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| [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306559] |
Mon, 05 September 2016 14:22  |
George Zhookoff
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Well left Saturday morning bright and early towing son in laws Rx-8 on a trailer. Headed to SCCA National Solo autocross at Lincoln, NE Airpark. Retired B 52 parking apron of about 100 acres.
Everything going great till passenger rear tire blew out. Pulled over on shoulder 1 mile from rest stop.
Have the quad bag and a spare. Isolated bad tire and replaced with spare. Googled searched WalMart 5 miles away. Bought new tire for spare and off and running in just over two hours.
Need to check trailing boogie alignment and do a better job checking air pressures.
Doing test and tune runs. Race Tuesday and Wednesday.
George " it's not just a journey but an adventure" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD, Lincoln, NE
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306574 is a reply to message #306559] |
Mon, 05 September 2016 20:17  |
Ken Henderson
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George,
Hope the coach didn't sustain any body damage.
Alan just asked today whether Y'All were gone to Nationals. I'm going to
info him on this.
Good luck.
Ken H.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Zhookoff, George <
George.Zhookoff@haskell.com> wrote:
> Well left Saturday morning bright and early towing son in laws Rx-8 on a
> trailer. Headed to SCCA National Solo autocross at Lincoln, NE Airpark.
> Retired B 52 parking apron of about 100 acres.
> Everything going great till passenger rear tire blew out. Pulled over on
> shoulder 1 mile from rest stop.
> Have the quad bag and a spare. Isolated bad tire and replaced with spare.
> Googled searched WalMart 5 miles away. Bought new tire for spare and off
> and running in just over two hours.
>
> Need to check trailing boogie alignment and do a better job checking air
> pressures.
>
> Doing test and tune runs. Race Tuesday and Wednesday.
>
>
> George " it's not just a journey but an adventure" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> TAD, Lincoln, NE
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>
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76 X-Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306575 is a reply to message #306574] |
Mon, 05 September 2016 20:22 |
George Zhookoff
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No damage. Started slowing down when the smell started. A few chucks departed the carcass but nothing big.
George Zhookoff
> On Sep 5, 2016, at 9:19 PM, Ken Henderson wrote:
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> George,
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> Hope the coach didn't sustain any body damage.
>
> Alan just asked today whether Y'All were gone to Nationals. I'm going to
> info him on this.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Zhookoff, George George.Zhookoff@haskell.com> wrote:
>
>> Well left Saturday morning bright and early towing son in laws Rx-8 on a
>> trailer. Headed to SCCA National Solo autocross at Lincoln, NE Airpark.
>> Retired B 52 parking apron of about 100 acres.
>> Everything going great till passenger rear tire blew out. Pulled over on
>> shoulder 1 mile from rest stop.
>> Have the quad bag and a spare. Isolated bad tire and replaced with spare.
>> Googled searched WalMart 5 miles away. Bought new tire for spare and off
>> and running in just over two hours.
>>
>> Need to check trailing boogie alignment and do a better job checking air
>> pressures.
>>
>> Doing test and tune runs. Race Tuesday and Wednesday.
>>
>>
>> George " it's not just a journey but an adventure" Zhookoff
>> 78 EL II
>> TAD, Lincoln, NE
>>
>>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306644 is a reply to message #306629] |
Wed, 07 September 2016 01:16 |
Ken Burton
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I check my tire pressure once on every trip before I leave. Then on almost every stop I walk around and feel the temperature of each tire with my hand. If one is noticeably warmer than the rest, then I know it needs further investigation.
Yes, I have a IR temperature gun somewhere but I do not bother getting it out. Also I notice that the tires on the sunshine side of the coach are usually warmer than the opposite side.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306672 is a reply to message #306644] |
Wed, 07 September 2016 16:28 |
stick miller
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Deltas are bad news IMHO. I bought a new set a couple of years ago and before they were 1 year old. 4 had separated and one had blown. I was told that Delta is out of business and I replaced them. Live and learn.
