[Rhodes22-list] The Great Road Trip

[Rik Sandberg]

Dan,

To be absolutely honest, I've never tried one of those 12 volt compressors. 
My dads car came with one and his works ok, he says. In all the time we 
hauled the race cars around, we always had 110 volt portable compressors 
and a generator with us. We also always made a point to have a good spare 
tire, so we rarely needed a compressor other than to run the impact wrench. 
:-) :-)

I have used the "slime" though, several times. It works ok if the hole 
isn't too big. For the car, or when I have no compressor, I like the 
pressurized cans. They will reinflate a tire enough to get somewhere to 
really fix it, most of the time. If one isn't enough, I carry two. Mostly I 
like to depend on a good spare though. I've never had a flat while towing 
the R-22, but I've always had a good spare. Let that spare tire go bad once 
and see how long it takes before one the others follows suit. It's one of 
those Murphy's law things, you know.

With our tandem axle race haulers I found that most of the time, if we had 
a flat, the tire was usually shot. So, a spare was the only answer anyway.

I also like "Safety Seal" plugs. I usually get them at NAPA. You have to be 
able to find the hole before they'll do you any good though and then you'll 
need that little air compressor. Once you get one of these installed it's 
good for the life of the tire. I've even used them in my racing tires a few 
times. We use quite a few of these in our truck tires.

Rik


On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 23:26:45 -0500, Daniel DeWeese <deweese at circle7.net> 
wrote:

> Rik: You're the one Rowdy Rhody I hoped to hear from about portable tire
> 12V pumps--are they worthwhile or worthless? Do you carry a pump (and
> some Slime) when you're on the road? If so, what do you recommend?
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Rik Sandberg
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:04 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] The Great Road Trip
>
>
> Julie and Dan,
>
> Hey, good for you!!! I hope your trip goes well and your boat is all you
>
> hope for. I don't doubt that it will be, as we have been very pleased
> with ours!!
>
> I will look forward to hearing how the new secret weapon (sail) works.
> :-) Sounds like you guys have a busy summer ahead of you.....enjoy!!
>
> Rik
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:13:21 -0500, Julie Thorndycraft
> <julie at circle7.net> wrote:
>
>> First off I'd like to thank everyone for the great information they have 
>> shared - it has been very helpful as we've been going through the
>
>> process with Stan regarding our newly recycled Rhodes.
>>
>> The time is now finely here and on Friday we head south. With a few 
>> stops along the way, will arrive in Edenton on Tuesday the 29th. If the 
>> weather cooperates, we plan to do a couple of test sails to make sure 
>> everything is in order and head back to Minnesota on Thursday. With any 
>> luck, she (Blue
>> Loon) will land in Lake Minnetonka on May 4th - one day before I start
>
>> a
>> new
>> job. This is turning out to be a very 'good' spring!
>>
>> Besides calling Lake Minnetonka home, we will be sailing on Lake
>> Vermilion
>> in early June (Mr. Lipton - we'll be a mile away from the underground 
>> mine),
>> spending a week along the North shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, and
>> sailing Lake Gogebic in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan over Labor Day
>> weekend. I would hope that by the end of the summer we will be pretty 
>> good
>> at raising/dropping the mast and getting the boat tied down securely
> for
>> road trips.
>>
>> Again, thank you all for the great information!
>>
>> Julie Thorndycraft and Daniel DeWeese
>> Soon to be owners of 'Blue Loon'
>> Excelsior, MN
>>
>> P.S. Rumor has it that we will be getting a main sail with a funny 'new' 
>> design..... : )
>>
>>
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