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I have to make a list, then edit the list, empty the trailer and the bike, pack according to the list figure out that it will not all fit, redo the list, empty everything back out, repack, figure out I can fit more, redo the list and start all over again till it all fits, finally throw the list away then pack from what I took last time.

What a roller coaster this has been. As you know, a while back Eileen wrecked my 2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road. The day of the wreck, it got towed to a local body shop. The next day, the insurance company called to tell me that they were sure that it wasn't totaled. They wanted to know where I wanted the work done and arranged to have it towed there. A couple hours later, they called again and told me that they had decided that it was totaled so they had cancelled the plans to tow it to my body shop and were instead towing it to, I think it was called IAA Auctions where it would be sold. So I then spent the next three days frantically searching for a new truck. Nobody within 300 miles had one one the lot. All the "incoming inventory" said "Sold" or "Sale Pending". I finally found a dealer who had what I wanted but it wasn't even showing "In bound" yet but had a build date that day. They said if I wanted it, they need a $1,000.00 non-refundable deposit on it. So, I placed the deposit and the wait began. Then on Monday, the insurance company called and said that their adjuster at the auction site had determined that there was only about $11,000.00 damage and that was not near enough to total it so they were towing it back to my body shop. So then I had a decision to make. The truck was pretty badly wrecked. Did I want to keep it or what. I decided to go ahead and buy the new one and would just sell my current truck after it was finally repaired. So I never cancelled my order. I got a call two days ago that my truck had shipped and was on it's way to my dealer. I haven't been give a date but I expect it will still be another 3 or so weeks,. It's somewhere on a train now and will eventually be put on a truck for the rest of the journey. So that's that. Right? Wrong., I got a call from my insurance company yesterday letting me know that when they got the truck to the body shop and up on a rack, they determined that the damage was much worse than they thought. So they have now officially totaled the truck and are towing it back to the auction site,. They offered me a settlement, which was honestly more than I expected. I have accepted it so am now back on track and don't have to worry about selling what I know was a pretty badly wrecked vehicle. I was considering just trying to wholesale it to somebody with full disclosure that it had been wrecked. OK...so now I am just waiting on the truck again. Ordered a new BackFlip MX4 tonneau cover this morning and a couple of other small things that I had put on the old truck. It will all be here before the truck arrives. I am certainly ready for this to be over with. I did get a pleasant surprise from the insurance company though. They said that because this is a replacement for a wrecked truck, that I can send them the bill of sale on the new truck and could reimburse me about $2500.00 in state sales tax.

Hey guys, thanks for that input. Regarding tire checks...one of the most important things I learned from nearly 25 years as a Long Haul owner/operator was the last line of defense keeping you out of the ditch, or someone else's grill, was the tires, and paying several thousand dollars for 10 new tires will (or should) motivate a person to learn how to use a tire pressure gauge and to use it often. With the bike I check the tires before every ride before it moves out of the garage. My problem with this experiment on the rear tire was that I completely ignored that one basic rule of tires...whatever you run be it bias, belted or radial, run them on all axles. (with the exception as noted by Ben). I got myself convinced that I should try something new, but (call me over-cautious if you like) I'm not comfortable running a tire at 10+ psi over what the max pressure states on the tire, put there by the people who made the tire. Rather than spend a lot of time trying to get the CT do what I want, my next work on the bike will be to re-install my original wheel with the Metzeler. The couple hundred extra lbs of load capacity of the CT isn't worth playing with, and since my wife depends on me to get us back from wherever we go, I'll get us there with the tire that makes me comfortable. By the way Puc...thanks for that tip on testing the bar. The simplicity of "Old School" is far too often overlooked. 👍 Thanks to all who weighed in on this adventure, again proving that the VR family is a good bunch to visit with. Cheers...

Not only should radials and bias NEVER be run together on the same vehicle be it 4 wheel or two wheel because of the difference in tire roll and foot print, but in many places such as here in Ontario it is illegal. The only exception to that rule is a commercial vehicle were you may run radials on the steer axle and bias on the eight drive wheels. @cowpucis correct when he states tire pressures should be checked when the tire is cold this has as much to do with consistency between tires as it it does with taking the expansion of air in the tire as it heats up into account. As a rule of thumb for every 10°F that a tire temperature increases it gains 1 PSI. This can vary slightly by driving conditions and initial tire pressure. An under inflated tire will heat up more than an overinflated tire due to increases flexing of the side wall which creates internal friction. This is why you often see tires that are run semi flat for too long blow out the side wall, which we call zippering. When we do alignments or at least those of us that do not cut corners, the 1st thing we do is make sure the cold psi on all tires are set to spec. NOTE A word of caution when inflating tires that have run flat for a long time there is the risk of what we call the zipper effect so if you ever reinflate a tire that has run flat for an extended time stay to one side. Over the years I have known of technicians that have been injured loosing a knee or even killed as a result of the zipper effect and have seen tires being inflated while laying on the ground become air born often injuring someone standing over the tire at the time.

Hi @Carbon_One and Joyce, Tip says hi and sends her love as do I. Tweeksis says hi too and says THANK YOU for saving her just for us! She is still VERY happy even though we cant ride like we use to. Hope and pray you folks are well. The 3 of us are having a great summer playing with grandkids and just sucking the life out of every day our Lord gives us. Love you. Puc, Tip and Tweeksis.

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