Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 66 and going up to 81°F. Wind ESE 6 mph. 70% chance of showers.

Either today after the dump run or tomorrow I will 'treat' the weeds around both oil tanks.

I do it the same way as Lou when it comes to tires. This might be the last summer for the Continentals that came with the Dodge. This is year number 8 for them as far as I know. Since May 2024 I only drive about 2000 miles/year.
I think the Continentals will age out before I wear them out.

Have a safe day all

 

[LouNY]

Here is what AI say about that:

No, anti-seize compound is generally not recommended for use on wheel bolts (also known as lug nuts). While anti-seize can prevent corrosion and make nuts easier to remove in the future, it can also interfere with proper torque and potentially lead to loose or over-torqued bolts

Let's see AI remove a tire and wheel from a vehicle in the northeast that gets lots of salt and calcium chloride on it. I would hate to try and count the number of vehicles that I've seen or heard of people having to use sledge hammers or loosen lug nuts and drive in figure 8's to try and break a wheel free.

I use and will continue to use anti-seize on my wheel hubs and lug nuts. I actually use a spray anti seize on the vehicle hub and wheel center;

This can was bought back in 2016, may be time to order another.

Then I use a nickle anti seize on the threads;

Then because of the lubricated threads I do reduce the torque used on wheel studs and bolts,
with 120-140 ft. lbs. normally called for I use my 100 or 110 ft. lbs torque sticks.

Been lubricating wheel hubs since my teen years, back then it was often getting a fingers worth of grease off of a ball joint or tie rod end and smearing it around.

 

[daugen]

how about plain old WD40 on the bolts and studs?
I understand the torquing issue, what I meant was some kind of corrosion preventative.
worst are your trailers, boat and farm, they tend to not get a lot of tlc.

 

[daugen]

this all reminds me of my own trailer, which in four years has not had wheels off.
but then, I don't have a jack...maybe I'll borrow one for this.
of course, good reason to go to HF and find a nice cheap hydraulic jack.
I'd like a jack that runs off my Makita cordless drill, that would likely mean a scissors jack.
realistically I should be carrying an adequate jack with me anyway.

any suggestions for a 1200 pound single axle trailer?
I see this, but unsure

Amazon.com

always nice to have extra capacity as long as not too hard to maneuver
where trailer sits, not close to power or air.
but I could move it closer

 

[kenmbz]

this all reminds me of my own trailer, which in four years has not had wheels off.
but then, I don't have a jack...maybe I'll borrow one for this.
of course, good reason to go to HF and find a nice cheap hydraulic jack.
I'd like a jack that runs off my Makita cordless drill, that would likely mean a scissors jack.
realistically I should be carrying an adequate jack with me anyway.

any suggestions for a 1200 pound single axle trailer?
I see this, but unsure

Amazon.com

always nice to have extra capacity as long as not too hard to maneuver
where trailer sits, not close to power or air.
but I could move it closer

That ezlift looks like it would ezfail.
I have a small and large jack , the larger one from HF.
They have a lightweight aluminum one, mine are a bit heavy.
I also have 4 jack stands.
And of course two ramps.

A scissor jack would probably work fine, should be one in the back of your truck?

 

[B7510HSD]

Drew why not a small floor jack they have one that even has a case?

 

[daugen]

thanks, need to go "off road" with this, over the lawn even if I get closer.
suppose if I found a paved parking lot that would be nice
but I need a jack anyway and stuff with cars I've always found inadequate.
always an issue of not toppling over, so always looking for stability

 

[m7040]

HF off road jack

 

[ponytug]

thanks, need to go "off road" with this, over the lawn even if I get closer.
suppose if I found a paved parking lot that would be nice
but I need a jack anyway and stuff with cars I've always found inadequate.
always an issue of not toppling over, so always looking for stability

I have seen folks use those, but they seem to need a fairly hard, compacted, flat surface (e.g. a paved parking lot) as they don't have much lateral strength.

I carry a jack stand, chocks, and blocks, and can use the jack in my truck if it fails on the road, though as it is a tandem tandem, I've always used a ramp for the other axle, with a jack stand. Personally, I don't trust my life to a plastic ramps; I've seen too many "X-ton" rated things fail at less than maximum load, though to be fair, I suspect that the plastic ramps are designed for flat/smooth hard surfaces not to overload the plastic in spots. That's not usually where I need to use them. @m7040 I'm glad the failure didn't injure you!

Personally, I don't use anti-sieze on tire studs out of respect for the torque settings, but I do use it on the hub and axle surfaces. I do wire wheel or wire brush anything that's not clean, including the studs.

All the best,

Peter

 

[daugen]

I like that big wheeled jack.
always lifting from side so assume when lifting wheels point straight in and out.
I have lots of rubber chocks thanks to the rv, so before I do anything will chock everything else.

the wheels need to come off my trailer, have zerk lube on bearings so they are likely ok,
and I'd be happy to spray some WD40 on the fasteners.
seems I have this deep seated urge to spray something on there...maybe I should just be getting things clean and dry.
I'm always seeing youtube mechanics putting back on rusty stuff, makes me cringe. Spray something on that while you are in there!
even if its brake cleaner
what I really need, and because I don't have a tap and die set I used to have, is to cut off the stupidly long oem studs on my spare
tire holder. The one where I used thirty two washers...to take up the slack because if I cut it off wasn't sure I could get nut back on.
I really want my nut cut off...
you folks were ever so kind in not having a field day with what a bad job I did.
time to fix that.
better late than never

what I did fix and am adequately satisfied with is the repairs to the rv bathroom.
after going over repaired area another time, and cleaning up carefully, it now is hard to see.
And because the last set of carpets in there met the same fate in the big bathroom flood,
today some nice new ones went in. The vivid colors intentional to pull eyes away from the repairs...
I need to go back for a final cleaning and one more caulking using clear silicone. Want to caulk the whole wall side since
every time I take the rv out for a day or two, all kinds of sawdust and construction debris comes out of bottom of the wall.
they never vacuumed their work before sealing up the wall. I've been vacuuming that stuff repeatedly for two years.
now I hope to seal it in and of course seal out the water on the other side,
since water is clearly fatal to this molding.

veggies of the day
left most of the nice tomatoes on the vine so ex wife could pick them.
She lives in the deep woods (my old home...) and gets zero sun for a garden.