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When we bought our truck, we bought a set of snow tires at the same time and had them mounted on wheels so that we could simply change the tires from regular to snow tires and back again when needed. We had everything we needed in our shop.
For 17 years now my husband and I have changed the tires twice a year – changing the regular tires to snow tires – and back again. It has become more and more difficult as we have gotten older – no surprise – but last time was so difficult that I was afraid we wouldn’t manage it.
We had a frank talk after we finally prevailed and agreed that it was getting to be too much for us. We’ve had ‘frank talks’ in the past about various things. When push comes to shove, we either remember the talks differently or are back to square one when actually faced with the subject again, the ‘agreement’ having flown away with the wind.
I saw that my husband had printed a reminder that it was time to change to snow tires.
I reminded him that we had agreed last time that I would take the tires to the tire place and have THEM change them out for us. (This still leaves us getting the wheeled tires out of the shop and into the back of the truck, finding the lug nuts and the special ‘thingies’ included in the nuts for the regular tires.
Then we’ll get the regular tires and lug nuts that go with them out and stored in the shop again once the job is done, but that is nothing compared to trying to muscle the tires off and on the truck rims.
My husband shocked me, agreeing. He added that he would listen for the people who are supposed to be contacting us regarding a new instant hot water heater delivery while I’m gone. Can you see I’m struggling to close my mouth?
HUGE relief! We’ll gather our trash in a bit, put that and the tires in the back of the truck. I’ll drive the trash down, get it set up by the road at the bottom of the driveway, get our mail, and head for the tire place.
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