Close shave - always check your tires
We drove about 700 miles over the last 3 days, and entered Idaho this morning. I am very careful about checking my tires at every stop and I even have an IR temp unit that looks like a keyring on my keys so I am always checking temps to check for anything unusual.
We stopped for a quick sandwich at a rest stop and everything was fine and then about 20 miles further on, I decided to refuel as we were heading into the wilderness tomorrow and I had no idea when I would find accessible gas again. Imagine my horror when this is what I saw..
One of the reasons I am so careful about tires is that the last one that let go on me did a real number on the fiberglass, air bag and air lines on my DP - $2000 worth of damage that could have been a lot worse.
Given the position of the tag, had this let go at 65mph it would have done some serious damage to my 95 Newmar and I don't know how repairable it would have been given the age.
The good news is that I had Good Sam Platinum Plus roadside who located a local Les Schwab who came out - they took the wheel off and my very old date code spare and replaced both for $324 - sometimes I love that I have 16" wheels - the last 22" one I bought was over $500 just for 1.
The tire that failed was a Cooper and 7 years old - every other tire has been replaced in 2010 and 2011 except for that one.
So another reminder to check our tires at every opportunity.
We stopped for a quick sandwich at a rest stop and everything was fine and then about 20 miles further on, I decided to refuel as we were heading into the wilderness tomorrow and I had no idea when I would find accessible gas again. Imagine my horror when this is what I saw..
One of the reasons I am so careful about tires is that the last one that let go on me did a real number on the fiberglass, air bag and air lines on my DP - $2000 worth of damage that could have been a lot worse.
Given the position of the tag, had this let go at 65mph it would have done some serious damage to my 95 Newmar and I don't know how repairable it would have been given the age.
The good news is that I had Good Sam Platinum Plus roadside who located a local Les Schwab who came out - they took the wheel off and my very old date code spare and replaced both for $324 - sometimes I love that I have 16" wheels - the last 22" one I bought was over $500 just for 1.
The tire that failed was a Cooper and 7 years old - every other tire has been replaced in 2010 and 2011 except for that one.
So another reminder to check our tires at every opportunity.
