Tires

Worked on my task this morning and made some progress.  Not quite done with it yet.  I had to run to the store for the Brick House and then spent a bit of time there.  It was nice to have a little break from the work.  Made a run by the folks, they were not home but Dan and Amy had stopped by.  Dan and I have been going to change the tires out on the little pick up truck for a while and decided we would do it today.  I think both of us should have probably been doing homework but changing tires is much more fun.  He had some studded tires that came with a ranger he picked up a few months back.  They were the exact size I needed for the Mazda PU and he gave them to me.  Granted they are studded but they were free and they have a ton of life still on them and the tires I had on the truck were dead.  I was surprised that one of the tires was actually holding air.  It was in really rough shape.  Anyhow, it was a good time taking tires off of a rim and putting new ones on. I had never done that before. Once you get the hang of it you can get them done pretty quick.  We do need to balance them and I might just go and get Dan a tire balance get up over at Harbor Freight.  It will allow us to balance the tires and also gives him a sweet tool for his collection and says thank you for your help.  Since he has the other tool for doing tires I thought this might be just the right addition.  Anyway, good time.  Truck is in much better shape with these new-er tires.