Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wife’s Surgery Update & Tires Update

Ronda is doing very well, they kept her in recovery much longer than anticipated but she finally got into a room mid afternoon. The pain from the surgery is much less today than last night and she is walking around so all in all so far so good! We aren’t sure of her release yet, maybe tomorrow or maybe Friday, we’ll find out for sure hopefully today so I can make plans at work.

Regarding the tires, Scott’s RV called yesterday while I was sitting with Ronda in the recovery room to tell me he quoted me tire prices for a rig with 16 inch tires. Disappointed smile Steaming mad  Ours takes 245/70 19.5 so the new quote is $2,000.00!!!! I had to take a deep breath after which I told Scott I don’t have $2,000.00, how the heck are they over $400.00 each?!?!? To make a long story short he is looking for better pricing and so am I, it was a mistake and he apologized but dammit man….

If I buy the tires a huge part of our camping budget is blown, we have to pay for our part of Ronda’s surgery, we owe big time taxes again, 3 years running (this is after claiming 0 AND having extra taken out) so money right now is very tight.

I could say the heck with the tires and see how it holds up for another season but I don’t feel comfortable with that at all, not even a little bit. I have two other shops checking for tires but the best price so far prior to installation and taxes etc.. is Sumitomo ST718 at $360.00 for the H load range. Not sure how I feel about that brand so doing some research.

I’m at a loss on what to do, clearly right now Ronda’s recovery is priority but the rig is at the repair shop so I need to make a decision…  Confused smile   what to do?

7 comments:

Wanderin' said...

Glad to hear Rhonda is recovering. There is a big difference between a 16" tire and a 19.5" tire.

Big Matt said...

Well, in a pinch Erik, replace the important tires, the steer tires and if needed, throw some remoulds on the drive wheels.

Alan and Marilyn McMillan said...

Glad Rhonda is doing well -- good luck on the tires.

TexCyn said...

Thanks for the update on Rhonda, she'll be right as rain before long! (whatever that means). Ouch, sorry on the tires. How old are your current ones?

Sue and Doug said...

glad to hear that Ronda is doing well!..one day at a time!

Sam&Donna Weibel said...

Glad to hear Rhonda is doing well. Welcome to the facts of American Life, we are all paying more in taxes, and living on a whole lot less money these days. while the Politicians get full pensions for life.Hope you figure a way into some new tires, safety is important. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna..

Erik's RV Blog said...

Thanks everybody! She is doing well and we hope she'll be released tomrrow!