Woke up to a warm, but overcast morning. Overcast is good for travelling.
After breakfast we got the trailer packed away and hooked up in about 40 minutes, and were on our way to Springville Utah for a night stop.
Trailer on Site
As the day progressed the temperature rose, by lunch time it was around 28°C as we pulled into a rest area to make lunch.
Lunch Time View
We continued south and drove through Salt Lake City, by now the temperature was up to 36°C (97°F). About this time we noticed the ride was not as smooth as it should be. We put it down to the concrete road surface, which has expansion joints. Depending on the distance between the joints the truck and trailer can get out of sync with their ups an downs. Having convinced myself that this was the issue we pressed on. Unfortunately mt theory bit the dust when we hit smooth tarmac and the bad ride continued.
By now we were at the hotel, so I checked out the trailer wheels, and then the truck ones, nothing seemed out of place. The tyre pressures were a little high due to the high outside temperature but nothing else seemed amiss.
I unhooked the truck, and drove around. There was still some bouncing but not too bad. maybe the high pressure was the issue. I headed off to get some fuel, and happened to pass a tyre store, so I decided to drop by and have them check it out. They suggested balancing may be the issue. The guy went out to move the truck into the shop, then turned around and came back. Evidently one tyre had a tread separating, this meant that not only would it go bang very soon, about a third of the tyre had ballooned about 1 inch, meaning the tyre was no longer round. The guy estimated we had a few miles left on the tyre before it died (by miles he meant a single digit number!). Well it’s not worth buying one tyre is it… 4 tyres and a haircut later (what else was there to do while I waited?) I left there to get some fuel.
By the time we get home we’ll have a new truck, in the meantime I need to find Lyn a job to pay for all this.