B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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i know some of you read of our recent major inner passenger dually that did a lot of damage to things proximate to the tire, most critically rupturing propane piping to furnace and fridge. i cannot shake the fact that i noticed all 4 rear tires felt very wrong, but took RV out anyway.
the seriously unsettling effect of my misjudgement and resulting potentially fatal blowout spending 6 hrs in the RV trying to get our safeco roadside people to bring help, and ultimately calling our tire supplier - TCI - saying we'd pay for his roadside 2 tires mount (he was gonna leave us w/ no return call after safeco kept low balling on the service). unsettling.
subsequently, uniroyal agreed to replace 4 other tires after TCI told them how all 4 rears showed serious defect in tread donding. for reimbursement, uniroyal had us ship the blown tire, the bill for the 2 tires put on in field, and 2 estimates of damage repair from an RV shop. only one could get to giving a timely estimate, and it took 2 weeks. it was way, way high - $5000, mostly labor. when uniroyal saw that they contacted via a lawyer sayind we had hit something in the 4 yr, 10k mi life of the tire that led to its demise. did not acknoledge the other equally defective tires and closed the case. complaint to NHTSA that the Laredos should have been included in a recall proved pointless.
all the negative experiences above had me really wanting to exit the RVing kingdom. but after succesfully reparing (w/ a bit of copper tube flaring help from encouraging friends), i was able to fix everything w/ about 40 solid hrs work and $90.
2 good local SP outings later, i can say much of my MoHo mojo is back! i even took another stab at quieting overcab cabinetry squeaks/squawks with added screws around the center (former TV location) wood framing between the side glass-doored cabinets - anxious to hear the result.
TMI, i suppose, but kinda wonder if any of you have felt the uneasiness of being in the RV kingdom?
(dale, our blowout was exit 19 on I12 E, where did your serpentine belt fail?)
the seriously unsettling effect of my misjudgement and resulting potentially fatal blowout spending 6 hrs in the RV trying to get our safeco roadside people to bring help, and ultimately calling our tire supplier - TCI - saying we'd pay for his roadside 2 tires mount (he was gonna leave us w/ no return call after safeco kept low balling on the service). unsettling.
subsequently, uniroyal agreed to replace 4 other tires after TCI told them how all 4 rears showed serious defect in tread donding. for reimbursement, uniroyal had us ship the blown tire, the bill for the 2 tires put on in field, and 2 estimates of damage repair from an RV shop. only one could get to giving a timely estimate, and it took 2 weeks. it was way, way high - $5000, mostly labor. when uniroyal saw that they contacted via a lawyer sayind we had hit something in the 4 yr, 10k mi life of the tire that led to its demise. did not acknoledge the other equally defective tires and closed the case. complaint to NHTSA that the Laredos should have been included in a recall proved pointless.
all the negative experiences above had me really wanting to exit the RVing kingdom. but after succesfully reparing (w/ a bit of copper tube flaring help from encouraging friends), i was able to fix everything w/ about 40 solid hrs work and $90.
2 good local SP outings later, i can say much of my MoHo mojo is back! i even took another stab at quieting overcab cabinetry squeaks/squawks with added screws around the center (former TV location) wood framing between the side glass-doored cabinets - anxious to hear the result.
TMI, i suppose, but kinda wonder if any of you have felt the uneasiness of being in the RV kingdom?
(dale, our blowout was exit 19 on I12 E, where did your serpentine belt fail?)
