Dutchman
07-11-2001, 06:59 PM
Hopefully today the end will come to my streak of luck. It all started when I checked the tire pressure in my trailer tires, noticed the inside of one was worn though to the steel belts, fortunatly, I'm at a place that sells tires, no they don't carry Goodyear Marathons but they have Carlisle's, I have them mounted, and drive home thinking "god I'm lucky I didn't have a blowout, having just returned from a 500 mile trip. New tires meant a new alignment and that was done the following day. Two days later I take the boat to the dealer to have a worn throttle cable replaced and have the big motor checked over, the throttle cable is in, and everything is fine until they look at the main power plant, seems I'd burned out my voltage regulator and alternater, could have had a big fire, "God I'm lucky, the darned thing could of burned up. Well while they where woking on the motors I'm checking out the truck and notice a leak on the top of the radiator, so I made an appointment to have that checked out, they say no repair must replace, OK, let's do it. They pull ot the radiator and it falls into 3 pieces, I think "God I'm lucky that didn't blow while I was on the road. Next I take the boat to a mechanic to have the wheel bearings replaced ( no trouble but I'm getting a little jumpy by now) I picked up the boat after they said the job was completeted and after 2 blocks of totally safe adventuring a wheel fly's off, and races ahead of me and slams into a building, the boat, truck and trailer come to a grinding screeching halt, and there I sit in the middle of the road. The New tire has a hole in it you could throw a cat through, my bearing buddy is now a bearing bump, the wheel on the tire is totally ruined the fender on the trailer is ripped to shreds and the axle on the trailer is bent like a warped tooth pick. I say to myself "God I'm lucky I wasn't going any faster. So ther you have it....God Am I Lucky...