Time to Face The Music

RelievedSheff

Scrap that last update. It seems the grumpy email has worked wonders.

The wheels and tyres will now be with us tomorrow after all.

milann

Glad the wheels are spinning their way to you for tomorrow. Surprising what a grumpy e mail can do.

beanielou

That’s good news. Pity that you had to complain about it to make it happen. 

alt80

Good news re the wheels but I wouldn't be dealing with that company again if I were you. 

RelievedSheff

Wasn't expecting to be scraping ice off the car this morning. Even worse that we had to scrape the car and the van to get the van out. On the plus side it does mean that it was dry and sunny. The dog loved playing in the frost this morning.

Breakfast and lunch are from stores today. Breakfast was cereals and we have both taken our packed lunches to work. Dinner tonight is going to be a takeaway after we have been down the road for a few beers.

The van is tucked up in the works car park where we are staying tonight. Will seem strange waking up at work in the morning!

We were supposed to be heading to a friends house in Lincolnshire tomorrow after the wheels are fitted but he rang yesterday to say he has tested positive for Covid so that is a no go now. Think we are going to head out into Derbyshire instead now.

RelievedSheff

alt80 said:

Good news re the wheels but I wouldn't be dealing with that company again if I were you. 

We are going to give them the benefit of the doubt, this time anyway, because they are one of the best for van wheels and they do know their stuff. Everything is load rated and specified to suit your specific vehicle. 

Just hope everything is alright when they are fitted.

alt80

Didn't think van wheels would be any different to any other type of wheels but makes sense given the additional load. Learn something everyday ha. Always is a little more difficult when a company is a specialist in their field, hopefully all will go well now.

Have a nice time wherever you end up.

RelievedSheff

alt80 said:

Didn't think van wheels would be any different to any other type of wheels but makes sense given the additional load. Learn something everyday ha. Always is a little more difficult when a company is a specialist in their field, hopefully all will go well now.

Have a nice time wherever you end up.

It isn't something we had given much thought too if i'm honest. But yes the wheels and tyres have to be appropriately load rated for the van.

Thankfully the wheels have arrived and apparently they look as good in the flesh as they did on the website. Other half seems happy with them anyway.

RelievedSheff

We had a super busy day yesterday. Was strange waking up at work!

The wheels are now fitted on the van  and we love them.

We had a drive out into Derbyshire and spent the night at Castleton. We had a really good time.

Unfortunately it's turned to rain again now. Not got much planned for today mind. Will have a lazy morning here over a few coffee's before heading home. Must get some gas on the way home.

alt80

Hope the weather wasn’t too bad up there. Lovely part of the world but can be quite grim when the weather is bad. 

It was ok here yesterday but this morning it was !!!!!! horrendous. Those wheels look like something you’d fit to a Land Rover 90 for off roading, didn’t realise you did that in it?