- Joined
- Apr 13, 2019
- Messages
- 329
- Reaction score
- 117
- Points
- 43
- Age
- 57
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Model
- Seafarer
Took the boat into the shop for the motor’s twenty hour service. Chose not to return to the local shop that installed motor for numerous reasons including the fast 1week turnaround and the estimate of five to seven hundred dollars. A small shop in Lodi (smaller farmish town) about 60 miles due east of me was recommended by a good friend.
Trip over was uneventful and the owner of the small shop (authorized Yamaha) was refreshingly a great guy. Shop was opened by his grandfather in 1921. Dropped off boat at 8:00 am and went and had breakfast and then over to the bait and tackle where I hung out and drank coffee and bs’ed with the owner for a hour or so (another great guy). Bought some misc items and headed over to get the truck washed.
Shop called at 12:00pm and said all set. Went back and paid the gentleman a whopping two hundred bucks. Needless to say, I was pleased. Oil change with filter, fuel filter change, gear oil change, gapped plugs, adjust and lube cables & fittings, compression test, pulled and reviewed log and test ran.
Heading home on the last stretch of the crappy two lane highway, trailer tire blows out. I’m able to just get out of the road onto the shoulder, if it could be called one. Luck would have it the shredded tire was on the highway side. I was able to used the Duramax jack and lug nut wrench but was a pita. Cars wizzing by not slowing or stopping to ask if help was needed, etc.
Three lessens learned.
Trip over was uneventful and the owner of the small shop (authorized Yamaha) was refreshingly a great guy. Shop was opened by his grandfather in 1921. Dropped off boat at 8:00 am and went and had breakfast and then over to the bait and tackle where I hung out and drank coffee and bs’ed with the owner for a hour or so (another great guy). Bought some misc items and headed over to get the truck washed.
Shop called at 12:00pm and said all set. Went back and paid the gentleman a whopping two hundred bucks. Needless to say, I was pleased. Oil change with filter, fuel filter change, gear oil change, gapped plugs, adjust and lube cables & fittings, compression test, pulled and reviewed log and test ran.
Heading home on the last stretch of the crappy two lane highway, trailer tire blows out. I’m able to just get out of the road onto the shoulder, if it could be called one. Luck would have it the shredded tire was on the highway side. I was able to used the Duramax jack and lug nut wrench but was a pita. Cars wizzing by not slowing or stopping to ask if help was needed, etc.
Three lessens learned.
- Don’t put off the inevitable (tires were beyond their expiration date, plan was to replace trailer in fall)
- Be prepared (added jack, wood block and lug wrench specific to tire change on trailer in tow vehicle)
- There’s a big difference between the people in the SF Bay Area and 60 miles to the east