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306674 is a reply to message #306559] |
Wed, 07 September 2016 16:58 |
jhbridges
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Delta is a house brand of TBC Brands, along with Sumitomo and many others:
http://www.tbcbrands.com/
--johnny.
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #306702 is a reply to message #306629] |
Thu, 08 September 2016 08:30 |
George Zhookoff
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My mistake. Tires are 5 years old. Mfg date 3911.
George
George Zhookoff
> On Sep 6, 2016, at 10:21 PM, Zhookoff, George wrote:
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> Gary
> I do believe it was operator error. I knew the rear bogie was out of alignment but didn't do anything about it. My son in law thinks we had the Rx-8 too far forward on the trailer increasing tongue weight. Not checking tire air pressures often enough.
> It was a "heathen ChiCom" Delta.
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> George "quoting Johnny" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> Still TAD Lincoln, NE
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>> On Sep 5, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Gary Mau wrote:
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>> The obvious next question, what brand and model was the tire that blew after only 3 years :roll:
>> --
>> Gary Mau
>> 76 Royale
>> Davenport, IA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #307092 is a reply to message #306702] |
Tue, 13 September 2016 11:46 |
George Zhookoff
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Just to finish this chapter:
Drove from Lincoln, NE back to Austin, TX pulling trailer with RX-8 aboard. No problems, coach ran great!
George "smooth running" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD Austin, TX
-----Original Message-----
From: Zhookoff, George
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 9:31 AM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska
My mistake. Tires are 5 years old. Mfg date 3911.
George
George Zhookoff
> On Sep 6, 2016, at 10:21 PM, Zhookoff, George wrote:
>
> Gary
> I do believe it was operator error. I knew the rear bogie was out of alignment but didn't do anything about it. My son in law thinks we had the Rx-8 too far forward on the trailer increasing tongue weight. Not checking tire air pressures often enough.
> It was a "heathen ChiCom" Delta.
>
>
> George "quoting Johnny" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> Still TAD Lincoln, NE
>
>
>> On Sep 5, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Gary Mau wrote:
>>
>> The obvious next question, what brand and model was the tire that blew after only 3 years :roll:
>> --
>> Gary Mau
>> 76 Royale
>> Davenport, IA
>>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #307094 is a reply to message #307092] |
Tue, 13 September 2016 12:12 |
TR 1
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George Zhookoff wrote on Tue, 13 September 2016 11:46Just to finish this chapter:
Drove from Lincoln, NE back to Austin, TX pulling trailer with RX-8 aboard. No problems, coach ran great!
George "smooth running" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD Austin, TX
So how'd u guys do at the Nationals? I'm an old rotorhead... I have a few RX7s and a Rotary Pickup, myself. Don't have an RX8 yet, though.
Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #307095 is a reply to message #307094] |
Tue, 13 September 2016 12:52 |
George Zhookoff
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Mark,
We paddocked with the Texas autocross contingent, "Spokes". My son in law runs his RX-8 in CS class. It was the biggest class ever with 86 drivers. He finished 27th. He won the class at the Grenada, MS Crossroads event this year and trophied last year at Lincoln. Nationals (Lincoln) are where all the regional champs compete, tough, tough competition.
It is the SCCA world's largest participant motorsports event with over 1300 drivers. Very impressive.
The GMC was given multiple thumbs up (GMC Content)!
George "when's the next event?" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD Austin, TX
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From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@list.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Sawyer
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:13 PM
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska
George Zhookoff wrote on Tue, 13 September 2016 11:46
> Just to finish this chapter:
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> Drove from Lincoln, NE back to Austin, TX pulling trailer with RX-8 aboard. No problems, coach ran great!
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> George "smooth running" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> TAD Austin, TX
So how'd u guys do at the Nationals? I'm an old rotorhead... I have a few RX7s and a Rotary Pickup, myself. Don't have an RX8 yet, though.
--
Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX
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| Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska [message #307096 is a reply to message #306559] |
Tue, 13 September 2016 13:25 |
jhbridges
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Now let's talk them into moving the National Runoffs back to Road Atlanta.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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