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From: Ralph Mowery on 6 Jul 2010 10:07 "Pete Keillor" <keillorp135(a)chartermi.net> wrote in message news:d766369tacc3iu8mhtnjasmo6pu3rk5ncd(a)4ax.com... > It's likely your spare hub will die along with those in use. It'll be > exposed to the same elements, spare may roll in the slipstream, seal > will be compressed on spindle, etc. I'd seal up the spare hub > somehow, maybe plastic cups over ends and stored in waterproof box. > Sometimes it can be good for the spare to roll. If bearings are in one position for a long time and there is vibration if them, they can flatten out. At work we have had spare motors that used to sit for months and not be used, then when started the bearings failed. They had flattened out. The motors now get rotated on a schedule.
From: vaughn on 6 Jul 2010 11:18 "Pete Keillor" <keillorp135(a)chartermi.net> wrote in message news:d766369tacc3iu8mhtnjasmo6pu3rk5ncd(a)4ax.com... >> > > It's likely your spare hub will die along with those in use. It'll be > exposed to the same elements, spare may roll in the slipstream, seal > will be compressed on spindle, etc. I'd seal up the spare hub > somehow, maybe plastic cups over ends and stored in waterproof box. Thoes are all good thoughts! The bearings and seals are dirt cheap online. My thought is to just rebuild all three hubs every few years. > > Can you evacuate ahead of time? That is my plan but... > Sometimes they don't let trailers on > the road when it's down to crunch time. If you're retired, then > that's not a problem as long as you don't mind evacuations. It's also > a hell of a lot easier to evacuate a day or two before crush. Yep! I hope to evacuate a day ahead of everybody else. I am retired so tht simplifies things. I have a 91-year-old father and his wife who will need to be persuaded to accompany us. That complicates things! I have never heard of trailers being excluded, or of Florida having enough police in enough places to enforce such a ban. > I once spent 12 hours driving 120 miles. I have heard stories far worse. I knew folks who just gave up and drove back home to face the hurricane. I am expecting no gas (or anything else) to be available inside Florida, so the trailer will carry luggage, food, water, & fuel. > Drank a twelve pack of cokes, Where does one pee when you are stuck in endless bumper-to-bumper traffic? (Note to self: Include one empty wide-mouth juice bottle in evac kit.) > smoked a half dozen cigars. For a good chunk of the trip, there were > cars in both lanes (2 lane road), both shoulders, and some in the > ditches. Yep, leaving early sounds better and better! Thanks for the thoughts Vaughn
From: Richard Henry on 6 Jul 2010 13:17 On Jul 6, 8:18 am, "vaughn" <vaughnsi...(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > "Pete Keillor" <keillorp...(a)chartermi.net> wrote in message > > Drank a twelve pack of cokes, > > Where does one pee when you are stuck in endless bumper-to-bumper traffic? > (Note to self: Include one empty wide-mouth juice bottle in evac kit.) > On a long trip last summer with a men's soccer team, one of the players in the back had to pee but didn't want to slow us down, so he used an empty Gatorade bottle. He nearly filled it. (There was a lot joking in the back about putting the bottle back in the case with the unopened ones)
From: krw on 6 Jul 2010 18:53 On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 11:18:06 -0400, "vaughn" <vaughnsimon(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >"Pete Keillor" <keillorp135(a)chartermi.net> wrote in message >news:d766369tacc3iu8mhtnjasmo6pu3rk5ncd(a)4ax.com... >>> >> >> It's likely your spare hub will die along with those in use. It'll be >> exposed to the same elements, spare may roll in the slipstream, seal >> will be compressed on spindle, etc. I'd seal up the spare hub >> somehow, maybe plastic cups over ends and stored in waterproof box. > >Thoes are all good thoughts! The bearings and seals are dirt cheap online. My >thought is to just rebuild all three hubs every few years. > >> >> Can you evacuate ahead of time? > >That is my plan but... > >> Sometimes they don't let trailers on >> the road when it's down to crunch time. If you're retired, then >> that's not a problem as long as you don't mind evacuations. It's