd, I'm curious to see how it goes, but not concerned at all. Winter tires definitely help with stopping distance, especially with the nanny abs systems. I've got lots of room to store tires, I'm down to 4 or 5 sets from around 9.

 

And they are rolling the bird back into the cage. Sls is rolling back to the VAB. Haven't heard if deservicing or not.

 

Good morning Shane and crew. Have a great weekend!

Been busy in the yard the past couple of days trimming some trees back from the house. Stuff I should have done a few years ago but put on the back burner. I’ve still got to get the neighbors help to reach a few branches on the north end of my house. Going to ride up in the bucket on the tractor for some extra height. It had an urgency to it because of the threatening tropical storm headed into the Gulf but I think I’ve got some breathing room now. Looks like that is headed toward @Jtcmedic and @Hunterdc1 part of FL now, sorry guys.

I was in my pool yesterday after the yard work

 

Yep! Crazy how they can support that much weight.

It had about an inch of clearance at the bottom when cresting the loading ramp.

 

Have you ever priced those heavy WLL machinery movers?