Happy New Year

Well we survived another year.

We find ourselves back in Arizona for the third time in 12 months.

A lot of back and forth for sure.

We leave Catalina tomorrow and head 2hrs north to Fountain Hill.

McDowell Mountain Regional Park.

If you remember some of the awesome sunrise photos that I posted

last winter…  many of them were from McDowell.

I am looking forward to my early morning Cup O Joe and a sunrise.

The State Park here has been full over the Christmas Holiday.

It is a regular melting pot of people from all over.

I've seen the following License Plates:

North Carolina (me)

South Dakota

Iowa

Minnesota

Wyoming

Colorado

California

Oregon

Washington

Nevada

New Mexico

Texas

Florida

Alaska

Arizona

Plus from Canada

Brittish Columbia

Alberta

Ontairio

and we've met a couple from the Netherlands.

Meanwhile I've been busy finishing up my sun screen project.

It hasn't taken that much time - I've just been picking at it each night after

I finish up work.

Here is a photo of a rig with a profe$$ional in$tallation.

Might be a couple of Thousand dollars or more.

And here is my $60 Install.

I might have a wrinkle here or there but for the price…

they do the same job.   Dramatic heat reduction inside!

I've attached them with velcro so they can be removed when we travel

or when we want some solar heating inside.

I still have a couple to do…  no hurry mon!

Meanwhile the Death Wobble…

I think it might be solved.

Six new tires later - I've taken the truck back across "Wobble Bridge" 3 times

(as my Buddy Ron Named it)

Prior to the fix 2 trips across the bridge induced the Wobble.

Now 3 times across the bridge and the truck is rock solid.

I'm not ready to say it is solved just yet but it looks positive thus far.

I went with a completely different type of tire..

One that is marketed for non-snow -highway and regional delivery trucks.

The original tires supplied by Ford where an off-road pattern.

Why they put those on a Dually is beyond me.

The rears wore great…  the fronts not so great.

The new tires are Commercial Truck 100% steel ply

Weigh 30% more per tire.  (61 vs 45lbs for a comparable size Michelin)

And are what is known as a Rib tread.

The rib is a good tread for dry and wet roads but not snow.

Lets hope that this puts an end to the Death Wobble discussion.

Happy New Year Everyone!