Venue: The M-Room Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date: 06.17.08 Other Bands: Padre Pio, Seymore Saves The World, The Weather Underground Once we had arrived in Philadelphia, we sought out the opinion of a couple local pedestrians to determine where we could get breakfast. Cafe Ole was the consensus, so we headed a few blocks to the quaint little eatery and found a spot to park the rig. Once we got out of the van, however, we noticed that something didn’t look right. The wheel on the right side of the trailer had turned purple and splotchy, with a purple residue coating the outside of the tire. Further inspection revealed that the end cap of the wheel hub was missing entirely, as was the collar that houses the wheel bearings. The bearings themselves appeared to have fused and melted, spraying out from the wheel hub. At this point, the wheel had been spinning freely on the axle, and upon jacking the trailer up, we confirmed that the wheel could be easily pulled right off of the axle. The only thing that had been keeping our wheel from falling right off was the weight of the trailer. Scary. We decided to go eat breakfast and see if we could look up some service stations in the area. The internet wasn’t working at Cafe Ole, but one of the employees suggested we head down the street to the Gulf station to see if they could help. A few gourmet coffee shop breakfast dishes later, Mike, Ryan and Stephen headed down to the service st ...
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Venue: The M-Room Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date: 06.17.08 Other Bands: Padre Pio, Seymore Saves The World, The Weather Underground Once we had arrived in Philadelphia, we sought out the opinion of a couple local pedestrians to determine where we could get breakfast. Cafe Ole was the consensus, so we headed a few blocks to the quaint little eatery and found a spot to park the rig. Once we got out of the van, however, we noticed that something didn’t look right. The wheel on the right side of the trailer had turned purple and splotchy, with a purple residue coating the outside of the tire. Further inspection revealed that the end cap of the wheel hub was missing entirely, as was the collar that houses the wheel bearings. The bearings themselves appeared to have fused and melted, spraying out from the wheel hub. At this point, the wheel had been spinning freely on the axle, and upon jacking the trailer up, we confirmed that the wheel could be easily pulled right off of the axle. The only thing that had been keeping our wheel from falling right off was the weight of the trailer. Scary. We decided to go eat breakfast and see if we could look up some service stations in the area. The internet wasn’t working at Cafe Ole, but one of the employees suggested we head down the street to the Gulf station to see if they could help. A few gourmet coffee shop breakfast dishes later, Mike, Ryan and Stephen headed down to the service st ...