Getting rid of the shakes the new way

Over the last couple of years, the motorhome has shown increasing shakes or vibrations while underway. The shakes start at about 42 mph and disappear in the high 40s. So...enough is enough.

The crew arrives...
Scott and his crew arrive at our site at the agreed time. The truck is equipped with an industrial air compressor and the biggest impact gun I've ever seen. It zips off the lug nuts like they were only finger tight.

The crew breaks the edge of the tire off the rim using a tire hammer and breaker bar.

Scott Matthews of Scott's Tire Center, Mission Texas (956-369-5121) slips in a pre-measured package of beads of Magnum Plus tire balancing compound into each tire. Surprise surprise. This stuff is made in Canada by  M & R Tire Products Inc.  and the head office is in Simcoe Ontario!

The final step is to swap the left and right tires to even out the tire wear.

Once the tire starts rolling down the road, the bag breaks and the beads distribute themselves around the tire to cancel out the imbalance. Magic.

Bonus.
We did not have to pack up the MH and disconnect the water, sewer, and electrical connections. We stayed put right where we were.

Risk.
Will it work? We won't know until we leave the campground and head into Mexico.

Believe it...this technology has been around for years, mostly used in the trucking industry.

Tune in the first week of December to find out the results.

Now settled in Mission, TX

We arrived at Lemon Tree RV Inn in Mission on Thursday, November 9th. The weather was cooler than normal (16C) and rainy.  By Remembrance Day the temperature was back up to 26C. Yippee - back to shorts and t-shirts!

Several of our friends have asked for details re the portion of our trip to the Lower Rio Grande area of Texas. 

Distance traveled 2,056 miles from Thornhill to Mission.
The cost for fuel was $768.58 USD ($976 CAD)

We stayed overnight at the Walmart in Effingham, Illinois and at the Walmart in Little Rock, Arkansas.

We stayed 2 nights in Dallas at the Traders Village RV Park. With our Good Sam Club discount we paid $75.60 USD.

The next stop was Leisure Resort in Fentress (near Lockhart where we stop for smoked meat). With the 50% discount as a Passport America member we paid $22 USD. 

Total cost of campsites on our way south was $97.60 USD ($123.95 CAD)

What shittie weather 😢

Snow in Arkansas

I remarked to Bev that this year's trip has been the worst weather overall of any year we have gone south.
First day...cloudy and cold. Heading south from Indianapolis...cloud, mist, mizzle, a little rain. From Effingham Illinois to Little Rock...rain, heavy rain bursts but warm. Then we saw snow in the fields of Arkansas.

The next leg to Dallas started cloudy but warmer. We actually saw the sun for brief glimpses.

Psst. ..I lied about the snow. It's cotton ready for pickin'.😈

Rain rain go far away

The day spent in Dallas was cloudy and turning colder. We packed up in the rain on Wednesday morning with temperature about 10C and dropped to 8C by Austin. Rain all the way except for last 20 minutes of trip.
We are now in Lockhart Texas, NE of San Antonio, the home of the best BBQ in all the world. You can see a previous post about Black's and that is our gastronomic choice for tonight.

As bad as the weather has been,  we are thankful we are not home. Thursday forecast is snow and -9C overnight.

We look forward to Mission tomorrow and hopefully leave behind the cool and wet.