It was a good day - NOT!

[blackeyed1]

Had a low tire on the camper. Used my compressor and tried to fill. The valve stem blew out! Checking the spare tire and took off the cover. Wasp nest and stung once. Found out bees made a nest in the wall where the frig cover is outside. Found two more wasp nests in the furnace vent and water heater vent. So, $420 spent today on 4 new camper tires, and 4 cans of wasp killer. The redeeming part is I have 4 cans of 24oz Labatt's in the frig, so I guess you'll never know what I'm having for dinner tonight? Did I mention it's HOT outside too! ha!

[CavemanCharlie]

This is a good post to remind us to check out our valve stems.

The tire can be just fine, But, if the valve stem is old and rotten then you will still have a problem.

[mooky_stinks]

blackeyed1 wrote:
I have 4 cans of 24oz Labatt's in the frig

Well, that's a start!;)

[down_home]

Grit dog wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

The valve stem blew out!

After you kick that cold one down I'd get your RV into a tire shop and REPLACE all those rubber valve stems with stainless steel valve stems before heading out with it! :C

Been there done that. Day after I bought my first used MH I had one blowout on the road and 2 more flats the next day while driving in Houston with 112 degree temps. Long running time and high heat just melted those **** rubber valve stems. Tow truck driver was the one that pointed out the rubber valve stems where melting. Pulled into the first tire shop and had them all replaced with stainless steel ones.

Melting eh?


Sorry bud, only thing get hot enough maybe to melt rubber is a bad bearing or hung up brake. If your rim was hot enough to melt the valve stems that far from the bearings or hub, then the valve stems were the least of your troubles.

They melted because the Chinese did not vulcanize them properly and little to no uv compound.
We lost four new Michelins on our F150 a few years ago because of the stems. Wholeseller replaced the tires and stems.
There are some still out there.
The push through valve stems with a copper stem inside rubber are no better. Had two or three of them stepped on or bent and the others leaking. Go the extra chnge and get bolt through stainless steel stems and not the long ones either.

[blackeyed1]

We bought the trailer used last winter. Planned on putting new tires as we were heading on a longer trip in August. At least it happened in my side driveway. The beer worked! Fixed a couple other small issues and no glitches there.

[ol_Bombero-JC]

rockhillmanor wrote:

Crowe wrote:
Not a good day? Not a bad day either. THIS would be a bad day!

1. Tire blew while on the road.
2. Allergic reaction to bee sting, spent hours at the ER.
3. Didn't have money to replace tires OR buy wasp spray.
4.

NO BEER IN THE FRIDGE!

Now I must say that was not just a bad day that should be declared a disaster!! :B

Right arm, Bud!..:W

~

[rockhillmanor]

Crowe wrote:
Not a good day? Not a bad day either. THIS would be a bad day!

1. Tire blew while on the road.
2. Allergic reaction to bee sting, spent hours at the ER.
3. Didn't have money to replace tires OR buy wasp spray.
4.

NO BEER IN THE FRIDGE!

Now I must say that was not just a bad day that should be declared a disaster!! :B

[spoon059]

Crowe wrote:
Not a good day? Not a bad day either. THIS would be a bad day!

1. Tire blew while on the road.
2. Allergic reaction to bee sting, spent hours at the ER.
3. Didn't have money to replace tires OR buy wasp spray.
4. NO BEER IN THE FRIDGE!

Lets not forget;
5. Unable to afford the luxury of an RV
6. Not having the health to deal with these issues
7. Not having the freedom to enjoy these opportunities
8. Not having friends/family to go RV'ing with.

Circumstances like these are not fun, but kudos to the OP for having the perspective to realize how fortunate he is to be able to experience these annoyances!!!

[Crowe]

Not a good day? Not a bad day either. THIS would be a bad day!

1. Tire blew while on the road.
2. Allergic reaction to bee sting, spent hours at the ER.
3. Didn't have money to replace tires OR buy wasp spray.
4. NO BEER IN THE FRIDGE!

[rockhillmanor]

Grit dog wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

The valve stem blew out!

After you kick that cold one down I'd get your RV into a tire shop and REPLACE all those rubber valve stems with stainless steel valve stems before heading out with it! :C

Been there done that. Day after I bought my first used MH I had one blowout on the road and 2 more flats the next day while driving in Houston with 112 degree temps. Long running time and high heat just melted those **** rubber valve stems. Tow truck driver was the one that pointed out the rubber valve stems where melting. Pulled into the first tire shop and had them all replaced with stainless steel ones.

Melting eh?
Sorry bud, only thing get hot enough maybe to melt rubber is a bad bearing or hung up brake. If your rim was hot enough to melt the valve stems that far from the bearings or hub, then the valve stems were the least of your troubles.

NO sir. I may have used a bit of Poetic license using the one word melting.

They were failing and split due to the extreme heat AND the fact that the previous owner had put "rubber car valve stems" on all the tires of a heavy truck. There are requirements on which valve stems are put on what vehicles. The ones that were on my RV where the INCORRECT valve stems.

And IMHO from experience it is just one more think one should check when purchasing a used RV. Sadly I will admit I did not. I picked the RV up on Friday and Saturday morning I was headed to Houston! :C

[Strabo]

rexlion wrote:
Might need some Crown Royal to go with that, and chase it with the Labatts. What a day!

Ahhhh medicine for what ailes ya!!!

[naturist]

One of THOSE days, eh?

Of course, that means Tomorrow will have to be better (couldn't get worse!)

[wa8yxm]

Thursday I went to take a young lady to Dinner, Due to logistics we drive different cars got there and found the restaurant out of business. So I got back to her and we picked an alternate.

On the way home from Dinner blew a tire. So I'm out there 7pm, changing a tire
Putting the space saver spare on I notice it's low on air so I hook up my 12 volt compressor, got enough air in it for the night but blew the 20 amp Power Outlet fues (I keep spares in stock in the Motor home, but I was in my car)

Today off to Wal*Mart for a new tire,, all day there

Just checed the outside thermometer. Since the last time I reset it (most likely this was yesterday afternoon) it hit 103+

And I am installing a new computer to replace one that failed.
The new one is less than 100 dollars. Windows 7 and is stuck on update 83 of 230. Looks like I'll have to crash it and start the updates over.

[Grit_dog]

rockhillmanor wrote:

The valve stem blew out!

After you kick that cold one down I'd get your RV into a tire shop and REPLACE all those rubber valve stems with stainless steel valve stems before heading out with it! :C

Been there done that. Day after I bought my first used MH I had one blowout on the road and 2 more flats the next day while driving in Houston with 112 degree temps. Long running time and high heat just melted those **** rubber valve stems. Tow truck driver was the one that pointed out the rubber valve stems where melting. Pulled into the first tire shop and had them all replaced with stainless steel ones.

Melting eh?
Sorry bud, only thing get hot enough maybe to melt rubber is a bad bearing or hung up brake. If your rim was hot enough to melt the valve stems that far from the bearings or hub, then the valve stems were the least of your troubles.

[time2roll]

If not stainless at least get high pressure snap in stems.
If they installed regular car stems go back and replace.

I really dislike bugs 😞