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US 93 in AZ was really rough. Blew a tire on trailer.

I tried to attach a photo but system said that it was over two mgs or something like that. Couldn't do it. Sorry.

Charlie

BTW: What can you do, if anything, to make a photo fit the requirements?

Check to see if you can change the settings in your camera. (if you are using a camera). Good to see your post as some have been wondering " where's Charlie" ? When you figure it out post some photos of what I am assuming you towed home.

Good to see you posting Charlie. Here is a resizer I use. Don't ask me to explain how to use it, I just do.
http://webresizer.com/resizer/

Too late. The pictures have already been taken.

I don't know that I would assume anything.

Thanks for the advice. Will look to see if I can do that on my I-phone.

Best,
Charlie

Email it to yourself from the iphone. It will ask you the size and give you a few options. Pick a size just under 2MB and send it. Now the picture will be under 2MB when it lands in the email inbox.

Charlie, I use a freeware program called Irfanview. It's a simple, easy to use, viewer/editor that will easily resize any image. It's been around for as long as the computer and has an excellent reputation.

I use the Microsoft photo editor to do that.

Thanks for all the suggestions. So far, none of them have worked for me. I'll keep on a-trying.

Best,

Charlie

I sometimes use the Paint program that comes with Windows. You can get to it from the Start menu -> Windows Accessories -> Paint. I created a shortcut to it and put it on my desktop for easy access.

1. After you have Paint started, navigate to the photo and bring it into Paint by clicking on File -> Open -> choose the file and click Okay.

2. Chances are you'll only see part of the photo because it is so big. Click the View tab and zoom in until you can see the whole picture.

3. Then, click on the Home tab (each tab presents to you different options for modifying the photo) and choose Resize.

4. I use the Percent, not Pixels, because it makes more sense to me. I change the percent from 100 to 50 and click Okay.

5. Although Paint has resized the photo at this point, it is not saved to your computer, so I use the File -> Save As option to save the file with a slightly modified name, like LurchDean-small. This will keep the original large photo (which is good for quality printing and zooming in to see details) and keep a smaller copy of the photo.

6. Look at the properties of the saved, small photo and see if it is as small as you want. If not, repeat steps 3-5.

See pics below (modified by Paint) to illustrate the above steps.

Cheers, Dean

I have Windows 10. In photo viewer you can resize to 2Mb and save with new name> Here is a resized 4Mb file of a picture i took this spring in Vegas. Right click when you open picture and a menu pops down.

Still can't do a photo.

Looks OK to me. Or rather I can see the blown tire photo.

Well, I guess I can after all.

This last photo shows the flat in AZ where US 93 joins I-40.

This US 93 was the roughest piece of road I have ever been on. Read on.

At one point on this road it got so rough that one massive bump the car broke loose and escaped the trailer. Using my superior skills I quickly calculated where it land and adjusted the trailer
speed to match the wind and gravity that had the car in its grasp. It landed right back on the trailer. Used spare chains and binders to resecure it. Limped on in to Kingman, AZ and called the U-haul folks. The road was so rough that I didn't know when the flat occured. Someone passing me just outside Kingman motioned to me that I had a flat. I didn't know what they were shouting at me about until they rolled down their window and yelled "you got a flat, stupid. I had thought they were giving me a
shout- out about the car. Old cars don't impress everyone.

This (below) is another view of the car with a flat on the right rear of the trailer.

Best,

Charlie

BTW: Fellow in hot-tod wanted to trade me his cat for the 41. I tried to work out a deal with him but he wanted too much boot. Oh, well.

Perhaps the title of the thread should be " Shredded tires". I hope that U-haul had an insurance plan for roadside assistance that you took advantage of. Nice looking car.

make sure you carry one of these so you won't need to jack up that trailer with a load. You can also drive the good tire over a cat to raise it up, but boy do those cats have a fit when you do that.

Congrats on your new acquisition! Looking good! Obviously the seller's paperwork must have met your criteria.

Dick

Nice car Charlie, congrats, have fun with it!

That is a nice looking 1941 Plymouth.

Nice car. Looks like it was worth the travel to get it.
Having done roadside assistance for 10 years I have seen several dozen trailer tires in that (or worse) condition, it is difficult to detect a flat trailer tire on rugged road especially with tandem axle like that.
Tony

My son and I ran over a roadrunner coming into Tocomcari, NM on old route 66. It ran out from under some bushes on the side of the road and gave us no time to react. Only one we saw the whole trip thru the West.

Stopped at some signs and such noting the old route and took some pictures.

Stopped at an old antique store just outside of Amarillo, TX (I think) on the eastern end. Chuck wagon out front. Lots of Model A parts, such as wheels and engines in there. I bought a set of door handles. Don't know what they fit. Old fellow running the place was a talker.

Best,

Charlie

BTW: Roadrunner tastes just like chicken.

BTW2: Actually didn't hit the bird even though he/she was a-gpomg every which of away as passed over it. Saw no sign that we hit it. Is probably an the endangered species list. Don't know. The old guy at the antique store is the one who said they tasted like chicken. Didm't see Wiley Coyote anywhere.

BTW3. We stopped at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX and had lunch. I think it was the famous one on Route 66 where they will serve you a 72 ounce steak for free if you can eat it all. We didn't even try. Even though what we ordered looks like a nice ribeye on the plate, we opted for the roadrunner, instead. Did too!

BTW4: I hope I'm nor boring you with this stuff.

Open the picture with "Microsoft Picture Manager". It's a free program. Click "Picture", click "size", resize picture any size you want. "Save As" the picture with a new name. You'll retain the original picture and have the resized one to post.

James,

My son fixed it so I could post the pictures. I think it had something to do with cyberspace and Fig Newtons. Not sure.

Thanks for your post.

Best,

Charlie

Gene,

I'm still spinning. Plymouth? Only one other make could have made more of an negative inpact.

Best,

Charlie

Now all you need is a Fulton.......

Tiny,

You are worse than Gene. My goodness grachious! I'm holding my chest. I think you've just given me a Fred Sanford "Lizabeth." Did too! Where is the (read the sign in the attachment)

Best,

Charlie