Tires and Bugs
Haven't posted for a long time and the FW wasn't used for a year and a half. Packed it up real quick for a short trip and blew out a tire within 30 miles. I had done a visual inspection and the tires had lots of tread. Now, having been vocal about ST tires being good for three years and questionable for the next two years then definitely needing to be changed out, I know better than to run on four year old tires. It took me more time to unwrap the separated tread off the axle than to change the tire itself, and fortunately a close by tire dealer had my size in stock. Of course, I didn't have the opportunity to shop around and try to find Maxxis and settled for four new Chinese tires, again. So anecdotally, I stand by my previous statements that ST tires are going to fail after three years regardless of their appearance, yada yada.
While the FW sat for a year and a half it became infested with palmetto bugs and biting ants. Didn't notice that until we were ready to go to bed and found the ants in our sheets, and saw scurrying bugs when we turned on the lights. Yuck; we had to do a quick shake out and spray before going to bed. Got back from our "short" trip and currently doing a complete clean, inspect, and bug bombing.
While the FW sat for a year and a half it became infested with palmetto bugs and biting ants. Didn't notice that until we were ready to go to bed and found the ants in our sheets, and saw scurrying bugs when we turned on the lights. Yuck; we had to do a quick shake out and spray before going to bed. Got back from our "short" trip and currently doing a complete clean, inspect, and bug bombing.
