No Sale
Lisa and I did manage to get to Reno and Sparks this afternoon, but we did not get that tire replaced. The only tires Big O Tires sell that fit the bill are Chinese-made, and we will not buy them unless there is absolutely no other alternative. The shoe repair place says that they cannot resole my boots, so either I will have to use some spray-rubber FlexSeal to try and add something like new heels to my work boots, or I'll have to buy a new pair of boots, and "both" seems to be the likely answer.
We did get to WinCo Foods and bought a lot of groceries, as part of our ongoing attempt to keep the larder here at Fernley House more than adequately filled. Ever since the pandemic, we spend a vast amount more on groceries and almost nothing on dining out. We'd also planned on going to Raley's, but I was near the end of my day and we simply drove home.
Some online searching suggests that there are both US and Brazillian-made tires that will fit the Rolling Stone. There is a major tire distributor located near us in the big industrial park at USA Parkway (not far from Tesla's Gigafactory 1), and a discount for picking up the tires from that warehouse in person rather than having them shipped. Lisa suggests that with the tires on the RV being pretty old and the sidewalls starting to crack (even though the tread on the three remaining good tires looks okay) that we should consider replacing all four tires, having them mounted locally one at a time, and installing them ourselves. This seems doable. We'll think about it soon enough.
We did get to WinCo Foods and bought a lot of groceries, as part of our ongoing attempt to keep the larder here at Fernley House more than adequately filled. Ever since the pandemic, we spend a vast amount more on groceries and almost nothing on dining out. We'd also planned on going to Raley's, but I was near the end of my day and we simply drove home.
Some online searching suggests that there are both US and Brazillian-made tires that will fit the Rolling Stone. There is a major tire distributor located near us in the big industrial park at USA Parkway (not far from Tesla's Gigafactory 1), and a discount for picking up the tires from that warehouse in person rather than having them shipped. Lisa suggests that with the tires on the RV being pretty old and the sidewalls starting to crack (even though the tread on the three remaining good tires looks okay) that we should consider replacing all four tires, having them mounted locally one at a time, and installing them ourselves. This seems doable. We'll think about it soon enough.