also >> a hell of a lot easier to evacuate a day or two before crush. > >Yep! I hope to evacuate a day ahead of everybody else. I am retired so tht >simplifies things. I have a 91-year-old father and his wife who will need to be >persuaded to accompany us. That complicates things! I have never heard of >trailers being excluded, or of Florida having enough police in enough places to >enforce such a ban. It sounds like something worth investigating. >> I once spent 12 hours driving 120 miles. > >I have heard stories far worse. I knew folks who just gave up and drove back >home to face the hurricane. I am expecting no gas (or anything else) to be >available inside Florida, so the trailer will carry luggage, food, water, & >fuel. I was kinda wondering what you folks were bugging out with that would require a trailer. I'm a couple of hundred miles from the coast so if I even thought I'd have to leave I hadn't considering leaving with anything but some clothes and perhaps the cats. ;-) You got me thinking, though. Maybe I'd take the truck instead of the car, but that makes traveling with the cats a bit more problem. Maybe both, and let SWMBO take the cats. ;-) How do you store enough fuel to make it worthwhile, safely? A 5-gal can is easy, but that's not a lot. > > Drank a twelve pack of cokes, > >Where does one pee when you are stuck in endless bumper-to-bumper traffic? >(Note to self: Include one empty wide-mouth juice bottle in evac kit.) I hope you don't have to evacuate (NPI) with any women folk. >> smoked a half dozen cigars. For a good chunk of the trip, there were >> cars in both lanes (2 lane road), both shoulders, and some in the >> ditches. > >Yep, leaving early sounds better and better! My plan, even here in Alabama. Screw work, though they're so chicken they close on the slightest forecast of snow. We got some of Gustov and Ike shortly after I got here in '08, but other than rain (and washing out our retaining wall - before it was mine) they were a big nothing.
From: Pete Keillor on 6 Jul 2010 20:04
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 11:18:06 -0400, "vaughn" <vaughnsimon(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >"Pete Keillor" <keillorp135(a)chartermi.net> wrote in message >news:d766369tacc3iu8mhtnjasmo6pu3rk5ncd(a)4ax.com... >>> >> >> It's likely your spare hub will die along with those in use. It'll be >> exposed to the same elements, spare may roll in the slipstream, seal >> will be compressed on spindle, etc. I'd seal up the spare hub >> somehow, maybe plastic cups over ends and stored in waterproof box. > >Thoes are all good thoughts! The bearings and seals are dirt cheap online. My >thought is to just rebuild all three hubs every few years. > >> >> Can you evacuate ahead of time? > >That is my plan but... > >> Sometimes they don't let trailers on >> the road when it's down to crunch time. If you're retired, then >> that's not a problem as long as you don't mind evacuations. It's also >> a hell of a lot easier to evacuate a day or two before crush. > >Yep! I hope to evacuate a day ahead of everybody else. I am retired so tht >simplifies things. I have a 91-year-old father and his wife who will need to be >persuaded to accompany us. That complicates things! I have never heard of >trailers being excluded, or of Florida having enough police in enough places to >enforce such a ban. > This was in Texas, for Hurricane Allen in 1980. It turned out to be a non-event on the upper Texas coast, but that was the first satellite high res shot of a very symmetrical hurricane, and it rattled everybody. >> I once spent 12 hours driving 120 miles. > >I have heard stories far worse. I knew folks who just gave up and drove back >home to face the hurricane. I am expecting no gas (or anything else) to be >available inside Florida, so the trailer will carry luggage, food, water, & >fuel. > > > Drank a twelve pack of cokes, > >Where does one pee when you are stuck in endless bumper-to-bumper traffic? >(Note to self: Include one empty wide-mouth juice bottle in evac kit.) > Just don't mix up the cans... >> smoked a half dozen cigars. For a good chunk of the trip, there were >> cars in both lanes (2 lane road), both shoulders, and some in the >> ditches. > >Yep, leaving early sounds better and better! > >Thanks for the thoughts > >Vaughn > |